thanks guys...GREAT replies...a HUGE key is getting enough wins to have enough funds (above your initial level) that you are trading "comfortably"...and yes, little by little or with BIG wins...also, ya gotta be trading a system!
I cannot agree with most of the above posters.
I do go for the homerun. It depends of course what trading style you have. I'm not a daytrader but an intermediate/longer term trendtrader.
This implicates that a lot of the time your account deflates little by little and then all of a sudden you get a huge run.
Some years are exceptionnally good for this trading style, like this year. Only august has been a losing month so far.