How long is a long time to be on the bench?

[jmo21]

If you learn to trade for yourself, you can return from 3-8% a month on your money. If you compound that for a few years then you will be laughing. The difficulty is learning to trade, takes years and there are many dead ends.

The closest I get to trading is managing the funds in my SIPP, dropping in and out in lows and highs.

Next step is doing this with funds/shares that are not held in my SIPP.

[louie]

The closest I get to trading is managing the funds in my SIPP, dropping in and out in lows and highs.

Next step is doing this with funds/shares that are not held in my SIPP.

SIPP costs to trade are quote high, Interactive Brokers are good for trading or even Spread Betting as its tax free.

[jmo21]

SIPP costs to trade are quote high, Interactive Brokers are good for trading or even Spread Betting as its tax free.

buying and selling in my SIPP account is built into the price I think so hard to tell how much it costs.

[louie]

buying and selling in my SIPP account is built into the price I think so hard to tell how much it costs.

So you could make 10 trades a day and it would cost the same as 10 a month?

[jmo21]

So you could make 10 trades a day and it would cost the same as 10 a month?

no, it's built into the price of the fund which could be quite different depending on when you do it.

[BolshieBastard]

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa a!

Fingers crossed!