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YTD Trader P/L 2010
- Thread starter tonyzhou
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Quote from tonyzhou:
Account size: $30K
YTD% gain: 30%
No graph, I do not know how to do it.
Go to whatever shows your YTD chart, hit Ctrl-Alt-Prt Screen
then open up paint and ctrl-v, this pastes it.
Save it, then upload to something like www.imageshack.us
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Well, I am probably not going to trade today to enjoy the New year, so for all intents and purposes, my YTD P/L is going to be the same for all of 2010 as it is today (barring some unforseen move by some of my stocks).
Ended the year about where I was in the middle-late part of the year... had a large drawdown, but passed that amount by the end of this year.
Realized profits of about 500K$ this year, with 385K in Etrade (top of the screenshot) and 108K in Bofa (bottom of the screenshot).
Open positions at +58,000$ unrealized, which I may close out at some point soon (no screenshot)
I have realized that it is much, much harder to generate the same returns with a larger account... (yes, this is obvious, right?) but it just requires a little more patience and slightly different strategies.
g
p.s. background: trading for 8 years, last 5 years about 8-12 hours per day, 4-5 days per week. I do think the 10,000 hour 'rule' is about right.
Ended the year about where I was in the middle-late part of the year... had a large drawdown, but passed that amount by the end of this year.
Realized profits of about 500K$ this year, with 385K in Etrade (top of the screenshot) and 108K in Bofa (bottom of the screenshot).
Open positions at +58,000$ unrealized, which I may close out at some point soon (no screenshot)
I have realized that it is much, much harder to generate the same returns with a larger account... (yes, this is obvious, right?) but it just requires a little more patience and slightly different strategies.
g
p.s. background: trading for 8 years, last 5 years about 8-12 hours per day, 4-5 days per week. I do think the 10,000 hour 'rule' is about right.
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p.s. background: trading for 8 years, last 5 years about 8-12 hours per day, 4-5 days per week. I do think the 10,000 hour 'rule' is about right.
+1
Anyone who comes into this game thinking there are shortcuts soon realize how mistaken they are. It takes many hours and patience before they "see the light". Rarely does it ever come easy.
Good job gambler on your 2010 returns.