Recent content by billgates

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    Do you want my money?

    IMO it's absolutely impossible. If you have a winning strategy, you wouldn't want anyone to look at your signals. It should be easy to figure out how it works, and thus bring your competitive advantage to zero. And if you are not sure your strategy is a winner - it is a loser. In this case...
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    Is it really possible to make money in this trading lark?

    Actually it's harder to turn $2K to $4K than $20K to $40K because of the fixed costs and commissions. And let me guess: you inherited your money ?
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    How Did You Get Into Trading?

    I was fired from my job and being old and unemployable, trading became the only way for me to bring bread home. No better mentor than hunger.
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    Trading systems

    Very simple. Returns always decrease as capital grows. Say, you have a system that earns 15% a month on $10K and you estimate its returns will gradually decrease to T-bonds like returns as the capital grows to $1M. That's the price of your system: $1M.
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    Why trade?

    > Why trade I was laid off from my programming job because I'm too old and can't code as fast as 15 years ago. My health is not as good so I can't do physical labor. Trading is my only source of income. I have about $10K in my trading account, which earns me on average $1500 /month and I...
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    What is considered a good return ?

    So what? My neighbour turned $6 to $800K in less than a week. Guess how.
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