Investment
Programs:
We
do not hold your money. You open an account with Rydex Funds
and we provide the signals to Rydex a number of minutes prior to market
close on a daily basis.
We
have six investment programs:
Our
Primary program trades between the
Rydex NDX or SPX 2x fund, the Rydex Inverse NDX or SPX 2x fund and the money market. Active
since December 31, 2005. Our maximum daily exposure is 1.5 times that of
the market itself, but since we spend time out of the market or at
reduced exposure levels, your account is 30% less exposed to the market
overall as the NDX. This results in less risk to your account compared
to the market.
Our
2nd program (Long/Money Market) trades between the Rydex 2x
"long" funds and the money market using
a different focus to offer diversification. This program is
sensitive to possible down days and often moves to the money market for
protection. It was introduced November
1,2010. It does not go short. Currently it is targeted at an exposure
level of half that of the market. The program uses a slower moving
algorithm than the Primary Program so last minute market gyrations do
not have any effect on next day's position.
The
Hot Money program is for those clients able to take on overall risk equal to that of the stock
market and able to handle large daily changes up to twice that of the
stock market. The program trades between the Rydex NDX
or SPX 2x fund, the Rydex Inverse NDX or SPX 2x fund and the money market
It can use up to 2x leverage at times, but the overall exposure, which is a major
component of risk, is designed to be the same as that of the NDX. The
program currently uses proven algorithms from our primary program and
will move in the same direction on a daily basis, but due to the
different use of leverage the results over a year's time can be
significantly different.
The
Conservative Retirement program is designed for those investors that are
not comfortable with large swings in the stock market, but still
would like to have the potential for strong returns. This program does
not use any leverage, and is designed to be only 40% exposed to the
markets overall. It is unaffected by last minute market gyrations and
will move long, short or into the money market as required.
The
SuperAlgo (High Exposure, high expectations) program placed its first position on 11/9/16. This program will be
in the market over 95% of the time and be fully leveraged so the total
exposure level should run about 195%. Both the draw-downs and
potential gains should be larger than we have previously experienced as
risk is directly related to market exposure. This is our most advanced
program adding a third layer to our long running Primary program. This program is only
for those who can afford to place a portion of their funds into a higher
risk investment seeking higher gains. Like most of our programs it
features time based diversification.
The Anticipatory Trend
program placed its first trade on 12/30/16. This program anticipates the
trend for the next few days and generally spends a few days in the same
direction. Since it has a different approach it sometimes will be in a
different direction than the other programs. The program does not use
high leverage but may use up to an additional 25%. The program applies
its exposure equally to every "long" signal and equally to
every "short" signal though we might apply more exposure
overall to the long signals. The program may go long, short or money
market and its overall market exposure will be about 70% of being
just long or short the market reducing market risk. We established the program in 2012
but did not trade it as a stand along program. It is a component
of our other programs and you will find mention of our Anticipatory
trend in our daily comments going back to early 2012. I decided to
run it as a stand along program because of its history of low draw downs
with very reliable positive returns.
Please contact
us if
you would like us to send you a free information package. We are
currently registered in California and New York and
are
limited to only 5 accounts per state where we are not yet registered so
please check with us.
Our
Fees
The
"Primary" program, "Long/Money market" and
"Anticipatory trend" program
fees for accounts over $78,000 are only 1% per year on total
investment, paid
quarterly (0.25%/quarter) . Below
$78,000 a flat fee of $195 per quarter applies. ($15 per week)
The
"Conservative Retirement" program fees for accounts over
$52,000 are only 1% per year on total
investment, paid
quarterly (0.25%/quarter) . Below $52,000 a flat fee of $130 per quarter
applies. ($10 per week)
The
"Hot Money" program fees are 2% per year, paid quarterly with a minimum of
$195 per quarter.
The
"SuperAlgo" (High Exposure,
high expectations) program fees are 1.5% per year, paid
quarterly, with a minimum of
$195 per quarter.
Rydex
sets the minimum investment amount which is only $15,000 however we have
set our minimum at $39,000 because our minimum fees would be higher than
two percent on very small accounts. The $39,000 minimum protects our
clients from the higher fees.
Our
techniques are unique to John Vitale and Palisades Research
Systems and you will not find our methods anywhere else. Lower fees for
other types of investment management services may be available from
other sources.
You
can get additional information on the Rydex Funds from the
web site, a division of Guggenheim Investments.
A
significant portion of our own funds are invested in these programs.
If
you would like to speak to me directly please call me a 1-310-459-7528
Best
Regards,
John
Vitale
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