Replies to post #36421 on A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board (AIMUSERS)

[daisy42]

Hi TooFuzzy,

I'll hold my hands up to having made it more complicated.

AIM by the book is simple but once you agree some parameters can be modified, various questions and then choices arise and I like to try and have a rationale for making them. (Things become a little MoreFuzzy?!) Modifying SAFE settings seems to me to be the trickiest area. Over the years Tom has made various suggestions about SAFE settings and how to split SAFE between the buy and sell sides. Hoping I don't misrepresent him, I believe these suggestions include lower SAFE settings for less volatile funds, having zero buy SAFE and all SAFE on the sell side (during the late '90s bull market I think), then shifting to 0% sell SAFE with all SAFE on the buy side (when there were signs the secular bull market was coming to an end during 1999/2000), as well as using zig zag and also 52 week highs and lows to gauge SAFE settings. So all that started me off!

Daisy.