you're right - i wasn't paying attention - for some strange reason I was reading it like the -50%, have to make +100% to recoup losses, etc..... My bad
Seems like bs. Assuming you started off with 100k, you ran it down to 20k. Took two months off. Then ran it up to 140k in just weeks during the slowest period of the year. Even if true, you seem way too overleveraged.
Yes I think you are lucky. From your equity curve I would say you are trading positions about 10-20 times as large as you should be. Also, given that you are inexperienced, then you should be trading *even smaller* than that (since you'll make loads of errors until you gain more experience). So for example, if you are trading $50,000 positions, you should change to $3000 positions. I predict you won't listen to this advice, and will learn the hard way.
apparently, this guys portfolio went up like 600% in less then 50 days. How many stocks/instruments is he trading? 1 or 2? HOW many stocks went up 600% in the same period? Sounds like BS or massive leveraging.