I found it a bit difficult to guess what interest rate I've gotten since I started, but I figured out a way. The difficulty is that I've been slowly adding to the account. If it was a lump sum at the start of the period, I'd be able to figure it out easily by dividing the profit/loss by the original amount. But an original amount that is added to is a bit trickier.
I used an interest calculator here. I entered the years (1) and the initial balance of my account from back in October when I started trading stocks. I then took the total of all the contributions I've made and divided the total by 12 to get the monthly contribution. I know it hasn't been 12 months yet, but figured this would be a good approximation.
Then I adjusted the yield until the total it reported matched the total in my account. The closest match is a yield of 12.8%. Not bad for a beginning trader.
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