Scaling to 8-figures

Corona Del Mar, CA

Howdy Friend!

If this doesn't motivate you to keep trading, I don't know what will.

One of your fellow Boss's just crossed over $8 million in his trading account.

Congratulations!

I'm stoked he didn't listen to the talking heads about September being a down month.

While he was “only” up 3.5% for the month, with an account that size, he raked in $275,915.

My specialty is scaling accounts from 5 to 6, 6 to 7, and 7 to 8-figure accounts. That's why some folks gladly pay me $50,000 for a year of consulting.

Now lean in because I'm going to save you some money… so read this entire email if you want to take trading seriously.

Portfolio Boss has scaling tools built right in. In fact, I've said for years now that when I start my fund, I'll be able to run it with Portfolio Boss.

You see, Portfolio Boss (even the free Evo version) has built in scaling orders when you use Interactive Brokers.

Yup, you just go into Settings->Trading and select the accumulation/distribution algo. This breaks apart larger orders so you don't take out the order book.

I go into great detail about this in Chapter 4 of 7-figure Ai Trader.

Then you export the trades into IB's Trader Workstation. Easy peasey.

 

If you are using a “free” broker you are getting skimmed. They send your orders to “wholesalers” like Citadel that make billions off retail traders. It ends up costing you more in slippage (bad fills) than commissions. It's a tax on ignorance. Use IB Pro instead.

Yes, Robinhood actually steals from the poor and gives to the rich. The way they handled the Gamestop situation should tell you everything you need to know.

Quick story: I had a party at my house, and one of my friends invited a tall gentleman dressed to the 9's. He had the expensive suit. Gold watch. Slick hair.

He told me he recruited money for a hedge fund.

“Oh, right on. What's the capacity?” I said.

“Capacity?” he said with a puzzled look on his face.

I knew right then and there he was full of shit. Yes, funds have capacity issues because they can start moving the markets as they grow.

That's why you want to break up your orders. That's why you want to use REL orders that sit near the bid instead of flooding the book with market orders.

That's why all of what I just said is built into Portfolio Boss.

Anyhoo… I hope this lesson helps save you some money. There are a lot of minefields in trading, but as you can tell, I've already navigated through them.

And if you make it to an $8 million account, send me your brokerage statement. Makes me happy.

For a full review of how members did in September, watch this quick video >>

Portfolio Boss Strategy Performance:
Through 10/3/2025


Entry level: All-weather Alpha is up 2.0% for October, and 38.5% for the year.

Mid-tier: Easy Ai 10 position Meta is up 0.7% this month, and 21.1% for the year.

High end (6-figure+ accounts): Outlier Method is up 1.1% this month, and 25.5% for the year. Historical tests show a 98.7% monthly win rate (without optimization) which wildly exceeded my expectations.

These are back tested numbers. Factor in about 0.1-0.2% per month for commission and slippage if you're trading with IB's BasketTrader (built into Portfolio Boss).

Portfolio Boss allows you to automatically take advantage of IB's money-saving algos like accumulation/distribution, opening auction participation, and REL orders so you trade more like a market maker instead of a market taker.

Trade smart,

Dan “Prince of Proof” Murphy




Government required disclaimer: The results listed herein are based on hypothetical trades. Plainly speaking, these trades were not actually executed. Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain inherent limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading. Also, since the trades have not actually been executed, the results may have under (or over) compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as lack of liquidity. You may have done better or worse than the results portrayed.

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