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Old 12-18-2007, 12:12 AM
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Capital Progression Calculation in Perl

Hi,

I wrote a small script to help me calculate capital progression, it's written in perl and has no user interface so most of you guys won't be able to use it.

It's based on the idea that you know your average gain per contract per day. Number of contracts is determined by dividing your account balance by an minimum amount you require to have for a contract. Contracts will be added once you have enough capital.

Monthly capital outtakes and taxes are also taken into account.

It's very simplified and most winning trader's progression will not be as linear as this script assumes. Consistency is for many people a problem. For a low amount of contracts though it could be accurate if the input matches the reality.

The results are kinda interesting, dunno though if all of the formulas are correct.

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