Clifford,
A couple of yeas ago, I made up an Excel SS for SYNCHROVEST, using IWM. I added $1,000 per month (Base Investment = $750) and ran it to a +30% Gain, then sold. The next month, I started a new run. The position used the Closing Price on the first Friday of each month, for entry, and began Aug 2000 and runs up to July 2013. My first sale came on Feb 2004 (+34.08%), the next on May 2006 (+31.08%), the third on Dec 2010 (+32.33%), and the last sale occurred on May 2013 (+31.58%).
As of this month, it has Total Invested as $156,000, with a CASH pile of $243,045.09 and 22 shares worth $2,143.17, for a Current Profit of $89,237.83 for the 13 years. I think that comes out to an ARR of around 4.4% ($89,237.83 /$156,000 = 57.2% / 13). This does not include any interest gained on the Cash portion. I know we haven't received very much interest over the last 4 years, but, before that the interest rates were okay. Please correct my math, if needed. I don't know how to figure the CROR.
In Oct 2002, the G/L was -21.8%, and Mar 2009, was -38.3%, not too bad, since IWM lost nearly 60% in 2008 to Mar 2009.
Bob
