Monday, July 30, 2007

Gravitas Report

The past few months (actually 14 months in total) has seen some remarkably accurate market timing by Robert Taylor's Xyber9 methodology, which we affectionately refer to as Gravitas. Those of you who have read Taylor's novel, Paradigm, know where that name came from.

The following link will take you to an actual real time report trading these signals using the QLD, the 2X Beta fund of the Nasdaq 100, going long on Buys and short on Sells. Since June 1, 2007, the account, using only the Xyber9 signals, has appreciated from a beginning balance of $102,415 to a current, "mark-to-market" balance of $166,994. During this time there were 8 closed trades, six of which were winners and one Open trade which is up about $3,000.

The account is a "Paper Trade" account through Interactive Brokers. IB Paper Trade accounts are REAL accounts in every respect, except that the funds are imaginary. They accurately model slippage, commissions and the true availability of instruments at the instant of execution. Real money results would be very similar to the paper trade results.

Xyber9 Trade Report

A

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Alan:

Thank you for sharing the Gravitas spreadsheet. I have read the book and have been following Robert Taylors calls for several months and find it amazing how accurate they are.... "is it moral?" :)

Anonymous said...

I am interested in using the Taylor calls to trade options.

Wondering if anyone can help me with this (I am new at options):Why would this contract fall in price by 0.20,QQQHU (strike at 47.00, premium 2.08)When the market is moving up and all other options with a similar strike eg:QQQHV (strike at 48.00, premium 1.31) gain in price (this one by 0.25)?I calculate the value of the first to be 49.08, and the latter to be 49.31, so in fact the previous option is cheaper yet it fell in price.Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Allan,the results are impressive,but they are only a small sample.I would really like to know how it holds up over a 6 month period.
Thanks,Ron

Anonymous said...

I have tried all this with equivocal results. Problem is even Taylor says his short-term turns aren't all that accurate and can be influenced by market forces. He even changes dates and gives date windows, eg one or two days here or there. Try options and you will get your butt handed to you...like me.

Peter

Anonymous said...

Peter,how long have you traded Taylor's system?
Thanks,Ron

Unknown said...

I have traded Taylor picks and I agree with Allan - the leveraged funds are the best (QID, QLD, SSO, SDS). However it is not as easy as it looks. I would recommend paper trading for at least a month or two.

Options can kill you on premiums and the bid/call spreads. If you absolutely must trade options, however I would recommend QQQQs which go down to the penny.

A said...

To all of you doubters:

I don't know what more you want, this thing has been kickin' ass for over a year. Right here, documented, right here.

A

Anonymous said...

Allan,I know you had success with the intermediate turns,but have the weekly picks been as accurate for a year?
Thanks,Ron

A said...

Ron, I don't trade the Intermediate trends, so I can't say how accurate they have been, but all historic intermediate forecasts are up on the Xyber9 web site.

Short last week, long this week. Short term trends ROCK!

Anonymous said...

Traded the qqqq options for a couple of months and did well, however,one or two big whipsaws soured me.

Leveraged funds probably better.

Paper trade it and see what you think.

Peter

Anonymous said...

I agree that trading options on QQQQ or SPY is very difficult. You've also have to be a day trader and be watching the market. Options don't have trailing stops nor one cancels the other like in futures. The spread widens and will cause 50% losses when the market turns against your direction. Like in the last two days for example. You've got to have more than just one timing service to fine tune the day / hour entry especially with options JMO from experience.

QID/QLD and stop losses is easier but I've not gone that way.

I bought the book and was sub'ed to Taylor's service free for one year when that offer was going but couldn't find the bucks to pay for the service when I was dropped. So I can verify Allan's trading claims but due to skill reasons I couldn't make a profit with options and I didn't try to drop back to a simpler instrument like QID/QLD. Allan's yet again shown me what I should have done, so I thank him again for great advice!

The following is offered only because it has been the missing link for me to start making money in this tough market.

FYI: market is up to 8/3 or 6, then possible crash down to 8/15. This corresponds to another tide timing service plus several other timing technologies (below). Watch out. Don't cut the 8/3 top tight by holding to 8/6. This market is in a topping action and subprime and hedgefunds going bust has the market nervous.

Just fyi, you might join and lurk at this free yahoo group for yet another timing source, sometimes to the hour. At least there's one fellow (Ian) who offers a service giving hourly turn points.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/TimeandCycles

Since using tide AND TimeandCycles, I've been making money. I completely back up what's said here about the worth of Taylor's service and agree it's the best timing service period, for cost reasons I don't sub to Taylors service but use a similar source but not as good of tide / gravity timing. Check out the files section for Georg. BTW sign up for individual emails to get the attachments. Browsing messages on the yahoo site will not see the attachments.

