@TrAndy2022 , it's "Markus Keil", not "Kreil". Markus is the real deal. Of course, he like all other traders cannot guarantee future performance, an important point. But I've gotten rave review from one of his clients, calling his mentoring "supreme". It does, however, take time (up to two hours a day !), and you need two monitors. No coaching via smartphone. Plus the language barrier, he teaches only in his native german language (he's from Mannheim). What is important to remember is that only very few traders, being coached or self-taught, can and will have an edge and take away money from those who don't .
Reflecting upon the Peter Lynch video I posted on page 29, it is worth noting that it's essential an investor starts as early as possible with saving into an index fund on the NDX or S&P 500. Reason ? If you have 20 years instead of 40 years as time horizon suggested in the video, and the assumption is an annual return of 10%, instead of 200 US$ a month, you need to save, no, not 400 US$, but a sobering more than 1,400 US$ a month for the same end result !
I've got a new favorite number, 28. Why 28 ? Page 28 of this thread . I've had my fair shares of misses and so-so recommendations, but Natural Gas and now Philips are (were) big winners. I just checked the quote, now trading @ 19,46 € . Hope some of you readers checked this company out and bought some shares. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/but-is-it-doable-in-reality.345803/page-28 Comment 274.
Spent some time in investigating Markus Kreil his offer. I listend to his free Basis Seminar and it was a total mess. It is very unstructured and a not prepared Video at all and he does not give a f..k about it. He even said, that he made no power points or whatsoever just free speech. Nothing is fully explained. You either know it beforehand or you can get confused what he is talking about. Second, you only get some setups here he tested. These are only entries there is no exit. Because he could not backtest his own strategies with his "famous" and "very professional" programmer. What a laugh. So there is no valid strategy at all. You only get some entries and then you need to look where to exit on your own. If it cannot be programmed there are no rules here and it is up to every participant of the course when to exit an opened position. Forget it better. It is definitely not worth to spend 4999.- Euro for it. There are free setups from 25 years experienced traders at big banks who share their setups on Orderflow for FREE. You only need to train and trade for yourself here. And not buying unstructured courses. You only get a discretionary setup. The best is what he has found out through his backtesting and his automated entries you do not get at all. I have asked him if that is included in his package. And he denied. What he says is also not the same what he is trading. So he says A and is doing Z and you just wonder yourself why he is telling them then this (obvious) s..t. He is full of contradictions. Better you do not spent more time on this Markus Kreil. For your own fortune. my two cents.
@TrAndy2022 , this is great to hear (I hope you speak German and fully understand what he said?) as I like to hear opposing viewpoints. So far, I've gotten only feedback from one coachee of his (she's paid for full 12 month mentoring), and she called it "fantastic". A rave review for sure. He of course only will offer little insight into his trading edges as otherwise his coachees would rightfully ask, "Why do we pay 5,000 € when you offer it for free". But it's good to know his free webinars are not so great.
Does your coachee make money already ? How much did she make ? Is she consistent profitabel now ? Because nobody from what I read and heard said (s)he made any money. If only M.K. the trader makes money and all the others has problems to do so and to follow him, I think this speaks a lot about coaching material. Could you tell me if you anybody who made some substantial money with M.K. his method ?
The problem, @TrAndy2022 , is that there are no guarantees to make money in trading, and never will be. No matter if you are self-taught or coached by whomever. In his free daily markettalk, Markus delivered some great market setups, especially in indices he got it right almost everytime. No more free daily markettalk because - that's my suspicion - his coachees "rebelled" in the sense that they felt he gave away too much for free. I stand by my opinion that he's a great trader and coach, his coachee does make money but she won't go into details. I do however know that no matter what the offer is - by now, there are probably hundreds or thousands of trading coaches out there - not everyone will be satisfied. That's why I'm so glad you reported back on his free webinar and had a lot to criticize, it gives a balanced view on a coach. Are you, Andy2022, completely fluent in the german language ? If not, I would not book coaching with a coach who only speaks german. The language barrier alone will be a problem for most.
Back on investing long-term with a buy & hold approach, the CFO of Altria, Sal Mancuso, has said the plan is to increase the annual dividend in the mid single-digit range, around 4% per year. This would be quite a feat, with the shares closing @ 46.69 US$, it'd mean around 10% dividend yiel in 2028 -> then more if the shares were purchased now (may 2023). https://www.altria.com/-/media/Proj...-day-2023/An-Open-Letter-From-Sal-Mancuso.pdf Of course, as with every company, if Altria goes bankrupt, it'll mean total wipeout for shareholders. That's a risk big concentrated bets on one company always have.
For the germanspeaking readers of my thread here - für die deutschsprachigen Leser und Leserinnen meines Threads hier : Der Nachfolger Warren Buffett's bei Berkshire Hathaway, Ted Weschler, im Porträt. Was erreichte er als Privatanleger, bevor er bei Berkshire anfing ? Eine Menge ! https://bluevantage-capital.com/investieren/wie-ted-weschler-70000-in-264-millionen-verwandelte/
%% Sounds like your math maybe right. SPY average maybe 12% depending on start date. But say 10 years or more ; average investor is much more likely to gain much more + lose less than any trader . Add more years + even more so. But good warning on single stock risk, for investing or trades; Trades can be a good diversification in time+ more fun I never believed trading book bs= fun meant no profits, not that fun should be main goal