Track Record (DIA, SPY, QQQ)


Results of Year 2020 YTD (End-of-Month Close 09/30/20): We are significantly outperforming the market and a record number of subscribers are signing up to our services! Our YTD trading returns are up +31.32% (+29.73% DIA, +30.77% SPY, and +33.47% QQQ), whereas the buy-and-hold strategy is up +10.59%. We are outperforming the buy-and-hold strategy by +20.74%. Find out when we will change our position by signing up to our service. You will receive SMT's Weekly Newsletter and the SMT's latest trading signals for all ETFs (top right "Join" button)!


Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of our SMT.IND System

Arithmetic Computation Individual Trades (Year 2020): (Excel, PDF)

SMT.IND System (Intraday, Year 2000 - Present):
CAGR of each ETF: +15.4% DIA, +14.4% SPY, and +20.9% QQQ
Buy-and-Hold: +4.7% DIA, +4.1% SPY, and +4.6% QQQ

CAGR Individual Trades (Year 2000 - Present) (Excel, PDF)
CAGR Performance Summary Tables & Charts (Excel, PDF)


  • Results (shown above) are based on a "fixed" amount of capital (i.e., non compounded). Yearly results calculated by the arithmetic computation method are derived by the summation of individual investment returns and dividing the total by the number of investment periods.

  • Our performance returns are independently verified by Alpha Performance Verification Services, TimerTrac, and constantly monitored by hundreds of members.


    TimerTrac Verification


    The SMT.IND model of QQQ's performance:


    Performance Summary


    The following chart shows our returns for each ETF since inception (year 2001) vs. the buy-and-hold strategy of investing.



    Trading Statistics


    Definition of headings in the tables below (each row/line relates to a specific year):

      • No. of Trades – total number of trades
      • Long – number of long positions
      • Cash – number of hold cash positions
      • Short – number of short positions
      • Avg. Trading Period Gain – the average percentage gain of the profitable trades
      • Avg Trading Period Loss – the average percentage loss of the nonprofitable trades
      • No. of Gain Periods – the number of trades that were profitable
      • No. of Loss Periods – the number of trades that were nonprofitable
      • Largest Trading Period Gains – the largest percentage profitable trade
      • Largest Trading Period Losses – the largest percentage nonprofitable trade
      • Yearly Return – percentage sum of of all profitable and nonprofitable trades

    Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock (NasdaqGM: QQQ)

    Year# of
    Trades    		LongCashShortAvg. Trading
    Period Gain    		Avg. Trading
    Period Loss    		# of Gain
    Periods    		# of Loss
    Periods    		Largest Trading
    Period Gains    		Largest Trading
    Period Losses    		Yearly
    Return
    201930151143.6%-1.7%12178.8%-3.9%13.8%
    201833162151.7%-2.4%15155.0%-5.1%-11.0%
    2017157174.4%-1.1%7710.1%-3.1%23.6%
    201625130122.7%-2.1%8166.0%-11.6%-12.4%
    201523121103.2%-1.4%11118.0%-2.7%20.3%
    2014136255.1%-1.3%6511.9%-4.1%23.9%
    2013158074.5%-0.8%8712.4%-1.4%30.5%
    201227131132.7%-2.1%111312.2%-12.0%2.7%
    2011199373.2%-1.4%978.1%-2.1%18.9%
    2010147165.5%-4.7%7520.1%-14.4%14.9%
    20092611964.9%-2.9%10610.0%-4.5%32.2%
    2008157177.2%-3.1%7717.8%-6.0%29.1%
    2007178093.8%-2.1%1169.7%-3.7%29.4%
    2006126065.6%-1.9%7415.5%-2.8%31.9%
    20052111372.8%-1.8%1179.0%-4.4%18.7%
    20042010283.1%-2.0%987.0%-5.5%12.1%
    200327104134.0%-1.9%111211.0%-3.8%21.2%
    200230154116.2%-3.7%141011.0%-7.1%42.5%
    20011662815.1%-5.1%8629.5%-11.9%90.2%
    20002010197.8%-5.4%81116.4%-10.6%3.1%
    Avg.20.910.01.99.04.9%-2.4%9.59.012.0%-6.0%21.8%


    Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index "SPDRs" (AMEX: SPY)

    Year# of
    Trades    		LongCashShortAvg. Trading
    Period Gain    		Avg. Trading
    Period Loss    		# of Gain
    Periods    		# of Loss
    Periods    		Largest Trading
    Period Gains    		Largest Trading
    Period Losses    		Yearly
    Return
    201930151142.5%-1.5%13165.5%-4.2%8.3%
    201831152141.5%-1.9%14144.5%-4.9%-4.9%
    2017157171.7%-1.9%1045.5%-2.8%9.5%
    201625130121.3%-1.9%9152.9%-9.9%-17.7%
    201523121102.1%-1.0%12104.8%-2.6%12.6%
    2014136253.0%-1.0%747.7%-2.2%16.8%
    2013158073.7%-0.9%9610.0%-1.7%27.5%
    201227131131.8%-2.0%13117.0%-10.0%3.4%
    2011199372.4%-1.8%1066.4%-3.1%15.7%
    2010147165.0%-3.1%6712.0%-11.9%8.5%
    20092611965.5%-2.2%987.5%-4.6%32.1%
    2008157175.8%-3.2%8517.5%-6.7%30.4%
    2007178093.0%-1.6%1077.7%-3.3%18.3%
    2006147071.8%-2.2%1134.8%-3.6%13.7%
    20052211471.9%-1.0%1155.1%-1.7%16.1%
    200425132101.8%-1.6%1495.6%-3.8%10.0%
    200327103142.9%-1.5%121210.6%-2.5%16.2%
    200228143114.1%-2.7%13129.8%-7.5%21.3%
    2001147165.8%-2.4%7612.7%-4.3%26.0%
    2000168083.6%-2.5%1039.1%-3.9%28.4%
    Avg.20.810.11.89.03.1%-1.9%10.48.27.8%-4.8%14.6%


    Dow Jones Industrial Average Index "DIAMONDS" (NYSE: DIA)

    Year# of
    Trades    		LongCashShortAvg. Trading
    Period Gain    		Avg. Trading
    Period Loss    		# of Gain
    Periods    		# of Loss
    Periods    		Largest Trading
    Period Gains    		Largest Trading
    Period Losses    		Yearly
    Return
    201930151142.2%-1.4%13164.8%-4.7%5.6%
    201831152141.6%-2.0%16124.3%-4.6%2.3%
    2017157172.1%-2.0%957.4%-5.3%9.0%
    201625130120.9%-2.1%10142.9%-9.7%-20.6%
    201523121102.2%-1.7%1386.1%-3.6%14.9%
    2014136252.4%-1.8%838.5%-3.8%14.1%
    2013158073.5%-0.8%10510.4%-1.4%30.1%
    201227131131.7%-1.6%13114.9%-7.4%5.9%
    2011199372.7%-1.5%1058.5%-2.5%19.6%
    2010147163.9%-2.7%769.6%-9.6%10.5%
    20092611965.0%-2.2%988.2%-5.3%27.7%
    2008157175.3%-2.9%8514.6%-6.5%28.0%
    2007178092.6%-2.2%1167.3%-4.5%15.7%
    2006147072.2%-1.9%1134.6%-3.4%18.3%
    20052211471.6%-0.8%1264.2%-1.3%14.5%
    200425132101.9%-1.4%1395.4%-4.1%12.0%
    200327103142.9%-1.6%121210.7%-3.9%15.2%
    200228144103.8%-2.8%13119.7%-6.9%18.1%
    2001158075.6%-1.3%8712.8%-3.3%35.1%
    2000178093.7%-1.3%1169.2%-2.4%33.4%
    Avg.20.910.11.89.12.9%-1.8%10.97.97.7%-4.7%15.5%