You could turn $600 into $3000 in one day (i.e. tomorrow - Monday) trading options, futures and other derivatives.
You could also much more likely turn your $600 into about twelve cents.
In fact, you can get almost ANY rate of return you want assuming you're willing to take on a boatload of leverage and hence risk.
"Hi, can I turn my dollar amount X into my dollar amount Y in Z amount of time?"
The answer is always yes, you can. You just have to be willing to pony up a ton of risk -- possibly even greater risk than the total sum of your investment.
For instance if you want to turn $1 into $1,000, you can go ahead and try.
All you need to do is borrow $9,999 from the bank and invest it. You now have $10,000. If you can make a 10% return after paying the interest on your loan, you've just turned your $1 into $1,000. Congrats. Now go start a website about how you turned $1 into $1,000.
OF COURSE, you could also make -10% on your investment. Now you've only got $9,000 and you owe $9,999. So you're in the hole -$999 and you only invested $1.
So go ahead and try to make whatever return you like... just understand the risk.
The market is not some magical "money generating" machine. It's just a bunch of equities and derivatives moving around from one owner to another at various prices. If you can buy said things at lower prices than you sell them, then you'll make money. It's just a game that some people are good at playing.
EDIT - OH and one CRITICAL POINT to remember. The money people make on the market comes from... wait for it... OTHER PEOPLE IN THE MARKET!!!
This means that if there were some secret thing that "always" made a certain big return and everyone knew it, then everyone would make money on it and no one would lose money on it... and that's impossible, because the money must come from somewhere.
I've made about 400% on my investments in the past 6 months BUT I:
1) Have lost money sometimes due to bad trades and bad luck
2) Have read a TON and know exactly what I'm doing
3) Spend a lot of time watching the markets and doing technical analysis
4) Have a very high risk tolerance
Does this mean that "you too can make 400% in six months, guaranteed!!!" No, absolutely not. But if you wanted to TRY, I could point you in the right direction.
Be prepared to spend at least 20-30 hours reading in a quiet library, at least 1-2 hours a day watching the market, and be prepared to lose at least $10,000 before you make $1. And after all of that, be prepared that you might never make that $1. =)
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