twelve month - rate of return - autotracker correction possible?

[offroad]

Autotracker does not reflect the reality of your 12 month rate of return for many.

1) Some purposefully do that so they can maintain privacy
2) some (like me) just mess up and forget to post the changes they make.

is there any way, or should there be any way, to make a correction on New Years to have the previous years 12 month rate of return, match the autotracker number for the previous year. if we wanted to do that?

it will not count for prizes, but it would help when you want to track your performance year after year. maybe this could be done for paying subscribers only?

if its too much trouble obviously, don't do it.

[nasa1974]

Autotracker does not reflect the reality of your 12 month rate of return for many.

1) Some purposefully do that so they can maintain privacy
2) some (like me) just mess up and forget to post the changes they make.

is there any way, or should there be any way, to make a correction on New Years to have the previous years 12 month rate of return, match the autotracker number for the previous year. if we wanted to do that?

it will not count for prizes, but it would help when you want to track your performance year after year. maybe this could be done for paying subscribers only?

if its too much trouble obviously, don't do it.

offroad,

Not sure what you mean by "AutoTracker does not reflect the reality of your 12 month rate of return for many." The AutoTracker has always been pretty much spot on to my personnel account. if you're talking about your 12 month TSP it won't match up. The AutoTracker runs January to December while your 12 month TSP looks at the previous 12 months, i.e. March 2014 to February 2015 or September 2014 to August 2015.

[userque]

Autotracker does not reflect the reality of your 12 month rate of return for many.

1) Some purposefully do that so they can maintain privacy
2) some (like me) just mess up and forget to post the changes they make.

is there any way, or should there be any way, to make a correction on New Years to have the previous years 12 month rate of return, match the autotracker number for the previous year. if we wanted to do that?

it will not count for prizes, but it would help when you want to track your performance year after year. maybe this could be done for paying subscribers only?

if its too much trouble obviously, don't do it.


offroad,

Not sure what you mean by "AutoTracker does not reflect the reality of your 12 month rate of return for many." The AutoTracker has always been pretty much spot on to my personnel account. if you're talking about your 12 month TSP it won't match up. The AutoTracker runs January to December while your 12 month TSP looks at the previous 12 months, i.e. March 2014 to February 2015 or September 2014 to August 2015.

They may not be online right now, but I think I understand them:

Sounds like they're saying that they didn't log all of their 'real' IFT's into the auto-tracker. So they want to know if the end-of-year results can be altered to reflect their 'real' end-of-year results.

Imo.

[offroad]

correct userque. that is what I am asking.

[Frixxxx]

Guys,

Look at the rules:
http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/tsp-talk-autotracker-and-returns-info/7766-autotracker-rules-how-get-started.html

Look at this comment:

Remember, the Autotracker is actually just a contest for entertainment and educational purposes, and we have no way to verify that members are actually making the transfers in their TSP account.

So based on the number of people in the contest and what you are asking, I think it will be a long shot for that type of effort to be even remotely reasonable. But I'll let Tom have final word.

[offroad]

Frixxxx I know. But no harm asking. Sincerely do not want to mess up the monthly contest or anything. That's why I would want it done one time a year. After the new year. Make auto tracker match the year result in personal investment performance. That way all contest are done for the year.


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[Frixxxx]

Frixxxx I know. But no harm asking. Sincerely do not want to mess up the monthly contest or anything. That's why I would want it done one time a year. After the new year. Make auto tracker match the year result in personal investment performance. That way all contest are done for the year.


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If people "truly" post their 12-month return in the thread for that, then I would suggest annotating the avatar or just follow the thread for reference.

[userque]

This has nothing to do with your question to Tom, it's just something to consider going forward.

What I sometimes do is set two alarms on my phone before both cut-offs (real, and tsptalk), about 10 mins. apart, to help remind me. Sometimes I have it repeat daily when I know an IFT is going to happen soon.

[offroad]

Userque - funny you mention that. I do that. But just one alarm. I will set one for tsp talk too. Lol.


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[userque]

Userque - funny you mention that. I do that. But just one alarm. I will set one for tsp talk too. Lol.


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Ha! I had to learn my lesson too. It's amazing how fast we can forget something. :blink:

[Cactus]

I guess I question the need to track your year to year performance using the autotracker. I use the tsptalk spreadsheet provided on this site for that. I keep every year on a separate sheet. It's private and no one needs to worry if I'm doctoring the numbers (yes I really do trade that bad).

Maybe that's not possible from a phone. I don't know. If all you want to do is record all your actual annual rates of return you could accomplish that by posting them on your own thread on Jan 1 every year or simply list them on your sig line like I do.

[tsptalk]

if its too much trouble obviously, don't do it.

Yes, unfortunately it would be too much work and would be confusing to disrupt the standings. Plus, on Jan 1 everything gets reset to 0% anyway.


I use the tsptalk spreadsheet provided on this site for that. I keep every year on a separate sheet. It's private and no one needs to worry if I'm doctoring the numbers (yes I really do trade that bad).

TSP Calculator - Thrift Savings Plan (http://www.tsptalk.com/utilities.html)

[Skorcher]

You also get a historical record of your actual TSP rates of return on your annual TSP statement.


I guess I question the need to track your year to year performance using the autotracker. I use the tsptalk spreadsheet provided on this site for that. I keep every year on a separate sheet. It's private and no one needs to worry if I'm doctoring the numbers (yes I really do trade that bad).

Maybe that's not possible from a phone. I don't know. If all you want to do is record all your actual annual rates of return you could accomplish that by posting them on your own thread on Jan 1 every year or simply list them on your sig line like I do.