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MRCI's ScenarioSM Study
ScenarioSM Study for December Cotton(ICE) as of Jan 01, 2014
Condition 1: Higher Monthly Close.
Action ---> Buy that month's close with objective of exceeding month's high within 2 months.
Tested Month Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Tested Years   44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 45 45 45
Closed Higher   24 25 24 26 21 24 21 17 18 23 24
Exceeded High   22 21 18 21 16 18 17 15 14 14 8
Scenario Percentage   92% 84% 75% 81% 76% 75% 81% 88% 78% 61% 33%
Avg Max Increase   8.07% 7.00% 10.45% 8.13% 11.27% 9.38% 13.54% 13.44% 12.37% 7.82% 3.18%
Max Increase   28.86% 31.87% 33.85% 31.42% 33.57% 55.24% 49.88% 51.39% 54.27% 25.52% 8.67%
Avg Days To Max Increase   14 21 19 19 15 18 21 17 17 9 3
Avg Max Decline   -1.14% -2.06% -1.71% -2.74% -2.67% -2.15% -2.09% -3.30% -2.53% -1.65% -0.60%
Max Decline   -3.19% -10.35% -7.08% -10.65% -9.99% -10.75% -6.53% -9.53% -6.49% -5.94% -1.71%
Avg Days to Max Decline   8 9 6 15 5 8 5 7 8 5 1
2013 Contract Condition   Yes Yes Yes     Yes Yes   Yes   Yes
Action   Yes Yes No     Yes Yes   Yes   Not Yet
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Condition 2: Lower Monthly Close.
Action ---> Sell that month's close with objective of penetrating month's low within 2 months.
Tested Month Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Tested Years   44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 45 45 45
Closed Lower   20 19 20 18 23 20 23 27 27 22 21
Penetrated Low   16 16 16 15 20 17 20 16 21 16 4
Scenario Percentage   80% 84% 80% 83% 87% 85% 87% 59% 78% 73% 19%
Avg Max Decline   6.94% 6.19% 8.06% 9.57% 7.24% 9.36% 8.00% 10.93% 8.83% 6.57% 3.48%
Max Decline   20.96% 19.97% 25.57% 25.70% 26.30% 21.41% 26.03% 37.46% 35.90% 17.14% 5.94%
Avg Days To Max Decline   14 17 22 18 16 15 17 20 18 15 3
Avg Max Increase   -1.53% -2.49% -3.37% -2.47% -2.65% -2.14% -1.30% -1.88% -3.74% -1.80% -0.78%
Max Increase   -5.15% -9.20% -13.11% -12.82% -13.00% -10.03% -5.36% -5.14% -12.09% -5.87% -1.56%
Avg Days to Max Increase   8 13 12 9 8 9 5 11 14 4 1
2013 Contract Condition         Yes Yes     Yes   Yes  
Action         Yes Yes     Yes   Yes  
High 79.01 81.25 85.40 89.20 88.29 87.25 89.56 87.11 93.72 87.50 87.78 78.94
Low 76.36 77.80 80.43 84.22 83.00 82.00 81.72 83.20 82.43 82.11 77.11 73.79
Close/Last 78.74 81.15 85.21 87.37 86.28 82.06 84.01 85.18 83.49 87.21 77.18 78.14

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