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    Hi Everyone:

    I am new here and I feel bad I did not come across this website before. It would have save me a lot time and energy. I had been looking for an edge to increase the return in my TSP account for a while. Finally I thought of a strategy that has been working fairly well regardless of market direction. It is very simple and it is more common sense than technical analysis. The assumption is that if the market is at 0 and it is going to 100 it has to pass by 10 before it gets to 100. If it is at 100 and it is going down to 50, it has to go by 90 before getting to 50. I call it the 5-10 Rule. If a fund (F, C, S or I) touches or goes above the 10 MA line it becomes a Buy Signal. When the price line touches or goes below the 5 Day MA line it becomes a Sell Signal. I post the graphs in my non-for profit website (http://www.tspgo.com). As of February 11, 2005, this year (using the spread sheet from TSPtalk.com) I am ahead 1.92%. I have allocated 10% F, 20% C, 30% S and 40% I. I move 100% of the allocation to G and it remains there until a Buy signals comes up.



    My current position (02-11-05): G - 60%; I – 40%


    Thank you all.
    For charts visit www.tspgo.com


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    Interesting. Welcome, and we look forward to your participation.

    God Bless:^
    "Treat your wife with honor, respect, and understanding as you live together so that you can pray effectively as husband and wife." 1 Peter 3:7

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    Welcome !

    "When the price line touches or goes , " I understand the passing 10 to get to 100 concept - that is why I never lie when I say I am 50 yo.!! But I don't get where you decide to draw your line up/down to.. maybe I should say across to -

    .please understand this stuff is a quagmire to me - but I live by the rule: ~there is no such thing as a stupid question.~ :dah::x

    Do you do new anaylsis every morning for the funds? Using certain webs? I guess what I am asking is what time of the morning do you make your decision to do or not to do??



    thank you for sharing - grandma

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    Welcome tspgo!
    Tom
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    I am not a Registered Investment Advisor and this is not investment advice. Please do your own due diligence.

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    grandma wrote:
    Welcome !

    "When the price line touches or goes , " I understand the passing 10 to get to 100 concept - that is why I never lie when I say I am 50 yo.!! But I don't get where you decide to draw your line up/down to.. maybe I should say across to -

    .please understand this stuff is a quagmire to me - but I live by the rule: ~there is no such thing as a stupid question.~ :dah::x

    Do you do new anaylsis every morning for the funds? Using certain webs? I guess what I am asking is what time of the morning do you make your decision to do or not to do??
    Thank you Grandma.
    I try to do new analysis every night after the TSPfund prices are posted. I enter the current prices in a database to generate the graphs. It is a very tedious process but I do not know a better way. If a buy signal is generated I enter my order right then. (see graph below. If the attachement does not work you can see it at http://www.tspgo.com/#ifund)
    For charts visit www.tspgo.com

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    Thank you. And thank you for the great job you havedone with TSP talk. I wish I wouldhave come accross it some time back.
    For charts visit www.tspgo.com

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    tspgo_com wrote:
    I enter the current prices in a database to generate the graphs. It is a very tedious process but I do not know a better way.

    Welcome, TSPGO!

    What format do you need the share prices in? I can prolly automate that for you.

    Search here for "Quicken" and look for the share price updater thread.

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    Rolo wrote:
    tspgo_com wrote:


    Welcome, TSPGO!

    What format do you need the share prices in? I can prolly automate that for you.

    Search here for "Quicken" and look for the share price updater thread.
    Thanks, Rolo

    Allow me to describe my entire tedious process and perhaps you ( or someone else here) can help me simplify it. I know there must be an easier way. It would help a great deal if I could eliminate some of these steps.

    1.- Sometime in the evening I will go to the TSP Website and check the new share prices.

    2.- I enter the new share prices to a Lotus 1-2-3 Spreadsheet.

    3.- I move to another area of the spreadsheet where I increase the range to include the new prices

    4.- Paste the new graphs in my web page designer program and delete the old graph.

    5.- Open the new graph with MS Paint to add comments and trend lines.

    6.- Save the new graph

    7.- Upload the new graphs (F, C, S, I) to the website.

    Thanks again and have a great day.

    TSPGO!
    For charts visit www.tspgo.com

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    tspgo_com wrote:
    2.- I enter the new share prices to a Lotus 1-2-3 Spreadsheet.

    Wow...that's still around? I haven't used that since DOS 5, heh.

    Do you have Excel? You can paste the share prices right from the TSP web site into it, then edit and save your graphs as a web page/gif for uploading.

    Try pasting into Lotus and see if it works, just have the colums in the same order as tsp.gov.


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    http://www.tspgo.com 5-10 Rule: Transaction and Allocation

    Effective 02-14-05 (Entered 11:30 am EST)

    G = 10
    F = 0
    C = 20
    S = 30
    I = 40

    TSPGO!
    For charts visit www.tspgo.com

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    Rolo wrote:
    Wow...that's still around? I haven't used that since DOS 5, heh.

    Do you have Excel? You can paste the share prices right from the TSP web site into it, then edit and save your graphs as a web page/gif for uploading.

    Try pasting into Lotus and see if it works, just have the colums in the same order as tsp.gov.

    Thank you Rolo:

    I'll try that. I'll let you know how it goes.

    Have a great day.
    For charts visit www.tspgo.com

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    tspgo_com wrote:
    Effective 02-14-05 (Entered 11:30 am EST)

    G = 10
    F = 0
    C = 20
    S = 30
    I = 40
    I don't seea new post in your account listing, so are you staying the same? I am unsure where to be drawing lines on your 5-10 rule charts - I guess I need hands-on training for that. You say `follow to the dot' which I do understand is simply a very specific instruction, not a place, cuz I don't see any dots !! :dah: But I do get the impression you have done something different with your funds.

    :#Whatever grasp I had of thisSunday is gone today !!!



    Thank you - I hopeRolo'ssuggestionswork out well for you - you are doing an awfully lot of labor there !!


    p.s.: Also, in looking at http://tspgo.com/tspgo5_10ift.htm, your last post there is on the 10th when you were 100% g. Thanx again for any assist! !!!

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