Value Microcaps Pick Six Lotto 08

[lentinman]

BENEFIT OF TRADES:

SSK shows the original portfolio average return as well as the average return of a portfolio (meaning with trades) each week in his Indexes report.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=28820612

Here are the results and the differential (all in favor of trading) since PSL3. We have no separate stats for PSL1 and PSL2, although I did another type of analysis after PSL2.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=10886067

Therefore, I'm showing the differential for each PSL contest except PSL1.

      Trades  No Trades  DIFF 
 PSL2  26.00%   16.03%   +9.97% 
 PSL3  -4.12%   -6.13%   +2.01% 
 PSL4  14.54%   14.40%   +0.04% 
 PSL5  22.70%   18.84%   +3.86% 
 PSL6  -1.91%   -4.01%   +2.10% 
 PSL7   8.19%    5.36%   +2.83% 
 PSL8  -3.00%   -3.94%   +0.94%

As you can see, the differences are fairly minimal, but a gain is a gain. Also, keep in mind that it is harder to get the full benefit of trading in the contest vs real life because you have to do it as of a closing price versus during a day when a stock may have spiked up or down.

Len