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Forum: Psychology and Money Management

March 18th, 2013, 03:01 PM

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What is a reasonable return

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Posted By josh

I agree with the overall sentiment of your post,...

I agree with the overall sentiment of your post, but am scratching my head a bit at the above quote. You seem to be describing a symmetric risk profile. The best traders make their profile...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

March 14th, 2013, 01:44 AM

Replies: 117

What is a reasonable return

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Posted By josh

Sure, any lucky fool can profit $500 on one...

Sure, any lucky fool can profit $500 on one trade. But only a fool would continue to play such a loser's game if he did happen to win once.

One loss, and you are down $800, 8% of your account. ...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

March 13th, 2013, 10:42 PM

Replies: 117

What is a reasonable return

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Posted By josh

Good point, did not think of it this way. Then...

Good point, did not think of it this way. Then if the hypothetical 100K is indeed to be used as capital, then we can safely say that his "account" is $115K, in which case this is still an...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

March 13th, 2013, 10:25 PM

Replies: 117

What is a reasonable return

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Posted By josh

Then he is overleveraged and risking too much. ...

Then he is overleveraged and risking too much. Let's say someone risks something semi-reasonable like 1% per trade (which is still far too much). You're telling me that he takes 6 trades a day...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

October 2nd, 2012, 03:44 PM

Replies: 117

What is a reasonable return

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Posted By josh

According to Jack Schwager, Marty Schwartz (the...

According to Jack Schwager, Marty Schwartz (the "pit bull") averaged about 25% per month over 10 years. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SdHlfsA0P4&feature=player_detailpage#t=159s) (he pulled money...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

October 2nd, 2012, 02:26 PM

Replies: 117

What is a reasonable return

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Posted By josh

If "reasonable" means "compared to others" then...

If "reasonable" means "compared to others" then yes, positive is reasonable.

If "reasonable" means "compared with what else you could be doing with your money," then > S&P 500 is reasonable...

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