Originally Posted by xato

Alright, lets assume they started with only $1'000.- initial capital themselves and made 1% each trading day for 5 years.
There are about 252 trading days per year, which makes 1260 trading days altogether.

Now if you compound the interest $1'000.- would have been
$12'274 after one year
$150'651 after two years
$1'849'092 after three years
$22'695'762 after four years
$278'567'833 after five years

If their initial capital was higher, well, you get the idea.
Anybody who still thinks those guys are dependant on clients' money must be completely brainwashed or simply stupid.
Common sense should tell you not to invest in obvious ponzi schemes