Performance for the week ended 21 September 2012: +0.13% Opening VAMI: $1497 Gains/(Losses): $2 Closing VAMI: $1499
Performance for the week ended 30 September 2012: <font color="red">-1.80%</font> Opening VAMI: $1499 Gains/(Losses): <font color="red">($27)</font> Closing VAMI: $1472
Y1 $1,000 0.318 Y2 $1,318 Y3 $1,737 Y4 $2,290 Y5 $3,018 Y6 $3,977 Y7 $5,242 Y8 $6,909 Y9 $9,106 Y10 $12,002 Y11 $15,818 Y12 $20,848 Y13 $27,478 Y14 $36,216 Y15 $47,733 Y16 $62,912 Y17 $82,918 Y18 $109,285 Y19 $144,038 Y20 $189,842 Y21 $250,212 Y22 $329,779 Y23 $434,649 Y24 $572,868 Y25 $755,040 Y26 $995,142 Y27 $1,311,598 Y28 $1,728,686 Y29 $2,278,408 Y30 $3,002,942
Performance for the week ended 5 October 2012: 4.42% Opening VAMI: $1472 Gains/(Losses): $65 Closing VAMI: $1537
This is just a fun little game, right? Just to see if you can do it? I assume you you have other trading accounts where you are not limiting yourself so much.
Performance for the week ended 12 October 2012: <font color="red">-9.24%</font> Opening VAMI: $1537 Gains/(Losses): <font color="red">($142)</font> Closing VAMI: $1395
BACKTEST RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BACKTEST RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM. ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF BACKTEST RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. IN ADDITION, BACKTESTING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK, AND NO BACKTEST RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF BACKTEST RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.