I was just wondering what a trader should expect from his capital on monthly basis? Some trader say they make over 10 to 15 percent and some say they make about 4 to 5 percent per month so I want to know what is your average income per month in percentage to your original investment? and what realistic figure a new trader like me should expect?
Hey man, some people may disagree with me here but from experience in the beginning if your are surviving you are doing well. Personally I wouldn’t use a demo to find a % as it will change, perhaps trade to the best of your ability for a few months then you can map out what is realistic for you. Also the capital is a factor which can alter desired returns as you probably know, sorry this isn’t an exact answer, difficult to answer as everyone is in a different position!
Hi,
I am making 8-10% average return from the Forex trading and truly happy wid that… I never believe any statement that attract me to become billionaire in short term…
Thanks guys for the input.
Well, when your acct is very small the % tend to be high, however, when your acct has grown to a large one the monthly % will be allot smaller. The reason is that if you have grown the acct that much, you then start to scale back on risk , this is to preserve capitol. At this point most traders do between 5 to 10 % monthly.
I would say it is totally depend on investment. Above all the risk that traders are willing to take is play key role on ROI. There are traders who makes 10-20% per month as well as per year too. So it’s totally up to you to make your own plan. The key success is that if you risk 3-5% and make 10-12% return on month is a healthy portfolio. But we are not perfect as always. Sometimes I go maximum 40% risk on my investment to make 10% -30% return. Sometime we have to. So above all we must stay in the game for life long without blowing up our account when we take high risk. So it’s Entirely depend on your investment and your needs. Get the idea from others and make your own plan to figure out your ROI.
I wish you good luck for your trading. Have a happy trading day. 
Thanks a lot guys for the replies.
If you can keep this up, you’ll probably be a billionaire in the short term. Haha
3-6% makes me happy enough
From what I have seen in my own trading anywhere up to an average of 15% per month seems a nice safe target which can be obtained through marginally lower risk. Saying that I’ve had some months where I’ve hit over 30% gains and other months where I’ve had a marginal loss of -5%.
What really matters is the balance between risk and reward, and understanding that the distribution of winning and losing trades will not always be balanced. Statistically there will come a time when you get a large string of losses, and it’s this period of adverse trading that you need to control.
Yes. Agree. 
Hence I have small investment, I would like to target 10 % - 12 %. Too hard but can manage
Having an investment that is small and wanting to make 10 %-12% is reasonable expectations or should i say realistic. I think your thought on that is great and can be done.
15% roi is a realistic number in the forex market
You hit the nail right on the head with this comment i agree Jezzode.
As of today, I’m 26% up for the month. I have a very simple method with strict risk management. Not sure if I could get those numbers all the time but so far I’d say that 10% at least would be very achievable as long as you stick to your plan.
- live account
I don’t tend to check how much I make pcm, but my fxbook is saying that I average 4.46% every day (not to sure how accurate fxbook is) so going by that information I should be averaging 89% pcm.
Hope this helps with your question.
Massive numbers there. How many days timeframe are you talking about?
My target is 5 - 8% per month from part time trading.
Not including weekends, nineteen days to-date.