Quote from StockyIrishman:
E-signal commercial boasts "I made over 22K in one week with 11K in capital" ... Is this possible with there software. I know traders that use it just for the data feed and other software like ensign for charting. The fees are unclear after looking at their website.
I don't see how you could make that much in one week without 99% luck in finding a "jackpot" trade.
Is this software worth it? if it is I REALLY need to make about 10K in the next week. I've been trading for over a year and I've never had that kind of return without simply "gambling" on a trade.
Any advice?
Quote from JangoFolly:
P.S. If you think it's gambling that will get you that return, then it will be gambling if you try. You will know when you can generate that level of return without gambling.

And most of these traders have much more money backing them.Quote from dwl603:
Hmmmmm....... i dont mean to rain on anyones parade here but i really do not think there is any way you can generate a 200% return in a week without some form of gambling, only thing i can think of is arbitrage or else putting it down as a deposit so you can leverage the hell out of it and day trade, providing you have some way of trading where you are always positive.
The amount of risk you have to put up on an 11k account to return 200% in a week with overnights will also wipe you out in 1 bad trade.
Believe me i tried to return the same amount on a similar account size and wiped it out real quick
So really it is impossible to generate that level of return without gambling as you are hoping that every single trade goes your way.
Someone whose a better/more knowledgeable trader than me please correct me if im wrong, but i think you would be hard pressed to find more than 3 different stocks in a week that were not either A)Highly speculative, or B) Penny/Pink sheet stocks. Which went up over 200%
I would be willing to bet that if you asked any trader from the PNL thread who has made 22k in a week before wether or not they have ever lost that much in a week they would have numerous examples, except for szeven who is a machineAnd most of these traders have much more money backing them.
I agree w/ Jango. It's very doable, at least in equity options. Daytrading or swingtrading options in the 2 weeks before expiration - it doesn't even strike me as a huge stretch.Quote from dwl603:
Hmmmmm....... i dont mean to rain on anyones parade here but i really do not think there is any way you can generate a 200% return in a week without some form of gambling,
Quote from RL8093:
I agree w/ Jango. It's very doable, at least in equity options. Daytrading or swingtrading options in the 2 weeks before expiration - it doesn't even strike me as a huge stretch.
One of the things that is quite regular on ET is for posters to rely heavily on their own experiences to project what can / cannot be done rather than realizing that there are many different trading styles & approaches as well as levels of experience. What may seem impossible to a person in their 2nd year trading can become 'normal' to someone who has worked hard & put in the hours to find and refine a viable 'edge'.