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Any trader who asks the question, "Is there a strategy I can learn to make 40% return on my small account?", doesn't understand what he's up against. Sure, anyone can make 40% in a month on a "portion of their total capital which happens to be in their small trading account"... or even all of...

That fact that he even asks that question outs him as a noob, which is OK. We all were that once.

Most who seek very high returns are inexperienced and have small money to invest. Like, $2000-$5000 or so... or even $25,000... want to turn it into something big. Not likely. I don't understand "cash on cash" (??).

If you're trading with a small account... and leverage it up.... it's a THOUSAND times more likely that you lose it all rather than turn it into a fortune.

All we know for certain is that the market is still "PU". (That's Psycho-UP, not "hold your nose"). Nobody knows how long it will continue or how far it will run, but any decisions we make about the market and our trades need to include the fact that it's "still PU".

Years ago a 20% dip in the market was considered "noise". Ahhh, the good old days. http://www.zerohedge.com/?page=1

Never looked into fractals. I'm a K.I.S.S. guy. Fractals sounds too complicated for me.

The squawk on APRN seems to be... (1) margins too low, and (2) operating expenses too high. So.... where's the fair value price??

I understand any of us can get a little boastful behind the anonymity of the net. I gave M a chance to back off and admit, "I got a ahead of my self... maybe even exaggerated a bit". But he/she didn't take that opportunity and continued to defend "10:1 win ratio". In a mostly 50-50...

How would you know that? I use Fidelity.

Let's say a call is trading $5.00-$5.60... and we put in a bid of $5.30. Is it not true that we usually don't get filled @ $5.30 until the spread has declined to $4.70-$5.30?

These are available all over the place... and for a little as $6. No need to pay premium price. Likely they are all made by the same manufacturer and rebranded. I've got a couple of these, and I like 'em.... but not for $80 or even Yeti prices. Mine cost ~$7 each...

Waters, Pelosi, and Hellary* running things. Yeah, like THAT'S what America needs. :( When it comes to Hellary, I always think of the pic of her and Bill walking up the ramp of Air Force 1... her in a pink outfit with a brown spot on her butt... you know a "shart shit stain"... THAT'S how I...

Rodney was an all-time classic! :)

That was the objective of LBJ's "Great Society".

Fastest way to double it is to fold it over and stick it in your pocket.

Not denying the impact of that, of course, those are more "exception than the rule". More correctly I should have stated, "most of the time you know approximately how much is the risk."

That's not really the point. What you're asking is "what was your percentage gain on margin". That can vary widely depending upon allocation of capital. Besides "how much one tranch of capital is leveraged is irrelevant to total capital.

Sorry man, TOTAL HOGWASH! I've been known to put posters on ignore after only a few posts and stupid remarks. You came thiiiiiiis close to making it after your 1st post. That's how stupid your statement

Trend is psychological. All you really need is "price chart" (price chart channels, if you wish). If sloping upwards, they're bullish. Have a long-side bias. If sloping downwards, have a bearish bias. It's like forecasting weather with a rock. If it's hot and dry, forecast "sunny". If...