I only had $40M in 2004, and only passed the $1B mark after AVATR's release in early 2010. That was maybe 4 months after I got the hang of StarBonds. I was doing reset trading recently, but daylight savings time means that now I'd have to stay online at 6pm here, which is either when I'm eating dinner with the family, or trying to do study, so I had to give that up for the time being. I haven't been able to keep tabs on all the news sites simply because I can't afford to spend too much time on the net in a huge block unless it has something to do with a uni assignment, so sometimes I completely miss the boat with news. Plus the fact that I'm not really supposed to be online while I'm working (which generally is when all the news is posted on the forums). For the time being I'm just poking along. I play the openers and then take positions on them based on how I think they'll do post-OW. I play StarBonds 6 months out from adjust. I've averaged probably $2M per day this year, which is about what I've averaged since I started trading more and playing StarBonds since mid-2009. I found a lot of the hints and tips you posted very helpful in adjusting my strategy recently.