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The recent Earl/edilina discussion brought forward an interesting topic.
Many new traders think that they must allocate ALL of their capital to the
market with greatest potential gain. Earl's comment about having part of
his money in Asia, part in S&P, and part in other futures leads me to the
following questions for the list.
1. What portfolio allocation are you using?
2. How did you decide on this allocation?
I ask this question since our discussions often center on the riskiest
tradable. A newby may not realize that most successful traders have several
portfolios with different risk profiles. Yes, I know we sometimes discuss
portfolio alloction. I'm asking that individual Real Traders reveal their
actual allocations and how they were derived; not theoretical or "what
should be the right allocation."
I'll own up for myself:
1. 20% mutual funds (LT time frame), 40% Rydex/ProFunds (ST time frame), 20%
futures (very ST time frame)
2. Ashamed to admit it, but I really didn't decide on this allocation, I
just fell into it.
Anyone else willing to bare their real portfolios?
Ross Kovacs
rossrk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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