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 vs the NASDAQ:

Year

Buys

Sells

Days in Market

Days Out of Market

NASDAQ % Gain

KT Number TQQQ % Gain

KT Number TNA % Gain

KT Number Long Term NASDAQ % Gain

KT Number UPRO % Gain

1971

5

4

138

91

14.12%

-0.02%

–

–

12.57%

1972

2

2

150

101

17.67%

21.18%

–

–

45.51%

1973

2

3

77

174

-31.52%

-8.61%

–

–

-20.01%

1974

2

2

41

211

-35.35%

-14.22%

–

–

0.00%

1975

3

2

175

77

27.87%

78.99%

–

–

52.41%

1976

2

2

196

57

25.39%

52.59%

–

–

57.42%

1977

2

2

209

43

7.53%

5.13%

–

–

-25.23%

1978

2

3

176

76

13.44%

37.47%

–

–

-11.40%

1979

3

2

200

53

28.26%

53.76%

–

–

22.20%

1980

1

2

189

64

36.56%

140.19%

–

–

27.12%

1981

3

2

151

102

-26.94%

22.23%

–

–

-20.19%

1982

2

2

133

120

18.86%

86.55%

–

–

43.92%

1983

3

4

159

94

20.82%

84.72%

–

–

51.81%

1984

4

3

111

142

-11.00%

-26.94%

–

 0.15%

-18.30%

1985

1

1

221

32

32.13%

105.87%

–

  94.47%

51.81%

1986

1

2

141

112

7.32%

36.18%

–

  22.08%

26.46%

1987

2

2

139

114

-6.43%

11.67%

-14.85%

  56.07%

25.83%

1988

2

2

147

106

12.67%

26.31%

42.42%

  46.20%

15.12%

1989

1

1

201

51

20.13%

61.26%

46.65%

  57.72%

81.75%

1990

3

2

94

159

-18.62%

-1.86%

-16.23%

  -33.81%  -20.40%

1991

3

3

221

32

57.53%

136.89%

91.32%

  129.09%

78.90%

1992

3

3

159

95

15.43%

48.48%

15.93%

  46.35%

13.38%

1993

2

3

185

68

15.63%

24.06%

35.07%

  46.89%

21.18%

1994

3

3

141

111

-2.44%

-3.99%

-3.39%

  -7.32%

-4.62%

1995

3

3

219

33

41.50%

77.85%

77.82%

  124.50%

102.33%

1996

2

1

201

53

21.95%

64.62%

52.71%

  1.80%

60.78%

1997

3

4

174

79

22.62%

86.16%

44.49%

  31.38%

93.03%

1998

4

3

170

82

38.64%

169.14%

14.73%

  130.29%

28.86%

1999

5

5

196

56

85.59%

144.69%

66.84%

  256.77%

25.29%

2000

3

4

118

134

-40.20%

14.25%

-1.69%

  6.00%

-16.80%

2001

6

5

104

144

-14.90%

11.64%

78.69%

  50.43%

-0.39%

2002

4

5

78

174

-32.52%

-21.60%

7.92%

  -17.64%

-21.60%

2003

5

4

196

56

44.66%

58.71%

120.66%

  147.51%

18.84%

2004

3

3

148

104

8.41%

40.32%

40.38%

 25.23%

26.97%

2005

4

4

137

115

2.47%

11.52%

2.19%

  7.41%

9.00%

2006

1

1

184

67

7.65%

36.75%

46.68%

  22.95%

40.86%

2007

4

4

185

66

9.46%

9.09%

-31.05%

  32.07%

-1.83%

2008

5

6

70

183

-39.57%

-5.43%

-17.97%

  5.73%

0.00%

2009

4

3

204

48

39.28%

79.65%

31.18%

  114.33%

73.34%

2010

4

4

168

84

15.36%

56.91%

27.84%

  5.22%

12.44%

2011

6

6

152

100

-3.21%

-7.75%

2.53%

  -21.45%

-3.25%

2012

4

4

159

91

14.00%

46.89%

7.33%

  52.24%

46.84%

2013

1

1

244

8

34.20%

139.73%

108.94%

  139.64%

118.39%

2014

5

5

183

69

12.72%

2.06%

-19.34%

  57.11%

38.03%

2015

5

5

195

57

5.73%

-20.16%

-29.68%

  -8.15%

-29.02%

2016

4

4

177

75

7.50%

-3.84%

33.62%

  17.83%

-9.49%

2017

1

1

235

16

28.24%

100.30%

17.06%

 118.04% 

71.31%

2018

3

4

159

92

-2.38%

-9.17%

-16.86%

 -8.69%

-4.58%

2019

5

4

190

62

35.23%

60.39%

8.17%

 96.66%

35.72%

2020

3

3

206

47

43.64%

169.59%

49.59%

 154.91%

-0.90%

2021

6

6

183

69

21.39%

41.02%

-16.68%

 82.98%

98.63%

2022

5

6

54

197

-33.10%

-56.21%

-46.41%

 -55.70%

-23.44%

2023

4

3

180

70

53.77%

122.00%

53.05%

 101.10%

-7.89%

2024

3

3

209

43

28.60%

25.93%

-23.84%

 20.35%

63.56%

2025

3

3

177

73

20.32%

60.29%

23.34%

 19.72%

8.14%

Annual Compounded Rate

10.39%

35.98%

17.13%

  39.64%

19.98%