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Yes...I know it will be stressful and as sure as shooting, I'll start it right before a huge meltdown. But with this model, timing is not all that important in the long run (defined as 4 years or more). What I mean by that is, if I start the model right before the bubble burst in August of 2000...

\ I partly explained/answered that in a previous post. My system is all about diversification and balance, not individual stock picking or trading accumen. Its pretty simple and should do just as well in the future as in the past because of the way it is structured, ie its not time dependent.

I appreciate that and sense you've been through the drill before. I know it won't be easy, ie step 1, and that's why I was leaning towards an incubator fund initially. My system is quite simple and is not based on results that are arbitrary. I.e., for instance, I have a list of equities that...

Yep, agreed. And I may be too hopeful into thinking that anyone who has actually succeeded at this would volunteer any info on how they did it. But what the heck, its worth a shot. Worse case I get some responses about how young I must be:)

Keep reading what? Is there a thread on this site that I missed? I haven't been here that much so that's possible. Please post a link if you have one.

I'm guessing I'll start an incubator fund, under a million and see how things progress. Nothing complicated, just equities (US and foreign) and bonds. Based on my back-testing, I have a "strategy" that returned the following and I would expect it to outperform the "averages" going forward...

I'm exploring the possibility of starting my own hedge fund and am wondering if anyone here has gone through that process? At this point I have an idea and have compared it to the averages and think its worth pursueing. I was suprised to see some "average" numbers for 2006: Hedge fund...

I thought I read in the Times last year that his new fund will buy and hold stocks for months and years in addition to his shorter term trades. Did anyone else read that? Maybe I was hallucinating?

Good point. Spreads are definately more conservative than naked writes. It's just human nature to want to get something for nothing without thinking about the consequences or risk.