Profunds index and sector trading

[Namiar]

I had understood that Another Indian did in fact trade in the short term for his own portfolio. It is the IT/LT stuff that he puts out for public consumption.

<<Personally, I prefer trading the shorter-term time frames just in case I am wrong about the medium to longer-term.>>

Yes I feel this way as well. My "stuff" can get out of sync with the market, but since I make on average 27 round trip trades per year, the out-of-sync periods are limited in duration.
Those "systems" that trade only 4-5 times per year may beat the markets over the long term, but can get out of phase for the better part of a year. If your average Joe is watching the NAZ rocket 40% in a given year, and the system he is subscribing to is only up 4% (or worse), then Joe will probably bolt to another strategy. But of course, immediately after Joe bolts, his former system will kick into gear.