my Ameritrade account performance

I have been thinking about how to calculate my performance for 2010. I just realized that it is simple, get Dec 2009/2010 statement, and divide account value. 

Here is the result: Dec 2010/Dec 2009 = 500%, this includes some deposits from my salary in 2010. This is my best year. I played almost every stocks right on every angles. I was surprised even myself. It just shows that compounding is very powerful. at the beginning, it is a slow climbing curve, the curve gets steeper and steeper as you go. It probably also means my leverage on atpg is just too great. The sad thing is 50% of the gain will probably goes to IRS, it is not fair considering my aging brain, my sacrificed sleep, my great stress, on the other hand, only about 50% of profits are realized, so there is some comfort there. I wish I can achieve my financial freedom in just a few more years, trading stocks does not make me happy. I become indifferent now looking at gains. Those are just numbers, a little unrealistic. I can't play it like a sport, pursue performance to its extreme, because my family is depending on that money. If it could be a stress free game one day, then I will probably start to enjoy it.  

Anyway, I have not figured out yet what I really want to do for my life.

 

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• it is pretty easy -越王剑- ♂ (389 bytes) () 01/03/2011 postreply 20:42:02

• thanks for the information, never used that function before -longtermInvestor- ♂ (272 bytes) () 01/03/2011 postreply 21:30:09

• 教科书上的计算方法 -jim366- ♂ (590 bytes) () 01/04/2011 postreply 06:16:43

• thank you for your science! -longtermInvestor- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/04/2011 postreply 07:05:25