What actually benefitted me is compounding, and the knowledge that my risk was only ever £15.30.
As an example of this, here's how you can build a pot of £100 into £1,500 in one month (21 trading days) by making ONLY 10 points per day on the Dow.
The danger is that this will appeal particularly to the greedy who believe that it is easy to make money trading, so don't try this at home folks!
On Day 1 start with £100, which will 'buy' you a bet of 40p a point. You make 10 points in the market, so end the day with £104.00.
On Day 2 you increase your stake by 20% to 48p, and make 10 points in the market, and end the day with £108.80.
On Day 3 you increase your stake by 20% to 57p, and make 10 points in the market, and end the day with £114.50.
Carry on increasing your stake by 20% so that on day 21 you are trading at £23.25 per point, still making just 10 points per day.
Your pot at the end of the 21st day would be £1,448.17.
Easy? No. Because although it is only 10 points a day you have to take out of the market, the fear and greed will knock you out emotionally. But it's a good test to find out your fear level!
Of course, I have not included into the equation any restrictions you may have with the margin requirement which varies according to the time of day, etc.
So if mug2k's system is that brilliant, and he reckons that he can make 10 points per day on the Dow, then this is why it is far far more profitable to trade than to sell your system.
So it's not whether the market is particularly good or not - it is down to consistency, and the ability to make just 10 points per day. And b*lls of steel help tremendously! LOL