Quote from short&naked:
A lot of trader's strategies disappeared in the last few months when the ATR went sky high. Never be so sure. Edges come and go.
The question you will be confronted with by potential clients is: what are the risks? I could easily double my money in a week with enough leverage, but the question that should be asked is: could I have blown my account?
Returns alone mean absolutely nothing. It says nothing about the risks involved.
My strategy involves beating the forex dealer, much like a blackjack game and that is why for me to stop playing the dealer has to leave 
Quote from guru-trading:
I was on the understanding that you can register as a CTA right after passing your series 3. If you are a an AP and want discretionary power over a clients account then you need to be continuously registered for 2 years.
Correct me if I am wrong.
At least that was my experience, unless something has changed recently.
If you are confused between an AP and a CTA you shouldn't be giving advice on here.
Quote from jdeezero05:
thats a great idea until you blow up and have to pay it back at interest...
I'm sure there are alot of forex guys up huge this year with the move in the dollar.
The problem is you got lucky. Your not the first one that the market has conned into believing they are great after 7 months..."what are all these guys talking about that trading is so hard??"...
If you believe this or not it really doesn't matter, the market is devilishly clever at teaching this lesson given enough time.
Quote from operator:
You won't raise a dime with those numbers from a professional investor....and if you have to ask why not, then you are clueless....
Quote from Signate67:
I stick by my post. If you really feel you can average 15% or more per month, then borrow $10K. Give it your best shot. If it doesnt work and you realise that there was a fundamental flaw in your idea then it cost you $10K, take it as a lesson learnt, get a job work hard and pay it back. If it works you will have well over $1 Million in 3 yrs.
Borrow the money and get started.
Just a point on compounding. If you did raise $1 Milllion dollars from investors and you averaged 15% per month you wold have $28 Million in 2 years and $819 Million in 4yrs. (ignoring your 30% cut and any dividends you may declare), how will your system hold up then; with the higher volumes required?
I thought i had a system that with backtesting was giving numbers around 15% per month. I was so excited as my plan was to start small and double my cash every 5 months. The old chessboard grains of rice story sprang to mind; in 30 yrs i will own all the money in the world and you would all be my slaves, dream on. My numbers in reality due to some issues came out at around 30% per annum, far short of my 15% per month.
Yes that is still the biggest question. At what point is the volume i'm trading getting attention. Even at 10 million with the current volume im ok, and i could easily sustain more then a living, and i'd rather try to stay under the raider as a tiny dot then be noticed
btw you have backtested, i have actually forward tested. But again that's all relevant depending on emotion and the strategyQuote from ligerny:
Hi Guys,
Need your advice. I have a forex strategy that averages 10-25% profit a month and i want to raise money from investors so that i can trade for them and take lets say take 30% of profit which is within reason. Now i don't want to go cold calling and ask people for there spare change. But i wanna raise some serious capital for something that actually works... what would you recommend?
Thanks,
Btw, i hope u dont take this as me trying to sell anything here![]()
Quote from limitdown:
reach down to the floor and grab those strings called boot straps and pull up.
that's how you can raise money
prove the system works in small amounts, build it up to your target monetary amount, whether from, say $100 to $1,000, or $10,000, or $100,000 and then you will have two essential things necessary to sell in this market:
1) credibility
2) self funded arrogance
both of these are essential and go by different names, titles and presentations, but at the core of trading, those are the raw essentials.....
Quote from ligerny:
I see you actually know what your talking aboutYes that is still the biggest question. At what point is the volume i'm trading getting attention. Even at 10 million with the current volume im ok, and i could easily sustain more then a living, and i'd rather try to stay under the raider as a tiny dot then be noticed
btw you have backtested, i have actually forward tested. But again that's all relevant depending on emotion and the strategy
