So here is a more realistic example of what I have seen with someone else and a small account: so each month you have a 2000 loss limit. Your expected gain ioer month s 10k. It is pretty much 50/50. So basically 5 to 1 risk to reward. The downside ...

Million dollars dream - starting from $1000

I think you can do it to a certain point. But yeah, I agree you cannot go forever. That is why I always argue to only be focused on making gains on the base account you started with- ie am not talking about compounding everything on top of itself. I ...

Million dollars dream - starting from $1000

I still don't get why most don't try for this: 10-20% a month on starting capital. Almost every month be in that range. Be an actuarial scientist. Don't try to leverage more as you earn more until you double your account. Then can trade ...

Million dollars dream - starting from $1000

I agree with this. I also think: If you cannot trade by hand and have success and boil it down to a known actuarial/statistical process, what makes you think that you will have success getting the computer to do it for you? I think that is often a ...

Why Would Someone Sell a Highly Profitable System?

Couldn't you still owe a negative balance on your account? IE you had a leveraged account with only a few hundred in it. Something bad like what happens with the CHF happens and dislocates the market against you skipping any potential stops. ...

I've figured out why so many people lose money in Forex

If you are not trying to make a living off of your profits right now, this is an interesting idea: url xls sheet: http://www.fxkeys.com/downloads/FxKeys-$1000-Forex-Plan.xls Although I'm not trying to endorse this product or any FX product (just ...

What's a good capital to invest in trading?

Don't follow fundamental. Honestly, it sounds crazy and I never used to believe it and would fight it a lot but... All you are trying to do is create a positive process and "positive coin flipping" game: IE in simple terms- win you get 1.25, lose ...

When does the market actually react to news releases?

NO. No one manipulates it. No one can possibly be that large. Maybe certain banks do for policy reasons. But those are always just telegraphed by the trend! Where you ARE manipulated- on every transaction you pay commission. If you are not careful, ...

EURUSD drop/manipulation - Anybody else sick...

My vote is for 100k. Based on what I have seen with computer systems, with 50k you could do 5k a month and make a decent living. But I would rather have making 10k a month with a 100k account, then have some "leeway" built in there as well. With my ...

What's a good capital to invest in trading?