Profit Percentages

[dutchie]

I would be interested to know, if people are willing to divulge, their yearly profit percentages;

What are your yearly aims (compared to what you get).

For each method you use - i.e. your long term trading, your short term trading, your intraday trading, using margin lending, CFD's, options, futures, forex. etc.

I will try and put them in a table if enough data.

 

[happytrader]

Hi Dutchie

I like to enter late, hold overnight and Im happy with 15 to 20% for a 2 hour hold. Sometimes its more sometimes its less. I've made sure to use a stock that jumps most of the time after entry on the first day up.
Im happy to say 'yes' Once a weeks fine with me these days.

I trade options btw.


Cheers
Happytrader

 

[happytrader]

I would be interested to know, if people are willing to divulge, their yearly profit percentages;

What are your yearly aims (compared to what you get).

For each method you use - i.e. your long term trading, your short term trading, your intraday trading, using margin lending, CFD's, options, futures, forex. etc.

I will try and put them in a table if enough data.

Hi Dutchie

I think you are wasting your time on this one. Profit must be a dirty word. I thought mine was pretty mediocre as far as traders go.

Btw Dutchie,whats yours?

Cheers
Happytrader

 

[dutchie]

Hi Happytrader

Seems that way.

If I understand your post - you trade once a week and make 15-20% - annualised thats 780-1040% per annum - wow!

Personally I have not been trading much or for long.

I have used some options with varied success - I was hoping for 30% p.a. but so far have averaged about 15% p.a. - still learning.

For my long term trading I was aiming at about 25% p.a. - but on paper its about 15% p.a. to date.

 

[bvbfan]

10% net of fees for a 1-3week hold for trading

For more long term trades I look for 500% returns over several years

Since I started (in 2001) only 1 bad year in 2004 with flat returns but probably averaged close to 75-80% p.a from the start

Incidently, I bought a hypothetical ASX portfolio of 15 stocks in April 2005 which is now up 82% (3 up 100%+, 3 up 200%+)
And a May US portfolio is up about 60%

Ask and I will get some screen grabs if anyone wants to see them

 

[Smurf1976]

The back tested return on my forex trading is 66% a year based on conservative assumptions about entry prices (assumed always buying at the worst price on the day. Since I trade on a daily chart basis, this represents the "worst case" scenario). Paper trading the system from late 2004 to late 2005 (12 months) returned about 80%. This is on the unleveraged amount and the system is tested as being acceptable with 3.3 times leverage based on a rolling 65 day average equity.

There has been a favourable adjustment of the broker's spread since the calculations and back testing were done. This is not factored in to these figures.

However, the system has not been oprating sufficiently long with real money to confirm these results in practice. Operation to date is within expectations however, currently about 4.05% draw down from peak value based on completed trades only (that is, ignoring the value of currently open trades although they are collectively in profit (3 trades running, 2 in profit, one in loss) at the moment).

I have ceased trading shares for the moment to concentrate on forex. I intend returning to shares at some point in the future (and continuing with forex). My cash is presently returning 5.4% (ignoring the compounding of monthly interest).