Quote from notchum:
I found this guy through family and he seemed legit. I had mentioned my trading to my sister and she knew a guy from church that was a "day trader" so I cold called him.
He was only talking to me because of the link to my sister. She said he had considerable wealth and after I spoke to him, I would believe him.
He told me that he made millions a year. He must be on to something. He has traded for 12 years and I wonder if his wealth was during the easy years about 5 years ago. The day I spoke to him he did have some good gains. He even gave me his entry and exit numbers and it seemed to fit. He said his biggest problem was following the big instituational money and at $4mill, I can see why.
My strategy is to use $25k to get positions in $3-$5 stocks and try to make about 2% per day. Only about $.06-$.10 per position. If I use the 4:1 margin, that is about $2k a day.
Is that unreasonable? I know there are a lot of details missing there. I am planning on reviewing yesterdays performers and getting in on the following support floor and taking the first pop up. The johnny come lately type home investors hit the market with ripe money after they go home and read a DJ report.