ETF Trading Strategies: Buy and Hold vs. Moving Average Week 7

Week 7 of the comparison of a Buy and Hold ETF portfolio vs. a moving average ETF trading strategy is in the books and Investor A (Buy and Hold) continues to significantly lead this experiment. Investor A had another increase in his portfolio to a total value of $11,683.45 for a gain of 16.3% in only 7 weeks. This is the sixth week in a row with an increase in value. Investor A continues to benefit from this recent market rally.

Investor B (50 day moving average/200 day moving average ETF trading) is only holding three of the 10 ETFs from the balanced portfolio. His total portfolio was basically unchanged again this week and is $10,005.70. His performance thus stands at -.4%. He is waiting for the 50 day moving average to cross above the 200 day moving average on the other 7 ETFs before buying. The graphical representation is below. If you click on the graph it will open in a bigger size making it easier to view.

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