Performance:
The Rewards of Technical Excellence
Past performance
is no guarantee of future results
The power of Fred Goodman's
technical analysis techniques is proven by their excellent track
records. On this page we display daily updates of the performance
of Fred's Technical Trading Model, as well as that of his
four online model portfolios.
Model Portfolios
- The
Discretionary Technical Portfolio is managed entirely
at Fred's discretion -- using all his technical indicators and
his own investment and trading judgment, applied across a broad
array of assets and asset classes.
- The
Discretionary GPS Portfolio* is also managed entirely
at Fred's discretion -- but its equity holdings are determined
by GPS -- the
Goodman Price/Volume Stock Selection System.
- The
Technical Trading Model Portfolio automatically follows
the buy signals and sell signals of Fred's
Technical Trading Model -- depending on the signal, it
is always either 100% long or 100% short the S&P 500 Index,
using exchange-traded funds.
-
Portfolio "Q" automatically follows the buy
signals and sell signals of Fred's Summary Index -- depending
on the signal, it is always either 100% long or 100% short the
NASDAQ Index, using exchange-traded funds.
- You can read a detailed description
of the methodology of the portfolios and important disclosures
by clicking
here.
*The Discretionary GPS Portfolio
used to invest in the
GPS S&P 100 Portfolio and the
GPS NASDAQ 100 Portfolio
for indirect exposure to the S&P 100 and NASDAQ
100 indices until April 17, 2006 when technically strong stocks
selected by the GPS were directly incorporated instead. The
track records of these two former portfolios may be seen at the
links in this paragraph.

Technical Trading Model
Fred has combined his most important
technical indicators into a single super-indicator -- the
Summary Index -- since December 1998. In February 2003 he
created a formal trading system based on buy and sell signals generated
by specific levels of the Summary Index. In December 2003 he introduced
the short-term Quick Summary Index, and integrated its buy
and sell signals with those of the intermediate-term Summary Index,
into a single Technical Trading Model.
The Technical Trading Model goes 100%
long a market index (such as the S&P 500 or the NASDAQ 100)
at the closing price the day of a Summary Index buy signal, and
100% short at a Summary Index sell signal. Results are updated daily,
assuming that the strategy's current position had been closed out
at current market values, as though a new buy or sell signal had
been given. You can read a detailed description of the Summary Index's
methodology and important information and disclosures about this
track record by clicking
here. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The table below shows the history of
all buy signals and sell signals of the Summary Index. Note that
the several signals resulting in a zero profit (loss) did so because
those signals occurred during a Trend Indicator state calling for
a zero equity investment.
 
Fred Goodman, CFP, is a fee-only
Certified Financial Planner based in Los Angeles. You can send him
your questions and comments via e-mail at Fred@TrendMicrolytics.com.
E-mail sent to Fred may be edited for clarity and brevity and published
on this web site, and may include your name unless you request anonymity
or specify not for publication. The charts and commentary represent
what Fred thinks about the market and what he is thinking
of doing for his own account and for accounts he manages at the
time of writing. Fred, his clients, or his family may have positions
or may make trades in securities mentioned in these commentaries.
There is no guarantee that you will profit from trading as discussed
herein. You may lose money and Fred assumes no responsibility for
what you do or do not do with this information. Copyright ©
2001-2008 Fred Goodman. All
rights reserved.
For information purposes only,
offered as a periodical of general circulation; not to be deemed
to be recommendations for buying or selling specific securities
or to constitute personalized investment advice. Derived from sources
believed to be reliable, but no warranty is made as to accuracy.
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