Total Return Strategy
Long and Short Positions taken on Futures Markets, usually front month.
Positions are taken immediately upon BUY and SELL signals, given on the Charles Nenner Research Center Newsletter Updates
Yearly Performance 2023
Market | CN 2023 | |
Nasdaq | 48.09% | 91.67% |
Gold | 13.45% | 41.54% |
Crude | -10.73% | 93.37% |
NatGas | -43.82% | 209.76% |
BTCUSD | 155.68% | 179.78%* |
Monthly Performance December 2023
C.Nenner | Market | CN YTD | |
Nasdaq | 5.55% | 5.17% | 91.67% |
Gold | 2.44% | 0.71% | 41.54% |
Crude | 1.46% | -4.96% | 93.37% |
NatGas | 19.84% | -10.28% | 209.76% |
BTCUSD | 19.88% | 12.03% | 179.78%* |
Nasdaq
Nasdaq –We closed our long position carried from October with a profit of 16.14%, of which 5.55% represents the return from the month of December. The Nasdaq Futures returned 5.17%, in line with our monthly return. We close 2023 with a return of 91.67% for Nasdaq futures, against a 48.09% for the market.
NASDAQ Record of Positions in December
DATE | DIRECTION | ENTRY | EXIT | P/L | P/L% |
Oct-31 | LONG | 14410 | |||
Jan-03 | CLOSE | 16736 | 2326 | 16.14% | |
P/L December | 5.55 |
Gold
Gold – Our long position carried from November returned 2.83%, from which 2.2% was gained in December, rounding our final return for December in 2.44%. Gold had a 0.71% return on the same period. In 2023, our strategy for gold returned 41.54%, against a 13.45% return of the metal.
GOLD Record of Positions in December
DATE | DIRECTION | ENTRY | EXIT | P/L | P/L% |
Nov-14 | LONG | 1951 | |||
Nov-21 | CLOSE 1/2 | 2000 | 49 | 1.26% | |
Dec-06 | CLOSE 2/2 | 2037 | 86 | 4.41% | |
Dec-06 | SHORT | 2037 | |||
Dec-15 | CLOSE | 2051 | -14 | -0.69% | |
Dec-15 | LONG | 2051 | |||
Dec-29 | CLOSE | 2070 | 19 | 0.93% | |
Dec-29 | SHORT | 2070 | OPEN | ||
P/L December | 2.44% |
Crude
Crude – We finish December with a 1.46% return on Crude, after a long position that went against us. Since the cycles were down, we did not take the other long signals given in December, judging it was too risky, and end the month with an open short position. Crude finished December with a negative return of -4.69%. For the year 2023, our strategy returned 93.37% in Crude, while the market had a return of -10.73% .
CRUDE Record of Positions in December
DATE | DIRECTION | ENTRY | EXIT | P/L | P/L% |
Dec-04 | SHORT | 74.5 | |||
Dec-06 | CLOSE 1/2 | 71 | 3.5 | 4.70% | |
Dec-11 | CLOSE 2/2 | 71 | 3.5 | 4.70% | |
FINAL P/L | 4.70% | ||||
Dec-11 | LONG | 71 | |||
Dec-13 | CLOSE | 68.7 | -2.3 | -3.24% | |
Dec-29 | SHORT | 72.6 | OPEN | ||
P/L December | 1.46% |
Natural Gas
Natural Gas - December brought us a 19.84% return on NatGas, after our short position initiated in November was closed, and a half long position was liquidated mid-month. We are finishing December with a 19.84% return against a -10.28% move on the market. Our strategy has a positive return for the year of 209.76%, against a negative 43.82% yearly result on NatGas.
NAT GAS - Record of Positions in December
DATE | DIRECTION | ENTRY | EXIT | P/L | P/L% |
Nov-29 | SHORT | 2.79 | |||
Dec-12 | CLOSE | 2.27 | 0.52% | 18.64% | |
Dec-14 | LONG | 2.35 | OPEN 1/2 | ||
Dec-15 | CLOSE 1/2 | 2.4 | 1.20% | ||
P/L December | 19.84% |
Bitcoin
Bitcoin BTC/USD – After taking profit on our long position carried from October we remained neutral, until a short signal was give on month end. We finish December with a return of 19.88%, (which represents one half of the position carried from October minus the loss on the short position), against a 12.03% move for the cryptocurrency. The final result on 2023 was 179.78%, above the 155.68% yearly return for Bitcoin.
BITCOIN - Record of Positions in December
ENTRY | DIRECTION | ENTRY | EXIT | P/L | P/L% |
Oct-16 | LONG | 27926 | |||
Oct-25 | CLOSE 1/2 | 34214 | 6288 | 22.52% | |
Dec-12 | CLOSE 2/2 | 41232 | 13306 | 47.65% | |
FINAL P/L | 35.08% | ||||
Dec-27 | SHORT | 42511 | |||
Jan-02 | CLOSE | 44187 | -1676 | -3.94% | |
P/L December | 19.88% |
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