i do look at barclay hedge website to see performance of currency traders. Something I love to compare myself to. But the barclay index only makes up about 10% of total funds availalble. Not many funds file or file on time to make it accurate

What's my true return?

I'm getting ahead of myself. So I average if this was on 2 different years, but if it's all in the same year, my return would be 62%

What's my true return?

So my TOTAL return is 62%. I can comprehend that. But is there any merit of using AVERAGE return of 31%?? Basically why average the return? I guess my question is, if I am trading for others, which is the best or more accurate representation of how ...

What's my true return?

wow, i'm shocked. I somehow feel offended by that . S/R is one of the foundations of financial markets. You deny S/R, you deny the existence of trading psychology

There are no trends or ranging markets

To me a trend is a collective behavior of the masses. A range is still a trend (believe or not) but on a smaller scale. There's no way a market can sit still for a long time (the big boys need to make some money!) , it has to move UP or DOWN. ...

There are no trends or ranging markets

i LOVE your candle to represent your performance! never thought about using it that way Mind if i use it as well???

Tiki Trader Trades

Well my system is the same for all 4 funds. The only difference is the minimum balance required and the number of markets traded. I do this so that people can start small and have that balance be fairly distributed among the number of markets ...

Nocturnal Fund Performance Thread

Semar You lost me on the title stuff :-). I can implement what bifflet and 2inblues was showing us. But llambert mentioned something about time weighted effect of deposits on return. I'm not a math wiz or want to get too deep into that, but if it's ...

What's my true return?

The reason I am doing quarterly vs monthly progress is because I trade on the daily. And I don't think the results is enough from just a month-month. But I am open to that suggestion. We'll see. The only difference between large fund A and B is that ...

Nocturnal Fund Performance Thread

gracias senior! (i'm thinking you're spanish by your name ). I know it's a HUGE goal but I believe in the the Chinese creed "The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones"

Nocturnal Fund Performance Thread

Well, ultimately I do want to run a fund in the future something of a hedge fund caliber. But that is something like 10-15 year down the road. My goal right now is to just gain credibility as a trader and to gain a client pool to begin with (so my ...

Nocturnal Fund Performance Thread

Not sure what you mean. I am trading with FXManager with my own FXTrade account. All those funds are set up like sub-accounts. I guess I am incorporating FXManager into my operation.

Nocturnal Fund Performance Thread

Just details about the fund I set up with FXManager. I have 4 funds Small fund: Requires $500 minimum, trading EURUSD, USDCAD, NZDUSD, USDJPY Medium fund: Requires $1000 minimum, trading ALL of the majors Large Fund A and B: Requires $2000 minimum ...

Nocturnal Fund Performance Thread

I use oanda. It's true their platform is not the best, but when I trade it's about service and spreads. I can handle their java platform. I use MT4 to make my decison anyway so their charts or service doesn't matter to me. 0.9 on euro? i mean come ...

What do you think of Gain Capital? Oanda?

Well, someone from an accounting background is helping us to compute thisand tomorrow we will find out. But what you mentioned (weighted average and personalized return), I read that somewhere too. Sorry Dial, I'm still skeptical of your claims of ...

What's my true return?

true, but I said the last $300 were made after i deposited the second deposit. So the two deposits contributed to the $300 additional gain I always use 2% of available core account equity to make trades. After the second deposit, my 2% increases not ...

What's my true return?

Ok i understand how you are looking at it. But, you are looking at the $800 profit in relation the initial $1000 deposit. I have two deposits totaling $2000 made at differnt times. It seems that you are neglecting the second deposit even though I ...

What's my true return?

well If I just deposited $2000 all at once in the beginning , yes the return would be 40% but since the deposit is done at different times, it shouldn't be 40% or should it? But yea 80% return doesn't seem right to me either I understand what you ...

What's my true return?

actually i found this function called IRR (internal rate of return).. so in my case i have (each row is corresponds to the month) -1000 0 0 0 0 -1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 2800 IRR monthly = 3.56% annualy IRR = 52.22% I found it here url so i guess it ...

What's my true return?