When you're doing good in the contest and feeling like you're making the right decisions, do you feel like you can do this for real?  I DO!  So I've decided to raise the cash for a $100,000 trading account.  I already have a brokerage account and I currently trade my small account live... so I'm part of the way there.  I'm interestd in your thoughts and who will do the same?  Want to join me in raising cash for your own account?  We can share ideas and all get there together quicker.  C'mon.. lets' roll!

Or ..get rolled.

 If your serious I'm very interested in developing an investment club for the long term. I'm talking real money not a game. This is the best way for the little guy to build real wealth beceause this gives the group some real buying power, and we may be able to discuss this with WSS and create a game plan.

What are your strategies for raising capital? 

Raising Capital?  I've started a blog and put links on it (Starbucks, Boca Java, Wall Street Journal, etc.) and have started trying to get people to visit the blog.  Hopefully, the more people that visit, someone will click a link and make a purchase.  A small portion of any purchase will go to the 100K challenge.  What are your ideas for raising capital?  I'm always interested in other points of view...  

I'm completely serious... I'm not familiar with how an investment club works.... What's your idea there?

Me too. Explain this please it sounds interesting. 

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 you will have trouble getting investors until the VIX comes down to normal levels. even so you as strategist will only beable to take a small percenage over your initial outlay % anyway. some accounts let you start with a grand or so, others work on a cash basis and limit you to longs, but you knew that... it should be pretty easy to go long from here anyway, just pick and choose your spots and start building.

 An investment club is just like a corporation with a X number of people adding a fixed amout of cash and pooling this to buy and sell securities.

I've been in a couple before and they are good becuase the club can buy a stock with some volume.

An investment club can be set up through any brokeage firm and all the assets are protected by the firm. No single person in the club can cash it out. People in the club are selected by the members to communicate with the brokeage firm to buy and sell, but everyone in the club has input on what to buy and sell.

With the internet it is a lot easier then years ago because anyone can become a member from any where.

This is probably the best way for the small investor to gain real wealth if each member is willing to commit 5 years or more to the club.

There are number of ways to fund this club, the members can decide on an initial deposit like 500 dollars each in the beginning and add to this on a monthly or quartly basis and keep building the club and the buying power of the club.

What a club is doing is becoming a self directed mutual fund for the members.

I will be interested to join the club, I think the best way to do it is to find people even on this site that can come toghether and add to the purchasing power monthly . I wolud like to know the details of this club and what are the legal protections.

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