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July 13th Trades Take Profits: FXE Close above 142.84 XHB Close above 18.32 New Trades: Short UNG above 10.83

Long XHB @ 17.77 Long FXE @ 139.19

I'll be posting entries and exits at 3:30pm EST for the rest of this week at backtesters.blogspot.com I'll still be posting them here too after hours.

Trades to date: Entry Date Symbol Action Entry$ Exit Date Exit $ Return 7/5/2011 URA Short 12.28 7/11/2011 11.88 3.26% 7/5/2011 HAO Short 28.6 7/8/2011 28.31 1.01% 7/5/2011 EPU Short 38.6 7/11/2011 38.27...

There were no new entries. We covered both EPU and URA on the close. EPU @ 38.27 URA @ 11.88 We currently have no open positions.

As of 3:35 looks like no new positions for today. Potential Exits at the Close: Cover HAO below a close of 28.48 URA and EPU aren't close to exits.

Current holdings: Entry Date Symbol Action Entry $ 7/5/2011 URA Short 12.28 7/5/2011 HAO Short 28.6 7/5/2011 EPU Short 38.6

There were no new entries for July 7th.

No new entries triggered today. We exited one position: TAN @ 7.09 on the close.

Current holdings: (7/5) Short URA @ 12.28 (7/5) Short HAO @ 28.60 (7/5) Short TAN @ 7.20 (7/5) Short EPU @ 38.60 Exit if Close Below: Cover URA below 12.04 Cover HAO below 28.24 Cover TAN below 7.11 Cover EPU below 37.62

I received a PM about how I trade this system. I generate the signals about 30 minutes before the market closes. Then I take the top signals(up to 10 total positions) and put in Limit on Close (LOC) orders to enter the positions. The exit signals are traded the same way - using LOC orders...

New Trades: Short URA @ 12.28 Short HAO @ 28.60 Short TAN @ 7.20 Short EPU @ 38.60

This is an ETF system that I have backtested and begun trading. I am posting all of the trades that I am taking from the system. The system enters and exits on the close and has an average of a 3-4 day holding time.

I would backtest it first to see if its even profitable. Then I would move on to paper trading it or using a Sim account. although in sim accounts there are many issues that will make the results not accurate, especially if you are trading a thin product. often times they cant accurately tell if...