ETF Trading Strategies: Buy and Hold vs. Moving Average Week 9

Its been 9 weeks since I started the comparison of a Buy and Hold ETF portfolio vs. a moving average ETF trading strategy. Investor A (Buy and Hold) continues to lead this experiment by a significant margin. Investor A had another increase in his portfolio to a total value of $11,841.01 for a gain of 17.9% in just 9 weeks. This is the eighth week in a row with an increase in value. Investor A continues to benefit from this recent market rally although his gains have certainly slowed down.

Investor B (50 day moving average/200 day moving average ETF trading) is only holding one of the 10 ETFs from the balanced portfolio. His total portfolio was pretty much unchanged this week and is $10,017.55. His performance is holding at -.3%. He is waiting for the 50 day moving average to cross above the 200 day moving average on the other 9 ETFs before buying. The graphical representation is below.Feel free to sign up for the free ETF Newsletter and I’ll send you weekly updates of the progress between Investor’s A and B.


You can click on the graph and it will open in a bigger size making it easier to view.