Turning $7,000 into $1 Million in Less Than a Year: A High-Risk Trading Challenge

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Prexident, Dec 23, 2024.

  1. Coin Flip

    Coin Flip

    Ok you win, please quit daytrading. Less competition for me.
     
    #61     Dec 26, 2024
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  2. Coin Flip

    Coin Flip

    Ok then follow your own advice and don't daytrade then.
     
    #62     Dec 26, 2024
  3. p0box4

    p0box4

    Be careful, he might start bragging about his 2008 lambo again ...
     
    #63     Dec 26, 2024
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  4. It was just a witty retort.

    I dont have a horse in this race.
     
    #64     Dec 27, 2024
  5. taowave

    taowave

    Nah, he's been much more humble since he watched SAVA tumble 90 percent while short garbage puts and down another 50% as he averaged down..

    I dont disagree with his overall premise..Buy and hold /DCA the SnP probably puts you ahead of 95 percent of Day traders..

    But the fact is there are some very very successful individuals in the 5 percent club




     
    #65     Dec 27, 2024
  6. Businessman

    Businessman

    That is investing for retirement. An active trader should be doing that anyway.

    Although you probably want someone else to manage the S&P DCA fund, otherwise you might pull the plug at the bottom of a panic selloff.

    Even Jim Simons who can beat the S&P puts excess capital in long term stock investments. And gets scared when it looks like there is going to be a big sell off.
     
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    #66     Dec 27, 2024
  7. Coin Flip

    Coin Flip

    I assume you have not posted any trades yet because you are waiting for the big setup to alpha strike?
     
    #67     Dec 27, 2024
  8. Businessman

    Businessman

    Although discipline and patience is good. He seems to have abandoned the original game plan already.. Maybe the new plan is better than the old plan. But the original plan was based on '6 years of futures trading and 1 year of intense day-and-night work' so why drop it? :confused:
     
    #68     Dec 27, 2024
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  9. Ivano

    Ivano

    Merry Christmas,
    this is the so called barbell strategy indicated by Taleb in antrifragile, and recommended ages before in the intelligent investor. 90 per cent strict risk management 10 per cent speculation, or even dan zanger suggestion of starting with maxumum risk for the first 2 tickers in the right moment with low capital

    Of course can be in your case 5,3 per cent or 15 but does not matter, having such an amazing average you are going to be stronger after this game because you are going to press the button and adjust your average 2 1 risk reward with maniacal focus. Good luck.
     
    #69     Dec 28, 2024
  10. sridhga

    sridhga


    More so after paying income tax.

    Now imagine another situation where the tax year ended with very high profit, but before the return is filed and the taxes are paid, money is lost in a losing streak. Not all tax jurisdictions have loss carry back.
     
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    #70     Dec 29, 2024