So much talk about the dividends, charts, etc. Look at the numbers. I posted the Total returns, which include dividends as well as a link to the...
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I suggest that you keep a detailed journal of your trades. You'll learn from your experience quicker if you are keeping close track of what...
This thread is about the returns of the US stock market over the past 10 years and I have yet to see posted the actual TOTAL returns. The SP500...
-360. With a couple of my strategies in cash and few trades meeting my criteria for my long/short, I tried an ETF day trade, and a day trade...
Wish I could make money when I'm on the wrong side of a trade.
Investics, Thanks for sharing. Lot of good information. I've tried some casual and some quantitative attempts at market timing, but right now I...
+230 today. Only the one account was in play today.
No need to get mad, all you had to do was ask. Most of my gains were from one account this week - see attached. I trade 3 accounts, two of...
For last week: +1196.
One other point I noticed was that MarketScientist quoted specific annual returns. This is something people rarely do and I think one reason is...
I agree with the comments about illiquidity. For me, my edges are clearly larger with the smaller stocks. I go to a monthly traders meeting and...
I suggest you look into that yourself first. Apparently VXX underperforms $VIX pretty significantly:...
Rather than hedge, I trade low correlated strategies, including several long and one short. The short strategy is not strictly a hedge but when...
Good question. So few discuss actual returns I don't really know how most other traders do. I know returns in the 100's of % are possible and...
It's no fun to post losses :( , and I was tired of posting daily. I started an account last Oct and was planning to comment when I doubled it,...
This is a good question. If you were to ask it on this forum: http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/ I guarantee they would tell you that you would...
Well first it's not against the law to create money out of thin air, banks do it all the time when they loan out something like 10 times their...
I like this one! I am not current on the more complicated methods, but I think the uncertainties in my strategies are almost certainly too high...
I am making some nice extra income from trading but still working a full time job. I could use some more boredom in my life. Looking forward to...
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