That's certainly one of the options that I might take. Basically the options are narrowing down to three possible outcomes I'm leaning towards to... of course I still have few months until my testing is done but it's certainly good to brainstorm ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

I've said I didn't want to go into the EAs discussion etc but ok, here goes.. trading is what you make of it. It is definitely not a get rich quick type of endeavor. Takes tremendous amount of time and other "resources" to just get a good grasp of ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

the most balanced one hits about 4-7% per month, without any significant drawdowns. It is still in testing phase so I`m still tuning it. When I was designing it I wanted to keep the drawdowns to minimum and also to avoid market closes and market ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

tomorrow is too late, yesterday is over and now is exactly the right moment just kidding... Your point number 3 is basically one of the things I was looking for. Thanks for sharing

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

yeah I agree on all the points made. This reminds of a book I've read a few months ago called DEBT by David Graeber , or was it The Capital. I don't remember, but one of those two for sure.

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

Thanks for sharing. This is exactly where I want to be in several years. Great to meet folks that trade EAs and make a living out of it. When you have a working EA you can always trade manually on the side that's the beauty of it. And all the ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

exactly, you've hit the nail on the head. Well said and interesting thoughts. Feel free to comment on anything, after all this is an open discussion and all the ideas are welcome. Regarding gold I`m not sure if it's a safe heaven as it used to be ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

Glad to hear. Do you trade all your funds or did you invest anything with anyone else just to diversify? No need to answer if you don't feel like it, thanks for the input and I`m glad so many experienced traders came to this thread.

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

madhouse... imagine putting that money into an automated EA kidding ofc I spent about 12e per month (2 coffees a day). The only investment was a proper coffee machine which was about 700euros... at least I know what I`m drinking and what coffee ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

Thanks MagnumFreak. Do you still manage other peoples money or that's the song of the past?

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

Thanks for sharing your story, this was really interesting to read. Just a few points from my perspective - I haven't blown up my account. I've liquidated as I've needed the money. I do have a full-time job for an international company for the past ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

Excelent post, I was looking at something similar few weeks ago not in US but in Malta. Thanks for sharing and good luck with the rest of the stages. PS: Please let me know if you get to stage 2.

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

Great post, thanks

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

what do you mean by raising the %profitability? Do you have experience with managing OPM? You're making a good point there, but it's hard to say that I won't enjoy managing other peoples money as I don't have any experience doing so.

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

thank you, once the testing is complete I`ll consider it.

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

thanks for the comment, I especially like the last paragraph. It's important to have a backup capital, you never know what happens in the markets. I have the scaling figured, it's a lot less than you pointed above. 10% a week is playing with fire ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

got a crystal ball there? You might wanna look into it and answer my question above? Please stick to the point or don't comment at all... don't question the EA that's not the point above, don't question anything else just think for a second and ...

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

Thanks for the reply. If you have a proven track record how would you seek out investors?

What would you do with a working strategy, but need capital?

Thank you. And thanks for the suggestion, I wanted to ask directly via PM but it seems David has that disabled so that's why I posted here. And opening my own thread will probably attract all sorts of people with all kinds of advice. It's more ...

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