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That's probably my fault for causing all of this confusion, but we just
don't look at it in this fashion. Our futures trading stands on its own two
feet and we, in our own minds, never commingle.
Guy
Paranoia...you only have to be right once to make it all worthwhile!
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Macromnt@xxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 4:16 AM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Risk of ruin, amount per trade formula?
In a message dated 07/12/2000 11:45:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< If you look at our initial margin as our 'investment' in our futures
trades
(and I know Jean Jacques doesn't agree, but no one has come up with a
better
measure yet), we're investing 8.39% of our total trading capital on our
futures trading positions. >>
I do not disagree with that if you consider your overall portfolio and I
feel
(a little bit) more confortable but you have to present it this way: in
relation with your overll portfolio.
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