Excerpt from a YouTube conversation (featuring Kosta Ouzas) arguing for modest, consistent trading returns rather than chasing large monthly gains. The speakers emphasize that steady, low-percentage returns (e.g., ~3–5%/month) compound exponentially, preserve survivability, and avoid ruin compared with higher-return strategies that take on correlated risks and unrecoverable drawdowns.
In the beginning, the tortoise's equity curve is.
Very unimpressive. It doesn't double in a month, it doesn't make the headlines.
But it never resets to zero.
And because compounding is exponential, the modest slope eventually overtakes the hair's vertical spike. And then it keeps going. The truth most traders miss is this.
You don't need to.
Chase blistering monthly returns to build life changing wealth. The difference between.
Say, targeting 3 to.
5% per month and 7 to 10% per month might sound small in theory.
In practice.
It'S the difference between surviving.
For decades and.
Getting completely wiped out. The trader chasing the bigger number inevitably runs thinner margins of safety, takes on more correlated risk, and exposes themselves to drawdowns they can't recover from.
The trader who targets.
The smaller, steadier number can weather deeper shocks, keep reserves intact, and let compounding do the heavy lifting.
