By now, the world and his pet rabbit is aware of the 'odd' ramp in US equity markets as the European Close looms each day. Today - once again - was no exception, so we thought it worth quantifying this magical - and now self-fulfilling 'pattern'. In the last 4 months, if you bought the S&P 500 at 1100ET and sold at 1130ET, you would have won 55 times (garnering 129 points of profits) and lost 31 times (losing 70 points) for a total profit of over 59 points. This compares to the 53 point gain in the S&P 500 if you had just 'buy-and-hold'-ed over that period... and a quick glance at the chart tells you all you need to know about volatility...
Day by day:
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Overall performance is simply 'unbelievable' from an absolute and Sharpe ratio perspective:
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A simpler way of seeing the "Europe is closing" trade vs the return of the overall market.
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And now apply leverage.
11:00-11:30 is now the new "Tuesday"
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