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junkone
 

Registered: Dec 2007
Posts: 72

 

09-25-12 08:16 PM

i have been making consistent profits over the last few months. i want to create a plan so i can progressively make it a business and quit my job.
is there any templates or starting points that i can refer to create a plan.

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CT10Gov
 

Registered: Sep 2012
Posts: 438

 

09-25-12 08:33 PM

Yes. Keep doing exactly what you are doing and see if you are still making money in another 12 months.


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i have been making consistent profits over the last few months. i want to create a plan so i can progressively make it a business and quit my job.
is there any templates or starting points that i can refer to create a plan.

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junkone
 

Registered: Dec 2007
Posts: 72

 

09-26-12 10:21 AM

is there anyone with a more optimistic view and suggestions that can give me some pointers?

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newwurldmn
 

Registered: Apr 2011
Posts: 2622

 

09-26-12 11:57 AM

Make sure you can handle the drawdowns. If you have a 100k account and need 20k to live. What will happen if you lose 10k one year and now your account is at 70k?

Secondly have an out. Like acting, most people fail. Is becoming a used car salesmen an appealing backup career?

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CT10Gov
 

Registered: Sep 2012
Posts: 438

 

09-26-12 01:09 PM

Ah - I see. No worries - ET appears full of out of touch dreamers with no basis in reality. Surely someone will come along and suggest that you leverage up by borrowing from your credit cards.

Or... you know, you can be realistic - which is what business is.


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Yes. Keep doing exactly what you are doing and see if you are still making money in another 12 months.

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nutmeg
 

Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 18224

 

09-26-12 02:11 PM

Imo, first thing I would do is project or account or plan cash flow.

This is the only thing that matters intially and where all problems begin and end.


Suppose you have a profitable trade and you are not ready to close it?

In a normal business environment, you have a cycle of invoicing a job and getting paid within 10 - 30 days. Depending how fast this money moves, you can stay in business with low margins, losing money (tax write offs) till prfotiable jobs comes along.

If time has to be your exit strategy to close out a position because you need the money, not good.

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