Do I really belong?

5 years ago I graduated from uni(the top uni in my euro country), with a math degree. Since then I've worked in the family business in art dealing. I started trading my first year of uni and I've kept on ever since, and I've had very good results the last 4 years. Now it has reached the point where I have so many offers to manage money I could easily gather 10M+ from family/friends/people I know from work. I really enjoy trading so doing it full time would be great, but I can't stop thinking about what would happen if I didn't perform as expected. Do any of you have experiences from managing money from family/friends? I don't want people to turn sour on me but on the other hand doing this would be pretty exciting. I think I could keep up my results with the additional capital though. Keep in mind that this would(for me) be a low-risk endeavor, I fully own my apartment and I have living expenses for 5+ years in the bank . I know I'm probably not the usual poster in this forum but thank you in advance for any response!

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The way I see it, if they're willing to give you their money to manage that's their choice. You're obviously not going to mess things up on purpose, so they shouldn't hold you accountable unless you pull a ponzi or just stop trying.

That's just how I think though, I'm sure some people would get sour if you lost them money even though it was their choice to give it to you in the first place.

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