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Any investment ideas for 1% return

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited 3:57pm May 17, 2010 3:41pm | Edited 3:57pm
Does any one know of good investment ideas for 1% return a month? With low risk if possible
  • #2
  • May 17, 2010 4:08pm May 17, 2010 4:08pm
Nobody can guarantee.
The more experience the closer to the reality
  • #3
  • May 17, 2010 5:45pm May 17, 2010 5:45pm
Not looking for a guaranteed return but something that's good.
  • #4
  • May 17, 2010 5:55pm May 17, 2010 5:55pm
Won't be able to tell you a system but I can give you a tip.
Calculate how many pips you have to make per day in order to make that monthly 1%.
Then it will be easier to find a system for you.
  • #5
  • May 18, 2010 6:02pm May 18, 2010 6:02pm
Quoting AndsX
Not looking for a guaranteed return but something that's good.
Then look for something like at least 30%. 1% is too risky.
The more experience the closer to the reality
  • #6
  • May 18, 2010 11:57pm May 18, 2010 11:57pm
Quoting AndsX
Does any one know of good investment ideas for 1% return a month? With low risk if possible
You should easily be able to increase a Forex account by 1% per month risking less than 1% per trade. Learn to trade.
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  • #7
  • May 19, 2010 5:14am May 19, 2010 5:14am
US Treasury bonds have at least 1% guaranteed return.

Bank interest

Savings bonds

etc.
  • #8
  • May 19, 2010 7:57am May 19, 2010 7:57am
US treasury bonds, or learn how to trade or how to play poker
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  • #9
  • May 19, 2010 8:09am May 19, 2010 8:09am
The guy wants 1% per month. I don't think US treasury bonds will give that.
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  • #10
  • May 19, 2010 8:31am May 19, 2010 8:31am
You're right, missed that. This guy wants ~12% annual investments.

In that case, most bonds, and tax lien investments. The returns are of course averaged across a month.
  • #11
  • May 19, 2010 8:53am May 19, 2010 8:53am
12% a year? This isn't the stock market.

If your putting money in fx, a strategy that only earns 12%/yr would have a negative return on a risk adjusted basis. You need to be aiming for at least 30%/yr to cover the intrinsic risk.

If your dead set on 12% then take a look at rental property. Risk adjusted returns are around that rate.
  • #12
  • Jun 14, 2010 2:54pm Jun 14, 2010 2:54pm
the reason i targeted less is because it's safe. I am learning to trade but may be it's my nature i am not doing that well. That's the reason i am looking at other options.

Sidetrack - Has any one had any luck with the EA's I am been writing them for a while but no luck with those.
  • #13
  • Jun 16, 2010 1:03am Jun 16, 2010 1:03am
Quoting Proffesor Pi
Won't be able to tell you a system but I can give you a tip.
Calculate how many pips you have to make per day in order to make that monthly 1%.
Then it will be easier to find a system for you.

it dose not matter how many pips you make , you can change the lot size to equal 1% of your account ...

it could be 50 pips or 1,000,000 pips per month and still equal 1%
  • #14
  • Jun 16, 2010 1:14am Jun 16, 2010 1:14am
Quoting AndsX
Does any one know of good investment ideas for 1% return a month? With low risk if possible
That's extremely easy

Create an Oanda account, leverage 50:1, use 10% of your equity and aim for 2 pips a day. Use a pair with a low spread like EURUSD or USDJPY (spread<1 pip). Trade higher timeframes. Never try to make more than 2 pips.

You've got the basic idea now finding a trading system that can give you a 2 pips edge isn't that hard.
  • #15
  • Jun 16, 2010 1:51pm Jun 16, 2010 1:51pm
Intensity 2 pips looks so easy bit i think it's going to really hard to make that consistent. If you know of any system please let me know.
  • #16
  • Jun 17, 2010 12:59am Jun 17, 2010 12:59am
Quoting AndsX
Intensity 2 pips looks so easy bit i think it's going to really hard to make that consistent. If you know of any system please let me know.

im shore you could shave off 2 pips just after a major news event just by going with the flow, infact i think it will be hard to not get more than 2 pips.

then again sl whatever it is would only need to be hit once to wipe out all the 2 pips trades.
  • #17
  • Jun 17, 2010 2:54am Jun 17, 2010 2:54am
Quoting Intensity
That's extremely easy

Create an Oanda account, leverage 50:1, use 10% of your equity and aim for 2 pips a day. Use a pair with a low spread like EURUSD or USDJPY (spread<1 pip). Trade higher timeframes. Never try to make more than 2 pips.

You've got the basic idea now finding a trading system that can give you a 2 pips edge isn't that hard.
First you have to overcome the spread which if you are aiming for 2 pips and in most cases the spread is 1-2 pips then you are hoping for a huge turnaround. The SL value would be the other hiccup with such short sighted views especially for an aggressive risk base. The market could pull away, so from the setup you have the spread costs and then the pull back of the market all for an aggressive approach to 'making just 2 pips'. Where would the SL be?

Find a way to trade that has a long term definable edge, learn the ins and outs and become comfortable with it. Aiming for 1% per month is different to averaging 1% per month. If after 12 months you have a gain of 12% then target achieved but dont get bogged down with the fixed gain targets. In trading you have your good months and your bad months and very seldom do things go the way you 'want' them too.

The other thing you could look at it taking a monthly trade. Look at the market from a monthly perspective and take the line of least resistance. If at any time in the month you are up more than 1% then look to lock in the profits with whatever means best suits and see how far the trade runs. There will be times when you will have multiple trades running in the right direction and this can make your growth.
  • #18
  • Jun 17, 2010 11:24am Jun 17, 2010 11:24am
Sell in resistances, buy in supports, sell in supports breakouts, buy in resistances breakouts, 10 pips of SL, 20 pips of TP. That's all you need. You can make it even with buy and sell limits and with buy and sell stops, spending only 5 minutes at day. Minimum leverage to achieve this: 10:1. Good luck.
  • #19
  • Jun 17, 2010 1:27pm Jun 17, 2010 1:27pm
Quoting Trad3r
Sell in resistances, buy in supports, sell in supports breakouts, buy in resistances breakouts, 10 pips of SL, 20 pips of TP. That's all you need. You can make it even with buy and sell limits and with buy and sell stops, spending only 5 minutes at day. Minimum leverage to achieve this: 10:1. Good luck.
Trad3r Which timeframe ? and where exactly you set your limit and stop orders. I think if you have both buy in support and sell in support breakout one of the trade is doomed to fail right
  • #20
  • Last Post: Jun 17, 2010 2:22pm Jun 17, 2010 2:22pm
Quoting AndsX
Trad3r Which timeframe ? and where exactly you set your limit and stop orders. I think if you have both buy in support and sell in support breakout one of the trade is doomed to fail right
The stop orders entries would be based on the previous bar vis-a-vis the breakout you're trying to capitalize on. What Trad3r is really describing is basically trading in "traffic" when the market is moving sideways. During those times, you can gain "blocks" of pips because the range that the pair will trade in is quite evident. How many pips you set your entries/stops for is completely up to you and your lot size vis-a-vis account size.
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