Capital preservation should be the most important goal of any investment strategy. Small losses combined with big gains, compounded over time will result in great capital appreciation.
Summary of the buy and sell signals generated by the KT Number since 1971:
|
Year |
Buys |
Sells |
Days in Market |
Days Out of Market |
TQQQ % Gain |
TNA % Gain |
Long Term KT NASDAQ % Gain |
|
1971 |
5 |
4 |
138 |
91 |
-0.02% |
– |
|
|
1972 |
2 |
2 |
150 |
101 |
21.18% |
– |
|
|
1973 |
2 |
3 |
77 |
174 |
-8.61% |
– |
|
|
1974 |
2 |
2 |
41 |
211 |
-14.22% |
– |
|
|
1975 |
3 |
2 |
175 |
77 |
78.99% |
– |
|
|
1976 |
2 |
2 |
196 |
57 |
52.59% |
– |
|
|
1977 |
2 |
2 |
209 |
43 |
5.13% |
– |
|
|
1978 |
2 |
3 |
176 |
76 |
37.47% |
– |
|
|
1979 |
3 |
2 |
200 |
53 |
53.76% |
– |
|
|
1980 |
1 |
2 |
189 |
64 |
140.19% |
– |
|
|
1981 |
3 |
2 |
151 |
102 |
22.23% |
– |
|
|
1982 |
2 |
2 |
133 |
120 |
86.55% |
– |
|
|
1983 |
3 |
4 |
159 |
94 |
84.72% |
– |
|
|
1984 |
4 |
3 |
111 |
142 |
-26.94% |
– |
0.15% |
|
1985 |
1 |
1 |
221 |
32 |
105.87% |
– |
94.47% |
|
1986 |
1 |
2 |
141 |
112 |
36.18% |
– |
22.08% |
|
1987 |
2 |
2 |
139 |
114 |
11.67% |
-14.85% |
56.07% |
|
1988 |
2 |
2 |
147 |
106 |
26.31% |
42.42% |
46.20% |
|
1989 |
1 |
1 |
201 |
51 |
61.26% |
46.65% |
57.72% |
|
1990 |
3 |
2 |
94 |
159 |
-1.86% |
-16.23% |
-33.81% |
|
1991 |
3 |
3 |
221 |
32 |
136.89% |
91.32% |
129.09% |
|
1992 |
3 |
3 |
159 |
95 |
48.48% |
15.93% |
46.35% |
|
1993 |
2 |
3 |
185 |
68 |
24.06% |
35.07% |
46.89% |
|
1994 |
3 |
3 |
141 |
111 |
-3.99% |
-3.39% |
-7.32% |
|
1995 |
3 |
3 |
219 |
33 |
77.85% |
77.82% |
124.50% |
|
1996 |
2 |
1 |
201 |
53 |
64.62% |
52.71% |
1.80% |
|
1997 |
3 |
4 |
174 |
79 |
86.16% |
44.49% |
31.38% |
|
1998 |
4 |
3 |
170 |
82 |
169.14% |
14.73% |
130.29% |
|
1999 |
5 |
5 |
196 |
56 |
144.69% |
66.84% |
256.77% |
|
2000 |
3 |
4 |
118 |
134 |
14.25% |
-1.69% |
6.00% |
|
2001 |
6 |
5 |
104 |
144 |
11.64% |
78.69% |
50.43% |
|
2002 |
4 |
5 |
78 |
174 |
-21.60% |
7.92% |
-17.64% |
|
2003 |
5 |
4 |
196 |
56 |
58.71% |
120.66% |
147.51% |
|
2004 |
3 |
3 |
148 |
104 |
40.32% |
40.38% |
25.23% |
|
2005 |
4 |
4 |
137 |
115 |
11.52% |
2.19% |
7.41% |
|
2006 |
1 |
1 |
184 |
67 |
36.75% |
46.68% |
22.95% |
|
2007 |
4 |
4 |
185 |
66 |
9.09% |
-31.05% |
32.07% |
|
2008 |
5 |
6 |
70 |
183 |
-5.43% |
-17.97% |
5.73% |
|
2009 |
4 |
3 |
204 |
48 |
79.65% |
31.18% |
114.33% |
|
2010 |
4 |
4 |
168 |
84 |
56.91% |
27.84% |
5.22% |
|
2011 |
6 |
6 |
152 |
100 |
-7.75% |
2.53% |
-21.45% |
|
2012 |
4 |
4 |
159 |
91 |
46.89% |
7.33% |
52.24% |
|
2013 |
1 |
1 |
244 |
8 |
139.73% |
108.94% |
139.64% |
|
2014 |
5 |
5 |
183 |
69 |
2.06% |
-19.34% |
57.11% |
|
2015 |
5 |
5 |
195 |
57 |
-20.16% |
-29.68% |
-8.15% |
|
2016 |
4 |
4 |
177 |
75 |
-3.84% |
33.62% |
17.83% |
|
2017 |
1 |
1 |
235 |
16 |
100.30% |
17.06% |
118.04% |
|
2018 |
3 |
4 |
159 |
92 |
-9.17% |
-16.86% |
-8.69% |
|
2019 |
5 |
4 |
190 |
62 |
60.39% |
8.17% |
96.66% |
|
2020 |
3 |
3 |
206 |
47 |
169.59% |
49.59% |
154.91% |
|
2021 |
6 |
6 |
183 |
69 |
41.02% |
-16.68% |
82.98% |
|
2022 |
5 |
6 |
54 |
197 |
-56.21% |
-46.41% |
-55.70% |
|
2023 |
4 |
3 |
180 |
70 |
122.00% |
53.05% |
101.10% |
|
Annual Compounded Rate |
35.76% |
18.33% |
40.71% | ||||