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Can you open an account with $3000? and start trading the ES

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** Pilots learn to fly with simulators , so why shouldn't traders ?? both crash and burn, if they fail..
My point was, if you can't make money in Sim trading , you shouldn't try trading with real money...

while I don't equate death with losing money, I won't argue with the logic of your latter stement

that being said...

success on sim in no way guarantees you are going to be successful trading live, nor in any way, is it an accurate proxy for trading live

its largely an invention of the retail brokerage industry;

created to enlist inexperienced, risk averse, and under capitalized people into the world of trading

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while I don't equate death with losing money, I won't argue with the logic of your latter stement

that being said...

success on sim in no way guarantees you are going to be successful trading live, nor in any way, is it an accurate proxy for trading live

its largely an invention of the retail brokerage industry to enlist inexperienced, risk averse, and under capitalized people into trading

I can drive a McLaren F1 like a boss in Gran Turismo on PS3. But on a real course I doubt the same would be true

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What is the absolute minimum you need to open an account and start day tradingthe ES ?

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What is the absolute minimum you need to open an account and start day tradingthe ES ?

If you just want to "trade" until you blow your account, there are brokers out there that let you do it for a couple thousand probably.

If you want to actually have a chance of succeeding, you need to stop immediately this entire line of thinking and rethink your entire game plan...

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If you just want to "trade" until you blow your account, there are brokers out there that let you do it for a couple thousand probably.

If you want to actually have a chance of succeeding, you need to stop immediately this entire line of thinking and rethink your entire game plan...

Mike

couple thousand?

why does champion futures let you open an account for 1000 then?

I'm just looking to trade one contract......and flatten by 16h00 CDT

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couple thousand?

why does champion futures let you open an account for 1000 then?

I'm just looking to trade one contract......and flatten by 16h00 CDT


Simple answer: Risk of ruin.

With $1000 you have very little wiggle room until you are ruined. You can have a winning strategy, and if you are underfunded, you still may get ruined, just due to random chance.

If you had $2,000, and still traded 1 contract, you odds of survival (assuming you really have a winning strategy) go up a ton.


Here is an example:

Let's say you start with $1,000, and your "ruin" point is $250 (you can't open new trades if you have less than this). You win 50% of the time, and your net wins are $200, and your losses $150. Let's say you take 2 trades per day. A positive expectancy system, generating about $12,500 per year in profits. Pretty good.

In the first year of trading...

Start with $1000, you have a 23% chance of ruin (dropping below $250)

Start with $1500, you have a 10% chance of ruin (dropping below $250)

Start with over $2500, you have less than a 1% chance of ruin (dropping below $250)


That is why undercapitalization kills many new traders. They can't handle the inevitable drawdowns.

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Let's say you start with $1,000, and your "ruin" point is $250 (you can't open new trades if you have less than this). You win 50% of the time, and your net wins are $200, and your losses $150. Let's say you take 2 trades per day. A positive expectancy system, generating about $12,500 per year in profits. Pretty good.

The risk of ruin is closer to 100% for someone that doesn't know what they are doing and that wants $500 or $1000 accounts.

Now what they do after they ruined is up for debate, perhaps they will learn from it... but I think most don't unfortunately.

The better question is why does this person want such a tiny account? Is it because they think they can turn that tiny account into something of value? Or do they really have a very large discretionary income and simply know that they will almost certainly lose all their money up front, and want to start small to begin the learning process?

Unfortunately I believe from experience the answer is usually the former.

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When I joined this forum I didn't even have a sim account--My only experience was long term stock investing. I read all the threads about the various aspects MM, RR, psychology. They made sense and it all seemed like great advice but--

None of it really sunk in until I experienced it first hand.

So I think if budfox wants to risk $1000 trading ES - maybe money well spent

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Im a beginner also, I loose my 5000$ account, after being a winner during 3 months in SIM. I've never felt that feeling in my stomach and my back and it also hurts me. I had really pain in my back during the next 2 months because my nerves. You can not understand why can win in SIM, and then REAL blow your account.

You need to feel this, better with a small account, though. But prepare yourself at SIM and had to know you will lose your money. Trading is like that, learn about theese feelings and maybe with 1 or 2 years more after loosing your account training simulated you can try again with a bigger account, 5000 or 10000$. Who knows, if we prepare well and fight again exciting and could be more patience will be winners some time...

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Im a beginner also, I loose my 5000$ account, after being a winner during 3 months in SIM. I've never felt that feeling in my stomach and my back and it also hurts me. I had really pain in my back during the next 2 months because my nerves. You can not understand why can win in SIM, and then REAL blow your account.

You need to feel this, better with a small account, though. But prepare yourself at SIM and had to know you will lose your money. Trading is like that, learn about theese feelings and maybe with 1 or 2 years more after loosing your account training simulated you can try again with a bigger account, 5000 or 10000$. Who knows, if we prepare well and fight again exciting and could be more patience will be winners some time...

Cheers

WOW sorry to hear that

i went through a very stressful period when I started live trading also-- i would enter a trade and I would have to get up and leave my pc--i couldn't watch it--i would go do situps--brush my teeth-- I'd be in the shower and I would hear-"stop filled" those were bad days---im over that now- so i trade mostly in sim but i do take live trades and can sit there without issue--why? risk management -- and I guess some stress management

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