A small stake, a small chance of success, but a great dose of optimism and determination to try to achieve a set goal - and if the OP accomplishes half of what is planned, it will be a venture that will be talked about for a long time.
I don't personally trade, but I wonder what the chances of success would be if the initial stake was at least 0.05 BTC? Would that mean that some things can be done with less risk which would also increase the prospect of ultimate success?
If we take the example of a gambler who enters in a casino with $100, and another who enters with a $1000, they both have a chance to win something, but the one with more money still has a better chance if apply a good strategy.
Yes that's very much possible. In trading, it's not really about the startup capital. Most of the successful traders we see today didn't start trading with even 1 BTC. They had to start small, made consistent profits off small trades. With time, those small and tiny profits adds up and gets accumulated to a nice profit. On the other hand, I've seen people that started with high capital ended up losing a large part. So at the end of the day, It all boils down to one's trading system, consistency and trading skill level and not the startup capital. If OP was a noob, I'm sure he would be in loss regardless of whether or not he started with 0.005BTC.