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weeklies can be very rewarding when right! Why not size down to the level where a 100% loss wouldn't be so terrible, given at other times you can make 100, 200%?

If the aim is just to promote TOS, wouldn't they do likewise with MT? I am/was in the same position, as I needed QT for the Trading/server APIs. Now I have basically converted to TDAs Trading API. Hopefully that doesnt stop working suddenly: its like that area is the least of their concern, as...

Why not up it to 10% monthly with 0.5% risk, or 20% on 0.25% risk. The bigger the difference the more attractive. No? :)

Period Update for July (07/02/2016 - 07/31/2016) (4 weeks) Yet another bad month, down 5K (2.8%). At one point it seemed there was a conspiracy against me. It would all be quiet on a stock. Once I got in, the market couldn't run fast enough against me. LONG - same, SHORT - same thing. Subsided...

Great. How did you find that link?

You're such a pesky killjoy. One thing you got right though: from Jan 2010 till date, I have paid $305,680 in commission to my broker - they got way more than me. Put all that back - not to mention slippage - and the performance could have been nice - if not great.

Aren't you excited to have your offer open to all?

Are these below what you are referring to? Sorry, but I didn't think they were worth replying to.

Period Update for June (06/04/2016 - 07/02/2016) (4 weeks) Another mournful month, down 20K (9.6%). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opening Balance: 204,411 Net loss for period (19,726) ------------------------------------------------...

Thats horrible. Can you build in equivalent of server APIs for MT? (get quotes, check balances, place orders)?

Nothing that is pretty simple and straightforward is going to make money for any real length of time. Besides when you mention those entities, you are assuming you could scale up and have the same rate of return - which is wrong. There are pockets of inefficiencies in the market. We all are...

Sad to lose an admirer. When did that happen? Maybe I could post statistics from then to see if I can win you back :)

Again, it is wrong to calculate rate of return without factoring in timing of withdrawals. From your perspective, for the example I gave (making 100K each year and pulling all out with 100K), after ten years your rate would be 27%, after 20 years, it comes down to 17%. No, it is 100% per year...

Southall, I feel so belittled by your rate of return I am forced to bring out the facts :) . From your calculation, if someone has 100K, made exactly 100K and pulled all that out each year, after 10 years he will be still at 100K balance, and you would say his compounded rate of return is 0%...

Period Update for May (04/30/2016 - 06/04/2016) (5 weeks) Awful month, down 95k (29.6%). Gave back everything made last month. Stunning descent from the lofty heights attained last month. The flaw with my acceleration/deceleration model is just laid bare. Last month ramped up from 4% to 11% on...

Why? because she is a woman? I would imagine that even Madoff's strategy didn't start with trying to dupe investors. At some stage it got way beyond redemption, and you keep trying/hoping to defer the inevitable doomsday.

That is SO SIMPLE you would have known it wouldn't work in real life.

You probably traded aggressively on your way up, and on the way down - multiple correlated positions, significant leverage. When conditions are right, you can make it as fast as you did, and when things change - the descent could be even more rapid. Been there done that. Of course the biggest...

Good to hear your story. Pretty inspiring. I am still refining the rules on my acceleration model. The initial assumption, if you check the levels and sizes, is that a 100% loss on an option position is possible, but that should set my account back by just one level. That assumes of course...

Thanks. I am not sure your observation is right. This year (up to the last report), I am up 76K on options and 52K on stock. That is right about the correct balance. I mentioned options in my acceleration model because I am going to size up %wise as balance grows with options and speed up...