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RE: End of day systems



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> Aberration is down over 50% this year from what I heard, but you
> would want to verify this yourself. 

The Aberration website hasn't been updated in a year, and your 
results are going to depend on the portfolio you trade.  
According to some other sources it looks like Aberration did 
great in Dec-Jan-Feb (>20% per month) but stumbled some after 
that.  As of the end of July it was up 8.9% for the year.  I 
think that was for the large portfolio.

Any kind of long-term breakout system like that is going to 
suffer equity swings, but if you stick it out you should do OK.  
I have a friend who trades a very simple breakout system, and he 
expects (and has been seeing) roughly 50-100% returns per year 
with frequent 50% drawdowns.  The Aberration website shows an 
average of $31k per year for the last 20 years on their large 
portfolio, which is aimed at a $50-100k account.  Now whether 
there has been after-the-fact portfolio tweaking or other games I 
don't know, but those kinds of returns are certainly possible 
with long-term systems.  

Gary