That “One Trade”…that changed your Life F-o-r-e-v-e-r

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by pak, Feb 14, 2015.

  1. Redneck

    Redneck

    The above example reflects a 2.5% return per day

    Comes out to be ~ $1.8M per year... off $300K (249 trading days this year - w/o factoring in vacation / sick / personal days)

    And obviously not factoring in several other things


    Many would kill for that

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    I'll neither confirm / deny if the above good or bad..., nor based on your response..., share what my specific % per day is

    RN
     
    #81     Feb 21, 2015
  2. Redneck

    Redneck

    Even a blind squirrel stumbles across an acorn occasionally

    RN
     
    #82     Feb 21, 2015
  3. If the devil came to earth and told Surf he could average that over the next ten years, he would sell his soul in return. His only request would be for the devil to explain how TA can work and day traders succeed, 2 things he cannot conceive.
     
    #83     Feb 21, 2015
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  4. So return is (maybe, because we don't know if you really perform on average every day like that) somewhere between 0.0001% and infinite. Pity we cannot judge your performance correctly, but I understand you.
    In forex you can tell how many pips you do, in ES you can tell how many points you do, all this without making your portfolio public. For stocks it is more difficult.
     
    #84     Feb 21, 2015
  5. Redneck

    Redneck


    Amen JT..., Amen

    RN
     
    #85     Feb 21, 2015
  6. VPhantom

    VPhantom

    Percentage of price. I somehow don't see the difficulty. o_O
     
    #86     Feb 21, 2015
  7. Redneck

    Redneck

    Pity for y'all..., not me

    I trade solely for myself..., and my family..., so until you..., or any one else - is willing to share my losses - it no concern to me what anyone thinks of my performance

    And no..., don't bother asking - I need nothing / am seeking nothing - from anyone

    When I needed help - no one would..., now I don't - to hell with that noise


    btw; traders don't judge - they trade


    an additional btw; obviously you glossed over this portion of my initial response to LL


    eta - I love the passive aggressive tone to your post - please consider the tone of my response to you; matter of fact - I don't give a shit

    :)

    RN
     
    Last edited: Feb 21, 2015
    #87     Feb 21, 2015
  8. Difficult because he will trade probably several stocks or other things. So his daily profit is a mix of a few different positions I think.
     
    #88     Feb 21, 2015
  9. I understand you like I already told before. If you see passive aggression, you see something that in reality is not there. I have and see no reason to be agressive. Maybe you stumbled across an acorn that was not there?
    :)
     
    #89     Feb 21, 2015
  10. VPhantom

    VPhantom

    Good point, though the sum of each percentage would still work fine for comparison purposes. That gives a good unleveraged comparison, across all asset classes. (i.e. 10 points on the NQ is 0.23%, thus equivalent to 0.29 in AAPL or 23 pips (approx.) in Forex)

    Heh, that's what I hate about text communication: tone is often wildly different between intention and perception. Add the fact that a lot of us are not English native... :eek:
     
    #90     Feb 21, 2015