Outsized is an understatement... way too much risk here. Shooting for 10x return on your money in 1 year is not very realistic either. Might as well go to Vegas and play it on black or red. Still, I got to give Neke props for putting himself out there and for his honesty.
your account is too large. you need withdraw some money from it, or you need split it into several accounts. one account keep 150k, load some mutual funds or etfs, find good spot and stay there for several months or years another account is aroun 50k, do day trading, produce some positive cash flow the remaining is just withdrew, you do not need so much money on the market
For an intraday time-frame, you are trading way too big, especially in certain options. Most people think if they don't hold overnight they can put on a huge position, but that's exactly why those trades usually fail.
Only in options would that be the case. He's talking about ETF's though, I think, and that's a fine size.
PS: Kinda late with this observation, but daytraders usually don't think in terms of % return; it's all about getting green day in, day out. A skilled trader wouldn't need much more capital than what you have to begin with, and be able to bank a 7-figure year while taking out profits each and every month. Why not just bail on this thread's goal and have a monthly/daily target instead? It's a (mostly) silly trading forum after all, why not get serious about what's important and let the pie in the sky go?
I'm referring to trades like buying 2k atm puts on FSLR the week of expiration. D'ya think the mm's are gonna let him get away with that stuff?