Performance Graphs for 2012

[Timothy Clontz]

Performance Graphs for 2012

From: http://market-mousetrap.blogspot.com...-for-2012.html

The year 2012 included a number of developments for the Full Mousetrap model, while the Sector model outperformed:



I’ve started each line with a value of 100, so that the percentages can be easily seen between SPY, the Sector model, and the Full Mousetrap.

The actual numbers for 2012 are:

SPY 15.99%
Sector 38.75%
Mousetrap 34.60%

For the entire 5/31/2011 through 12/31/2012 period, however, the Full Mousetrap outperformed:



The actual numbers for the entire period are:

SPY 10.83%
Sector 27.01%
Mousetrap 45.99%

I’ve also pointed out on this graph the changes in the fundamental filters I used in the Full Mousetrap. For the first year it labored under a Greenblatt filter that did not work well with the technical aspects of the model.

On 6/15/2012 I changed to a more robust Graham style filter, which created a significant improvement.

(Both the Greenblatt and Graham filters are defined on www.validea.com, which I used as a benchmark in early testing).

Finally, on 10/31/2012 I initiated a self-adaptive fundamental filter to progressively fine tune the fundamentals that work best with the model, and it appears to be working better than the two previous static filters. Hopefully that trend will continue.