Hello. I've been quite successful so far in my trading endeavors. So much so that I've been offered a decent amount of money to trade with if I split the profits 50/50. I just have some questions on how I can go about doing this carefully.
How can I ensure that I am keeping track of when I am using their funds and when I am not? I guess I could always open a second trading account which would keep the funds separate, however, this would be a bit of a pain having to sign in and out of multiple accounts.
If I added the funds to my own account how can I keep track of profits? Could I calculate the percentage of what the newly added funds are compared to my current funds? And if I need to cash out or share profits in the future, I would take that percentage of my total funds and remove them?
For example, if I currently have $10,000 and am loaned $3,000, bringing me to $13,000, could I take the percentage of the loan (23%) and multiply it by my ending balance? So,if a year later, my ending balance is $37,245, would taking 23% of this balance ($8,566) provide me with the correct amount of funds? Then take the 50/50 split profit amount ($4,283) and send it back to the loaner? Does my math seem to add up?
Thanks.
Edit: Just so everyone knows, a close friend of mine has asked me to trade with some of their money. They have witnessed my trading and know that I am profitable. It is NOT a random person as others have suggested on this thread. Either way this does not matter and I would like to keep the discussion on topic.
First of all, you yourself said that the endeavors you are doing in trading are good. Right? Now, if the result of your trading is really good, why would you take a loan? That's not the true mindset of an experienced trader in an industry like this, you know.
We know that debt is just an extra headache for us, really. Now, to what you say is a friend, I will tell him that I will not be able to trade the money he entrusted to me because he knows that I am deep in trading. Because it seems to be coming out, and what used to happen to me was that I condoned his laziness to earn money. Maybe I'll tell him to learn trading, at least, because if later he loses and doesn't make a profit from trading, he'll blame me in the end because our friendship is ruined because of that kind of thing.