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Well, here's the first of my monthly updates. It's a doozy!

After launching the algorithm in late October, things were pretty great for a while. I almost doubled my equity over the coarse of a few weeks. And then things turned south. Even though stocks did OK, bonds were a huge drag in December. And then stocks had one of the worst months ever.

Right now I'm in a 70% drawdown and 40% below starting equity.  Obviously not a great time, but it's not totally unexpected. January was one of the worst months ever for a stocks/bonds portfolio, so I'm just happy to still be alive! Hopefully things get turned around in time for the next monthly update!

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