%% Monthly % sure could be meaningless. But all the funds + brokerages still use that measure. Good reason$ for it Short term trading is fun\ i'm sure there are some that can do it well, skilled market makers+ specialists can. Partial disclosure . I'm not a market maker But the book ''Market Maker's Edge, by Joshua Lukeman'' has plenty of 6 month candle charts. His % measures maybe more helpful than his old school fractions, bid\ ask spread.
The other account is growing, not the trading account. I just keep a specific $ amount in the trading account. I only try to take a specific $ amount. That works out to 50%, that's all.
Well you say you are taking out 50% each month. Is that all profit or is that part of your original capital because if it is just profit it is not possible, on a practical, logical level to make 50% net profit month after month .... for any great length of time.
Question: can you make $500 per day on ES trading a single setup with a 70% win rate? Answer: yes. If that is the case, and assuming the R:R is 1:1, then you need to prepare for ~ a $1500 drawdown. So you fund an account with (say) 3-4x the expected drawdown + 2-3x the required amount for the leverage required. So if you have an account with $10K, and the above is true, then you have an expected value of ~4K/month which is ~50%. So end of the month, you take out $4K to do what you want and leave the $10K.
You're either purposely or ignorantly (seriously can't tell which, no disrespect meant if it is the latter) avoiding the question of whether you believe a high% win rate is possible day after day, or week after week, or month after month - whichever is the case you are claiming - indefinitely?
I think if there was nothing hard, we wouldn't have anything to compare and wouldn't understand what's hard and what's easy.