I thought the point of trading was a) to survive and b) get rich!
What the market return is each calendar year, whether negative or positive, is probably just random anyway....dunno why everyone is so keen on beating this randomly generated number!
Trade the futures spreadbets if you intend to keep a position for more than 1 or 2 days. The daily spreadbets should be only used for day trading. The financing charges are horrendous*.
If you trade enough size, then use a proper broker and pay the CGT. Don't forget that you have about £11k of...
long march dow 17100, hard stop 200 points, let the Xmas rally begin!!
edit hard stop 100 points
edit: note small position only , i'm not wholly convinced!