Thanks for that. There is risk he says as its day trading but he exercises sound risk management and has only had a few small negative months....
Its return on his total funds in his trading account which I have viewed and trust is correct. He has been trading independantly for just over 3...
Although most responses were thorough and genuine I am still confused and as suspected no real straight answers. Keeping it simple I just want...
Thanks for the replies, however looks like I might need to clarify. His trading capital is approx 200K of which the value comes to 400K when...
Hi, I know a guy who has been trading his own money for a few years now, he day trades commodities/futures with claims of 4% a month ROI...
Very true and I like the 2 accounts idea. Now you got me thinking maybe the second account for smaller trades that expire worthless, like...
thanks for the info spindr0, is tempting but have taken a liking to TOS and OX, so was hoping to secure simmilar commision. Suppose you can't have...
Mark, I did some calling around on commisions from the two places you mentioned and found IB to be the cheapest, but lacks in other areas. TK...
Why in the world are you paying a ticket charge? What do you mean why? each transaction requires a 12.95 min, so whether i trade 1 contract or...
Wise words Mark, note taken. Asked my broker & another about portfolio margin out of curiosty, bunch of criteria I won't be able to meet anyways....
Thus the trader can trade more. I like the sound of that :) Thanks Mark.
To M&M, Losses are just too common when using this strategy. So if you get overconfident, you may manage risk carelessly. That would not be a...
Thanks guys for all the responses, seems like we ended up discussing more about the probabilities of a position than what I was trying to get...
Earning an ROI of 5-10% month from one position is a reasonable expectation. Expecting that you readily earn that for 12 consecutive months...
ROI is precisely that: 'return on investment', not 'return on risk'. What if the risk is undefined (as in case of a short stock). Besides in...
Hi Mark, I must be missing something as I have always interpreted ROI as precisely that, how much one can make on what is at risk. Which would...
Mark, I have been reading your blog & am picking up many useful bits of information. Thanks. If you have an account with 100,000, if you...
'You can't "expect" anything. If I can do 30%, will you be able to do that much? If I lose 10%, does that mean that you will? There's no way to...
'Bernie Madoff claimed relatively modest profits of 1% monthly. But in reality he couldn't produce even that - despite having enough money to hire...
Mark, I'm new to options and feeling confused over returns being quoted and would like to get a better understanding of the kinds of returns...
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