I just try for a 20% gain, off $1000 is $200, I try to do this in a day so I can keep doing it all month, I started with $2,000 little over a month ago and am nearing $5,000. I follow about 6 stocks and watch them tick all day in real time via
www.scottradeelite.com and wait for dips and sell on daily highs.
My $5000 x 20% = $1,000
then when I get to $10,000 x 20% = $2,000
I had a 41% gain on $2,000 for AMHD, nice $800 profit when it dipped.
I sold only half and got the rest out much cheaper but got $450 for profit in the end.