BATTLINGCANCER THEME investors disappointed by market underperformance
18 Dec, 201814 min read
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Battling Cancer ranked among the worst performers on Tuesday. It returned -1.97% to close at 1175.81. On a day when the overall market breadth was 34%, it closed higher than 77% of the market. In comparison, the benchmark SP500 index closed today at +0.01%.
~BATTLINGCANCER is currently in a down trend. Over the last three months 2 bearish signals have generated a profit of +18.93% for investors.
~BATTLINGCANCER has been underperforming the SP500 index in recent time, after having outperformed till 28 Sep, 2018. Over the last 1 year and 6 months, ~BATTLINGCANCER outperformed the SP500 index on 53% days.
During the last three months ~BATTLINGCANCER was mostly loss making and delivered on average -0.4% per day. It's best return during this period (of +4.05%) was on Wednesday, 31 Oct, 2018. While it's worst loss in the same period (of -6.13%) was on Wednesday, 24 Oct, 2018. There was initially a bearish trend during this period which started on 1 Oct, 2018 and went on till 8 Oct, 2018. The trend delivered -6.96% losses to investors. This was followed by a bullish trend that started on 30 Oct, 2018 and ended on 5 Nov, 2018. This bullish trend delivered +9.66% to investors.
On monthly basis, ~BATTLINGCANCER delivered profits in more months over the last year, than losses. ~BATTLINGCANCER delivered profits less regularly than SP500 index. ~BATTLINGCANCER was also a more risky investment than SP500 index as it's worst month in the last year, Oct 2018, returned -15.07% compared to -7.75% returned by SP500 index in Dec 2018. ~BATTLINGCANCER and SP500 index, both had periods of 6 consecutive profitable months. It is interesting to note that both ~BATTLINGCANCER and SP500 index significantly outperform during months when quarterly/annual results are announced.
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~BATTLINGCANCER is becoming less volatile overall. In comparison, the SP500 index is seeing a rise in volatility. During the last three months, there was a significant surge in ~BATTLINGCANCER's volatility from 1 Oct, 2018 to 1 Nov, 2018. While there was a significant surge in the SP500 index's volatility from 19 Sep, 2018 to 29 Oct, 2018.
Advanced/professional short-term investors should note that ~BATTLINGCANCER has significant positive skewness in it's return distribution. This indicates that investors can expect ~BATTLINGCANCER to recover from drawdowns quickly. Which makes ~BATTLINGCANCER a good candidate for investing on short-term bullish trends or even counter-trends hoping for a pull-back.
~BATTLINGCANCER has more chance of extreme outcomes than the SP500 index. Therefore, ~BATTLINGCANCER must receive a lower allocation than SP500 in your portfolio. SP500 index usually has shorter drawdown period than ~BATTLINGCANCER.
On a general note (since you are interested in ~BATTLINGCANCER), two instruments that have been extremely volatile in recent times are OPNT and IX. Investors in these instruments should consider reducing their exposure (to OPNT and IX) and diversifying their portfolios.
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