Recent content by cosmo76

@ John "All in" means all margin you can get for your equity. The 20k into 50k was btw just an example i made up to explain his MM. Maybe he turns 10k into 12k or 20k into 70k, I don't know. He just said he takes his winnings aside. And I have seen him turn in 18k into 62k in a few hours, but I...

I don't know about the total points a made, the broker only shows the history of the current month. I did a lot pyramiding because of the high volatility. My initial risk was very low, maybe 1%. Even with pyramiding I used not more then 20-30% of my margin. I had pretty tight stopps and if the...

Like I said he used always his whole margin. He tradet mostly USD/YEN. Margin for 10 Lot= around 16.000 Euro. Everybody started with 100k. The Pipvalue with 10 Lots= 82 Euro. So he could trade 62 Lots max. (The Pipvalue might have been slightly different in the timeframe of the contest) He...

Thx, ok I found out about his MM: Like I expected he goes "all in" all the time. With his real money he puts his winnings in a save bank account. So he starts with 20k, finishes a day with 50k, and puts 30k away , to start over with 20k. ( Thats I understood his MM, not completly sure about) TP...

I also participated in that contest. Volatility was extremly high during that time period, so ist's perfectly possible to get this kind of performance. So congrats to Magellan, he beat me by a mile. (i finished 10th place, with 800% performance) I wonder how much he was risking per trade. I hope...