A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board

[Firebird400]

Back testing

I've been doing some back testing on RYNVX(Rydex SP500 150%),, good test range 12yrs,4 months,,,,Aim by book,,,50/50,,10% safes,, min trade $500,, 10,000 shares to start at $8.76,,current price $31.35,,,Aim runs out of cash briefly in 2003ish,which is good,,76 buys and 246 sells,, so not much room for tweaking,, turned a $175,200 investment into $413,971 in 12yrs 4 1/2 months,, 52.5% avg at risk,, that's about slightly north of 7% return for those 12+ years,,, which is equivalent to the average GNMA(Ginne Mae) Fund over the same period,, or less than some of the better High Yield funds over the same period,, comments please,,thanks, Firebird