Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Fannie Mae, Washington Mutual, Goldman Sachs, and all of the home builders are great examples of what can happen when you have no exit plan or you don't follow the trend (in their case down). Frankly, the demise of these firms should cause every investor out there to immediately dump their mutual funds, turn off CNBC and fire their brokers. If you can do that, there is hope. There are alternatives to what has happened over the last decade. There are ways to make big money. Some traders have done it. This page is PROOF.
Trend Following trading has produced huge returns over the past 30 years (Risk Disclaimers). This page outlines real and hypothetical Trend Following success. Are there ups and downs? Sure, but compare Trend Following performance against buy and hold and there is no comparison. As you review pure performance examples also keep in mind other benefits to trend trading beyond just performance:
- Strategy emphasizes diversification.
- Little to no correlation with traditional long only investing.
- Compounding higher returns is exponential benefit in long run.
- Trading style is patient. It waits for opportunities.
- Strategy reacts to real events. No prediction.
- Profits in up and down markets.
- Profits across stocks, commodities, currencies and options.
- Trades exchange traded instruments. Solid transparency.
Trend Following Performance Examples
Month by Month Data: Salem Abraham
Month by Month Data: David Harding (Winton Capital)
Month by Month Data: Bill Dunn (Dunn Capital)
Month by Month Data: TransTrend (Nederlands)
Month by Month Data: William Eckhardt
Month by Month Data: Tom Shanks (Turtle)
Month by Month Data: Mark Walsh (Turtle 2nd Generation)
Month by Month Data: Jason Russell
Month by Month Data: Liz Cheval (Turtle)
Month by Month Data: Paul Rabar (Turtle)
Month by Month Data: Jerry Parker (Turtle)
Month by Month Data: Howard Seidler (Turtle)
Month by Month Data: Jonathan Craven (Turtle 2nd Generation)
Here are examples of trend trading performance from multiple traders from around the world:
Turtle Trend Following Performance Examples
The 6 most successful Turtles are evidence of the long term gains seen in trend following trading systems:
Back-Tested Trend Following Performance Examples
Performance in Trend Following Book
More examples of trend following performance over the last 30 years are in the book Trend Following.
Trend Following Charts
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Trend Trading Introduction
Universal Chart Example
The universal chart example must be read by all.
Risk Disclaimer
We can not promise you will earn like returns of the traders, charts or examples (real or hypothetical) mentioned within this site. All past performance is not necessarily an indication of future results. All results are unique. Results will vary. Data presented is for educational purposes. This information is not designed to be used as an invitation for investment with any advisor profiled. Disclaimers.
All data on this site is direct from the CFTC, SEC, Yahoo Finance, Stark Report and individual disclosures by managers mentioned herein. We assume all data to be accurate, but assume no responsibility for errors, omissions or clerical errors made by sources.
HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
