I've turned $23000 into ... drumroll.... still holding? this is good.. $22,400. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
The answer is yes, you need to make a bet with the odds 10 to 1 for this to happen and not lose, easier said than done. That's only a few lucky rolls at the roulette table and you don't have to wait as long. Most people aren't willing to lose $100,000 to make $100,000, whether trading or gambling, look at sharpe ratio if you are at all serious.
Also, don't use stoplosses, they only turn your paper loss into a real loss, that way you become a loser, you need to be a winner, so max out your account, don't use stoplosses, just be a winner and you will be a billionaire by next year the latest ...
Wouldn't it be quicker just to trade SCT, that way he could lose everything and be spared the pain of marriage
Yes, watch me do it here in ET in real-time. Check my threads. In less than a week, I called 6 daily top prices in a row (5 currencies, 1 in NDX). Latest 5 are here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127406 and http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127543