Sorry, but this is going to be the start of another "look at me how good I am" discussion.

Performance (% gains) is function of risk taken/ leverage deployed. So,there is no possible "best ever". If you really want to be (taken) serious, ask for 12, 36, 60 month unlevered returns and sharpe, sortino etc.... Also, be asset class specific. You can't compare FX with bonds, stocks, ...

This kind of discussions have been seen a zillion times already in the past on this and other fora and they all ended up being covered or open advertisements.

regards

Soros/Drunkenmiller/GBP/1992 = Legendary

You should clarify what you mean by your %. An experienced trader would have done this, and knows better than to ask this question.

I suggest reading up on how to trader the market, and don't listen to the hype. There are plenty of discussions here on how to get started, The DOs and Don'ts etc.

Good luck

Hello Enoch, 100% in a year could be possible with intense work. But 100% in one day or 1000% in one week sounds like a joke. Sorry.

one gazillion percent profit a second, there might as well give you the ultimate answer you seek.

Nabil - An experienced trader in what exactly? I am a deeply experienced trader but that does not mean I know how to talk to people on a forum about the industry keywords of trading analysis. I have spent the last 2 years straight on a deep market study of gold silver and oil. With the climate in this forum I am hesitant to discuss my own results. I do not feel I would be believed.

I am 10 years experienced. The skepticism and cynicism I see in this forum so far saddens me, I was actually hoping to find a meeting of the minds but what I find is seeming resistance, reticence, skepticism?

I came here to discuss topics, not get commentary. Please people, can we re-approach this?

Ah, such useful responses. .....Let's see, criticism for asking a question, being treated like a 'noob', patronizing and ridiculous answers. I guess I should have expected as much. Thanks for turning my earnest question into an attack guys.

I don't see anyone who actually gave a useful answer other than Javier.

Javier - Thank you for your earnest and honest answer, this is the kind of reply I was seeking.

Mark, bugger off, you may has well not have commented. lol. :P

Nabil - What I mean is, what consistent results to people see from the best program/trader/group ever do: per day, per week, per month in NET gains in FOREX.

Peter, thank you for your reply.

Marc - I had a specific reason for asking this question, why the criticism? I don't see any of the replies below talking about "better than" or "Look how good I am".

As for asset, let's try Gold Vs USD (XAUUSD chart) (or silver/ XAGUSD)

Anyone else want to contribute like Javier did? I am just asking for opinions here folks, after I clarified I hope someone can give me some good answers.

Hello Enoch, Thank you for the 'compliment' I was just saying truth and all based on my experience. (trader since 2003).

Let's take the example of the IMPOSSIBLE task of 1000% return in 1 month: To achieve that kind of return in such short period of time, a trader must use really big Lot-Sizes (40 - 80% of his/her account) and never loose a single trade or else, his/her account will be wiped out in 1 or 2 days. And of course, any placed trade must work from the first second because any small retracement will also blow up his/her account.

But we all know that procedure is by itself impossible because any broker will never allow you to place such positions, it will simply tell you "Trade cancelled, Not enough money".

So yes, 100% profit in a year is doable with intense work, as I said, but not 10000%

If you are trying to make such huge profits in such short time of period, be careful because you might be shooting on your own feet. Stay realistic and do the maths.

If I can be of any help, let me know. I work for people/investors.

Thanks.

I have seen a strategy that can generate 100% in a month, but it can be wiped just as well when things go against it. Have recommended the trader that developed it a hard stop when maximum relative drawdown gets to 20% and he still tells me it still makes about 40%/month. I would like to see a backtest on it, but I is based on a number of market conditions for which there is no long term saved historical data.

Thanks for letting me know, John, that's interesting, sounds similar to what I am aware is feasible.

Hello John and Enoch,

What John described enters in the description I've made above. You can make 100% in a month using very aggressive strategies including big lot-sizes, no Stop-Loss level, etc... but using those, you can also make wipe out your account in 1 day. And that kind of risk is unacceptable in any serious Fund or Strategy unless you want to burn your own house.

Hi Javier,

i could not agree more !!

If someone wants to gamble, they have to do it with their own money, not with money coming from investors. From contacts within the industry, I hear that investors get very worried if they see 10 % + drawdowns on a multi week time horizon.

Some years ago, we were a finalist in an international contest for new strategies and the organising (multi billion) hedge fund did not want to leverage FX more than 3 times (brokers will give you 100, 200 even 400 nowadays). This is just to underscore your point of view. Serious funds are usually very careful on leverage. They manage to survive market shocks because of that and that is how they attract even more money. You build an empire, brick by brick. Exciting ? No. Wise ? Yes

regards

Marc, you are totally right.

Thanks! ;)