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    Guilty.

    Quote Originally Posted by nasa1974 View Post
    I know a few folks that got the cease and desist letter, or feel the full wrath of the government. How many of us actually did a daily IFT back then? I think the most I did was 5 in one month. What I did do for almost a year was the >1% move which averaged about every other day.
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    Guilty - 10 moves in a month for fair value on the I Fund.....wow what a year I had......
    Quote Originally Posted by nasa1974 View Post
    I know a few folks that got the cease and desist letter, or feel the full wrath of the government. How many of us actually did a daily IFT back then? I think the most I did was 5 in one month. What I did do for almost a year was the >1% move which averaged about every other day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nasa1974 View Post
    There isn't a specific rule.

    One of our past members kind of had the idea and I ran with it to see what would happen. Basically it is a re-balance of all your funds between .01% and .09%. Your first two moves are your normal IFT allowance, after that you can do the re-balance between funds every day if you want. It really works out every other day. I know I wrote something up about the >1% move but I will have to try and find it.
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    Thanks RMI for finding the thread.
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    Default Re: IFT RULE - SHOULD IT BE CHANGED?

    Some corrections. It's <1%, I always confuse < & > and it is .01% to .99%.

    Thanks again to RMI for finding the 2009 thread.
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    Default Re: IFT RULE - SHOULD IT BE CHANGED?

    I think it should be. As others said, I don't mind paying a fee for a transaction. In a lot of cases, it could save you a ton of cash.

    Look at today for instance, I sold a TNA and FAS position for a small gain (stopped out at +1% on both), but if I was forced to hold, it would have been a near double digit percentage loss on both positions. Possibly more than that, since with the IFT delay, I'd be forced to hold both today and till the end of tomorrow, if I were to request an IFT now.

    I'd rather pay $10 for 2 transactions than lose 3-4% of my account any day.


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    So I just completed the poll question above. 100% of the people want the IFT rule to be changed and 0% of the people do not. That tells me that the rule will never be changed because the folks want it.

    Could you imagine if everyone had to play by the same rules as we do...
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    Quote Originally Posted by RazorCat View Post
    There was a period where I would move in and out of I fund to other funds a couple times a week if I recall correctly. That was quite a while back, but I remember it being a very profitable couple of years.
    Yes it was hugely profitable because of the I fund being so heavily invested in the Nikki/Japan stocks. I remember if Nikki was rocking then you got in before 12pm almost certainly the next day the I fund would pop! There was suppose to be some kind of balance/mechanism there to ensure folks couldn't capitalize on that anomaly but man i know i sure did. Once the changed kick in, well that was it couldn't make easy money anymore. The rule should be changed...all this hype about making the tsp more aligned with other investing options...well where in the world is there a trading portal that only allows 2 trades a month! Total BS we've called them on it; they know it! You mean to tell me a $4.95 trading fee wouldn't offset the increased cost incurred of trades over the 2 monthly minimum...PLEASE!

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    James48843 did some great work many years ago when these limits were implemented, showing that costs were actually going down after they went to unlimited transactions. It was because Barclays at the time (bought out by Blackrock) was actually good at what they did. Here's an old post he made...

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    Net Expense (2007 is YTD through December)
    Ratios· Total G F C S I L Inc. L2010 L2020 L2030 L2040
    2000 .05% .05% .07% .06% - - · - - · -
    2001 .06% .06% .06% .06% .05% .05% · - . - -
    2002 .06% .06% .06% .07% .07% .07% · - - · ·
    2003 .10% .10% .10% .10% .10% .10% - . - · ·
    2004 .06% .06% .05% .06% .06% .06% · - . - ·
    2005 .05% .04% .04% .05% .05% .05% .01% .02% .02% .02% .02%
    2006 .03% .03% .03% .03% .03% .03% .03% .03% .03% .03% .03%
    2007 .02% .02% .02% .02% .02% .01% .02% .02% .02% .02% .02%
    ·


    The net expense ratios are the administrative expenses charged to TSP participants per dollar invested in the respective funds after offsettng gross administrative expenses with account forfeitures and loan fees.
    Better alignment...

    Net Expense (2007 is YTD through December)
    Total G F C S I L-INC L2010 L2020 L2030 L2040
    2000 0.05% 0.05% 0.07% 0.06% n/a
    2001 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.05% n/a
    2002 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% n/a
    2003 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% n/a
    2004 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% n/a
    2005 0.05% 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
    2006 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
    2007 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
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    Sorry I am on the road and can’t get to my data to post the most recent numbers, but the costs today are MUCH higher administrative expenses then back when we had unlimited trades.

    I will try and get to a computer next week, and post up the most recent administrative expense figures.


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    I just checked.

    For 2018, the annual administrative expense for all of the TSP funds was 0.041% per $1,000 invested.

    That is exactly DOUBLE the administrative cost as it was in the years when we had unlimited trades. (2006 and 2007 is when we had unlimited trades, and many of us did three or four trades in a month at times.)

    This figure is found on the Annual TSP statement form available when you log into your account.


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