performance 2009

[ssaya401]

Quote from Hello:

1-2% is easily attainable using leverage, or day trading, to a certain point.

1-2% a day is not easy trading with cash straight up.

How do you day trade without a full time job/w2? What brokers will give you margin without a w2?

 

[achilles28]

Quote from dwpeters:

What can be done and what has been done are not necessarily the same thing. That was the point of my question. 1% per day compounded is almost 1200% annually. 2% per day compounded is over 15,000% annually (to put this in perspective, a $10,000 account grows to $1.5M in only a year). How many people have actually achieved such returns for any length of time?

I came across this post from a Trading coach describing reasonable expectations for a superior trader as double digit returns.

http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-are-reasonable-performance.html

Don

You'd be surprised. I'm telling you what's reasonably possible. Lots never "Get it" and their returns reflect it.

 

[achilles28]

Quote from Hello:

1-2% is easily attainable using leverage, or day trading, to a certain point.

1-2% a day is not easy trading with cash straight up.

True. But leverage abounds. And unless a trader has a bankroll in the high 8 figures, it shouldn't matter.

 

[dwpeters]

Quote from achilles28:

You'd be surprised. I'm telling you what's reasonably possible. Lots never "Get it" and their returns reflect it.

My original question was what type of annual returns others have experienced. Care to share your results? I've seen enough in my own trading and that of others to be aware of the possibilities, both positive and negative.

 

[achilles28]

Quote from dwpeters:

My original question was what type of annual returns others have experienced. Care to share your results? I've seen enough in my own trading and that of others to be aware of the possibilities, both positive and negative.

More than 2% a day

 

[piezoe]

Nicely done, Heilbronner, congratulations are in order. Of particular note are your small, relative monthly draw downs. Very nice trading indeed. Especially impressive if you are trading a lot of capita, where this kind of performance is harder to obtain. It's good trading no matter what your capital however. Keep up the good work.

 

[Picaso]

Quote from piezoe:

Nicely done, Heilbronner, congratulations are in order. Of particular note are your small, relative monthly draw downs. Very nice trading indeed. Especially impressive if you are trading a lot of capita, where this kind of performance is harder to obtain. It's good trading no matter what your capital however. Keep up the good work.

A nice comment on somebody else's performance... Aren't you afraid they will ban you from the site?

Seriously, though, yes, it's an impressive performance: 1 losing month, 1 that is basically a scratch and 10 moderate to large winners.