Good luck, curt

Anonymous said...

I was a little early with the ARWR call to buy....it has really taken off...it is the easiest stock to trade at the highs and lows....Good luck all - RT

DreamIt Ventures said...

I have been following the system and have studied the back data. A few add on observations.

You really need to use the "system" and not try to day trade. For instance, last week I was short per the signal and did well, but closed out my profits too early. I then went long too early and took a small loss rather than letting this play out long. I think from my perspective you need to play enough $$ to make $$ but you need to keep your quantity low enough so that you can keep a very wide stop because one thing you will notice if you study the past trends is he is usually right but there are plenty of wiggles in between his start and end point that can shake you out before you make your money.

Also, I try to look at the charts to minimize risk. For instance, he had a turn date on the 20th and the night of the 19th the SPY was snuggled right up against a trend line. At that point it was scary to go short because it was strong but at the same time the risk was low since if it burst above the line that would have been a tell it was going the other way. Next day it gapped down and I was positive right from the go. When I went long last week there was no clear trend line or way to read the chart so in my mind it was riskier and I was uncomfortable right from the go.

Anyway, I personally think it works but agree you need to spend some time getting used to it and not getting shaken out as things go on in between his turn dates.

Mike

Anonymous said...

Another thing to note is that there are no stops that are on the back testing report. That would let the system do its thing, and allow for wide fluctuations. You'd have to be comfortable with the lack of stops though.

Anonymous said...

Major failure with this weeks Gravitas call.

A said...

The just-closed long lost about $1,800, but the new short is up over $10k as of the close today.

A

Anonymous said...

I disagree with last weeks gravitas long call for 8/3 high! Of course it's conjecture saying, had Bear Sterns not had their conf call Friday it would have finished up and probably a net gain for most in that leg. Regardless, read my long post above. I offered an opinion from the TimeandCycles yahoo group cycle timers that holding long into Friday the end point in Gravitas, is a high risk.

It's not a new trading technique to only trade the middle of a run, not including the end points, into the trade turn window. This was also my observation from Gravitas forcasts that the turn dates should NOT be held. Trade AFTER the trend confirms, exit 1 or 2 days BEFORE the turn date. I exited 12:10 Friday sharp, an intra day H forecast by Ian's service on TimeandCycles. The high was really Thurs Close which follows the above trading rules, wait for the confirm, exit 1-2 days before the turn end date.

Sorry that folks lost!

A reflex raily (may) happen or it may be a trap. The net trend is down into 8-13/15 per cycles mentioned on TimeandCycles, which include a tide forcaster but including cyclic calender methods and other cycle methods, that I've found to be net net the best intra day and daily timing site found, yet.

My plan is to forgo this reflex rally, and to sell the high probably Tues afternoon after Bernie disappoints. Or reality sets in that no one will rush in and save Bear Stearns and other hedgies and holders of CDO etc.

FWIW

Good, luck, Curt

curt504 said...

I left out a few words in my comment!!

I meant to say: I agree WITH the long call, and disagree that it failed! It worked if you sold Wed close and you'd have been flat if sold Thurs close.

http://finance.google.com/finance?cid=626307

Wasn't the call for buy at point G and the high was around point D, a net gain.

FWIW

curt

Anonymous said...

Last week Gravitas went short and the stock market "collapsed."

Then the bridge in MN collapsed.

Then the mine in Utah collapsed.

All were gravity related.

A coincidence? Or maybe just a bit more?


... just some food for thought that maybe we are on to more than just a market timing tool...

Anonymous said...

How's the current down trend going? This will be one of those weeks where Robert will use both last Friday and Monday to pick the highest spike possible, then this Friday to pick the lowest spike possible, and say that there was a downtrend. That's how the system works.

Anonymous said...

I agree.The 2 days in question are too ambiguous for a system that changes direction about once a week.
Ron

Anonymous said...

By the way if you are trying to trade options with QQQQ puts or SPY puts during this "Downtrend", you are completely f**ked unless we get a huge drop in the markets in the next 2 days.

khj237b said...

The trends work plain and simple. This week's trend actually ended yesterday, Thur. 8/9/07, not over the weekend.

jansher21 said...

Hi, Is anyone still using xyber9? Please let me know how things are going. Many thanks,

Rolf Zimmermann said...

Hi Allan,
in 2007 you have posted information about the Xyber9 System from Robert Taylor. Are you still using it, or have you stopped using it, because it is nomore worlking.

Greetings from Germany

Rolf