Post #4858 by RAMc on the Mechanical Investing board

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Lizdal: “I attribute this to the absence of a major bear market. BCC timing will be most effective during major bear markets like 2008, 2002, and 1974.”

Very true, it would be nice if we had a few hundred years with 50 or more Bull/Bear examples to give us some good statistics but unfortunately, we don’t.

I’m impressed with your organized collection of screens, historical records and obviously good script to run a collection of backtests. You also reference SPY-COMP Paul Novell’s tweaks in his improved GTT version. Allocate Smartly comment on SPY-COMP “Where it differs from those other strategies is that it considers a much broader array of economic indicators.”

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