How to double the account with no leverage?

Okay so you can double the account with high leverage (or blow up for that matter).

But when using no leverage, the returns tend to be minimal. 10-20%

Anyone manage to double the account with low or no leverage? If so is it matter of money management or multiple entries..


Thoughts?

There can’t be any specific strategy or method that can ensure us full double money. However, with the efficient of money and time we can ensure a comfortable trading life. After that whether money has been doubled or not is not actually a great matter. Since when we are ensuring proper use of our capital and trading tools and techniques we can be relaxed and be confident that no matter what the market situation will be; we can overcome it.

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I think your real question is how can I have high returns with low volatility? The answer is that it's impossible, you just need to find a balance between volatility where you are comfortable. But if you want to be among the best in the world, you need to be able to stomach big drawdowns. Even Warren buffet have had drawdowns of more than 50%.

Another thing is duration of drawdowns. The lower your win rate the more time you will spend in a drawdown. Even betting without leverage, will you be comfortable spending 6months or more in a drawdown.

So you need to find yourself as a trader. The best in this industry are able to deliver high returns with relatively low volatility and their drawdown duration is very short. Cheers

Yes not a single method can ever work in low volatility markets. Even if there is it needs higher participation.


However I've seen some traders manage to double their accounts in a short time frame (few months) taking low to no leverage and with minimal drawdown (20%).

This is what I'm looking for regardless of trading method or market.

Double the account with no leverage
in a year
compounding every month assuming perfect months 6% a month

$1000 over 12 months at 6% pm doubles it to $2,012.


That is 6% no leverage = 600 pips a month

You need 600 pips a month to double

Yes this is what I'm looking for except the 600 pips a month sounds a bit big for me trading.

Yeah I think it's too big. Catching 100pips on average sounds a bit more realistic. Which is one percent a month, annualized you have 30%. Which is doable with drawdowns not more than 2% if you have the necessary skill. I think for the work involved it's not enough, given that you are putting up more than 40 hours per week. You need a $50000 account just to make what is the minimum wage in the US. To make a realistic good living you will need about $150000 account.
So conclusion if you have little money, the only way is to leverage and increase your drawdowns to about 20-30%. You need to be making about 20% per month, so you can grow your small account to a reasonable amount.

First time I doubled my account with 1:100 leverage, it took almost 1 year to get 100% return.