What is your total profit for year 2006?

[tatsimon]

before or after taxes?

 

[virgin]

Isn' t that typical american , talking
about dollars

Overhere in Europe we are more interested in %

78 % in 2006

 

[robertstone]

Quote from tatsimon:

before or after taxes?

after taxes, the Queen took some more than anticipated.

--RS

 

[infolode]

Quote from virgin:

Isn' t that typical american , talking
about dollars

Overhere in Europe we are more interested in %

78 % in 2006

Cash is still king.

 

[virgin]

25000 $ made


for a 1 million dollar account that is 2.5 % ; it sucks


for a 100k account 25 % ;great



Learn to put things in perspective

 

[taofinance]

78% on how much equity?



Returning that on $1,000 is one thing, returning it on $100,000 is quite another.

 

[tatsimon]

I have a question regarding %'s

For futures, does one use margin requirments to calculate % performance?

If i trade the ES contract, which has a margin requirment of 2000$ lets say, and make 2000$ in one year, does that mean I have made 100%?

thanks

 

[PohPoh]

Wow!
No one has lost this year?
Somehow I find that I'm peeing in my pants laughing at that.

I had a crappy year...

 

[taofinance]

Quote from virgin:

25000 $ made


for a 1 million dollar account that is 2.5 % ; it sucks


for a 100k account 25 % ;great



Learn to put things in perspective

I think it was in perspective. As the account size grows, being able to produce a good return becomes more difficult. Returning 78% on a penny stock is easy compared to trading hundreds of round lots a year.

 

[virgin]

Taofinance,



On "enough" to make a decent living