Compounding is, truly, the 8'th Wonder of the World, Trade 1....100 Trade 2 ....200 Trade 3....400 Trade 4....800 Trade 5...2000 Trade 6....4000 Trade 7....8000 Trade 8....20000 Trade 9....40000 Trade 10....80000 Trade 11....200000 Trade 12....400000 Trade 13....800000 Trade 14....2000000 The skill, rarity, mastery, of course...is being relatively consistent and able to pull off those, winning, trades. And not many people have these traits, mindsets, and understandings to accomplish such a feat.
That's not how it works in the real world. That is simply a mathematical formula. You would need a 100% win rate to pull that off, and nobody in the world has it. So pipe down, useless yeoman.
I'm over simplifying the lesson, of course. But the key is that if a, rare, trader is consistent in their trades and understandings....they can, ideally, accomplish great things. It's all about the process, the trade. and the money, and the buildup, will follow secondary.
"Ideally" is the key word in your response. Nobody can do it, dude. If they could, there would be a "100% compounding ETF" out there. And there is not one. Just look at Expiated's "1.8% compounding" thread here in Forex. He could never even double his size, because it was too risky. He never compounded once.
ETF's, Funds, Wall St, Managers, Traders....they are all dumb money, as far as I'm concerned. And individual, retail, traders are even Dumber money. I don't compare myself to any of them. That's like the inventor of Electricity or the Atom Bomb saying it's impossible....since no one else has done it. Again, if a, rare, trader has understandings of his process....then he can grow into great things. The Golden Spiral of trading.
Damn, I'm Good -- or wise. @5:01 in that video clip....I knew 'both cups would be poisoned'. Never take up another's challenge, you can't win because it's fixed. You can't make a deal with the devil, and expect to win.