The key to successful investing is knowing the return you are getting on the
money you have invested. This Return on Investment (ROI) is your way of
measuring your success, particularly when comparing one investment strategy
with another. Throughout this section on Returns and the following one on Analysis, you will find the detailed steps we use to
calculate the ROI of the various advisory services.
We begin by
looking at the method of calculating the ROI for trades on both stocks and
options because the steps involved are different for each type of trade. To see how the ROI is calculated click on the
link to that trade.*