ElectricSavant
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 12848 |
07-08-05 06:19 AM
Rules for Cash & Carry (Retail Traders):
1) Start out with any amount of capital.
2) After funding, ask for a Sub-account, name it cash.
3) Segregate 5.85 * amt of funds into the Cash sub-account. For example, if you start with 5k then put $4,270.00 into Cash and trade with $730.00. To transfer between accounts just use the transfer choice in the platform. Your cash earns around 2.3% APR, assuming you have a USD account. Set the
Leverage at 50:1 and restart your puter'.
4) Open up three Charts, AUD/JPY, GBP/CHF and EUR/HUF
and save your settings. (tools/save current settings)
It's been easy so far, now lets continue:
5) Now, this part, might trouble you. You must scale in over a few days or longer if you want to begin correctly. It will make your "carry" easier to manage over the months to come. There is not a clear rule for this and it is discretionary. You can also just get in fast to begin your interest earning account at max from day one. Simply Enter in 1k units at a time and try to get one PIP improvment on each entry. Split up the opening trades with your trading dollars in each pair. Use this spreadsheet for your base proportions and scale in, beginning with AUD/JPY. Start by entering in with 1k units of AUD/JPY and the spreadsheet
will tell you what to enter in with on the other pairs.
6) After step #5 is complete, transfer some cash over to your primary trading account, to cover the possibility of the "Average Down" limit orders that are going to be placed in the next step.
7) Use the spreadsheet here, and enter in a limit order with the next Average Down entry at the increment indicated with the Base Proportion & Inrement Finder. You can exercise discretion here if you wish, and glance at your charts and at will. Try not to space your orders too close together.
Almost done, just some finishing touches:
8) Look under the trade tab and sort the P/L in descending order, by clicking the header, and if you notice a profitable group of trade(s) that can cancel a loss at the bottom of the list
Trade it, but wait to be net profitable with that exchange, preferably at a higher rate than the 25% APR. You can also take
profits only by using the Positions tab and with two clicks to close out a position that is profitable.
9) If you do #8 above, then you must re-enter some trades immediately to get back up to the 25% APR earnings capacity. Reference to the Base Proportion and Increment Finder in this spreadsheet.
10) As your balances grow and your unrealized changes, transfer on a daily basis the monies accumulating, to reach the 5.85:1 ratio discussed. As time progesses you will find opportunities to compound the daily injections of interest into your primary trading account after you FIRST meet your 5.85:1 requirement. Distribute those excess amounts into average down trades.
11) Lastly, you can draw horizontal lines on your three charts to give you a visual where your average trade price is compared to the current price. You can find your average trade price under the positions tab in the platform.
rev. 06/27/05
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