Taking $5K to $250K by year end

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  1. sold 1289.75 +1.5
     
    #121     Mar 13, 2008
  2. eagle

    eagle

    With the speed of your trading and if you are extremely excellent then the answer is Yes you can reach your objective by year end. But the $250K will be in commission and you still keep your 5K.
     
    #122     Mar 13, 2008
  3. long 1291.25
     
    #123     Mar 13, 2008
  4. I don't understand your point.
     
    #124     Mar 13, 2008
  5. Bought 1291.25 exactly10:21:06
    sold 1292.50 exactly 10:21:44 +1 and done for the day!
     
    #125     Mar 13, 2008
  6. There's the trade right there.

    Thanks for the info.
     
    #126     Mar 13, 2008
  7. eagle

    eagle

    The point is to make less trades as possible with big win on each trade so we reduce the errors (losses) and commissions rather than making many trades with small win. This is the Wall Street game that we need to follow. Otherwise, we just make the broker richer and at the end our account will be completely evaporated and broker don't like that too. So trading this way is a losing game for both, us & broker, in the long run.

    So why you need to be in a hurry to make 50-fold a year and plan to retire early? With that winning rate you will take all the money from Wall Street in just less than a decade. Then nobody will be fun even you I guess because you will feel guilty.

    Don't you think trading is extremely fun if you can just consistently reach 2-fold yearly. So there is nothing wrong to stay in this business for longer time. Not for the money but just for fun like Mr. Buffet.

     
    #127     Mar 13, 2008
  8. wpfund

    wpfund

    Although, the OP's strategy depends on a high commission cost per dollar profit, if he stays disciplined, in the long run he'll be successful.

     
    #128     Mar 13, 2008
  9. TY for posting that great chart!
     
    #129     Mar 13, 2008
  10. This isn't an experiment in swing trading or investing in equities for that matter. If it were, I agree with you.
     
    #130     Mar 13, 2008
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