An interesting year. I found it much harder to get back into the swing 🙂 of things than I expected. My systems had become outdated in their time on the sidelines (re some changes to the RT code) and I found my reluctance to engage with the markets in combination with my lack of confidence with my code meant that I took some time to incrementally build back to full position sizes (which was finally achieved again on 01 July).
I have now closed out for the year (on Dec 24) to do some minor tinkering/housekeeping around allocations to accounts so they are ready to go from Jan2. Returns for the accounts/systems for the calendar year are listed first followed by annualised return for 2024-25 financial year (in brackets) when started back trading with full position sizing:
MRV1 10.1% (11.5%)
MRV2 10.1% (16.3%)
MRV3 12.3% (24.7%)
MRV4 23.5% (31.3%)
MRV5 21.5% (45.6%)
MRV6 8.9% (19.4%)
No prizes for guessing which account has the largest allocation. Damn the market gods ! (but then again….first world problems right). Although it is not really my trading as such, my parents have been implementing the Chartist ASX All Weather Portfolio and have enjoyed the amazing returns they achieved this year.
It wouldn’t be this time of year without some reflection and I would like to wish everyone happy and safe holidays (if you have them) and express my gratitude to all those who have made up this community for the last 8 or so years. Nick, Craig and the team have created an atmosphere where thoughts and results are shared openly. What are the chances of finding such a community in retrospect? I doubt I would still be trading without it.
Cheers (hic)
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