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TRADING B-MASTER WITH I-MASTER


I-Master Trading One S&P E-Mini and
B-Master Trading One 10-Year Note

The recommend equity to trade one S&P mini with I-Master is $25,000. The following breakout shows the year-by-year profits and Drawdown trading I-Master on an S&P mini, and B-Master trading one 10-year note contract.

I-Master: S&P E-MINI Portfolio I-Master & B-Master
YearMax
Profit
Max
Drawdown
Max
Profit
Max
Drawdown
1996171504524282204214
1997155927144238316880
1998182154677259965970
1999237011864127147978
2000357324655495754114
2001285424842358458460
2002184504284172197248
2003-34388752145148536
 
I-Master S&P E-Mini:$16,577
I-Master S&P E-Mini Avg. Max Drawn. Per Year:$6,343
I-Master + B-Master Profit Per Year:$25,989
I-Master + B-Master Average Max Drawn. Per Year:   $6,675

These results show that by trading one E-Mini S&P contract with I-Master in conjunction with B-Master on a 10-year note, profitability is increased from $16,577 to $25,989 per year (more than a 50 percent increase) with a only a small increase in average max drawdown ($6,343 to $6,675).

I-Master Trading One Each S&P and NASDAQ E-Mini, and
B-Master Trading One Each 10-Year Note and Muni-Bond

The recommend equity to trade one S&P and NASDAQ mini with I-Master is $50,000. The following breakout shows the year-by-year profits and Drawdown trading I-Master on an S&P and NASDAQ mini, and B-Master trading one 10-year note and Muni-bond contract.

I-Master: S&P & NASDAQ E-MINI Portfolio I-Master & B-Master
YearMax
Profit
Max
Drawdown
Max
Profit
Max
Drawdown
1996171584223404954433
19972474810081472387839
19982121510840357188295
199917458105912207412512
20001872311320921584412724
200154286103967112512225
20023576655443082013182
2003-2299133202691513664
 
I-Master S&P and NASDAQ E-Mini:$44,445
I-Master Average Max Drawdown Per Year:$9,776
I-Master + B-Master Profit Per Year:$61,279
I-Master + B-Master Avg. Max Drawn. Per Year:   $10,609

These results show that by trading one S&P and one NASDAQ contract with I-Master in conjunction with B-Master on a 10-year note and Muni-bond, profitability is increased from $44,445 to $61,279 per year (more than a 37 percent increase) with a only a small increase in average max drawdown ($9,776 to $10,609).



LARGE ACCOUNT TRADING

For accounts greater than $100,000, Large Account Money Management rules are recommended. The portfolio is traded with two money-manager strategies: a fixed percent of equity is risked on each trade (for this example, 2 percent is used) and profit-taking is used on the multiple lot trades to smooth the equity return. The recommended I-Master/B-Master portfolio is: the S&P, NASDAQ, Russell 2000 and Madcap 400 contracts with I-Master, and the 10-year note, Muni-bond, and 30-year bond contracts with B-Master. The following breakout compares I-Master alone on it's traceable with the I-Master/B-Masterportfolio. Note that return and drawdown are expressed in percentage terms.

I-Master Portfolio I-Master & B-Master
YearMax
Profit
Max
Drawdown
Max
Profit
Max
Drawdown
19967.08.541.49.9
199759.36.4112.76.1
199823.012.651.118.4
199936.17.158.810.6
2000100.55.9175.87.5
200175.310.0108.810.0
200277.95.971.29.0
200319.420.953.019.2
 
I-Master Profit Per Year:49.8 Percent
I-Master Average Max Drawdown Per Year:8.7 Percent
I-Master + B-Master Profit Per Year:84.1 Percent
I-Master + B-Master Avg. Max Drawn. Per Year:   11.3 Percent

These results show that by trading B-Master system in conjunction with the I-Master, profitability is increased from 49.8 to 84.1 percent per year, (a 69 percent increase in profitability), with an increase in average drawdown from 8.7 percent to 11.3 percent, a 30 percent increase.