That's the balance in my demo account. From $500k around the first week of June to over $1 million today.
I started that account as a test of rrram's strategy. In the beginning & even along the way I did not pay a lot of attention to it. I didn't trade off charts, indicators, candles, nothing .. just everytime I saw her dip, I bought anywhere from 2-5 positions each position was 5 standard lots. Actually in the beginning I just bought 1 lot positions, when the account passed $700k, I went to 5 lot positions.
I set TP exits at anywhere from 5-30 pips for most of the orders and usually put no TP on the last one. At one point I had 5 x 5 lot orders that were over 400 pips down. Biggest dd was around $400k and since I don't get how MT4 (ODL) computes margin, at one point I did sell off several positions at a loss so as not to mess up the margin. I didn't keep track of actual margin use because I didn't know how to read it in this account.
Often there were good runs and I forgot to trade in the demo because I was focused on the real account. In short, this one was done SO casually, no real focus, no real methodology except 'buy the dips'. And yet....a double within 2 months. I wonder what could happen if there was focus & better planning
My spreadsheet says that $500k is the mnimum amount needed to trade 5 standard lots at a time. That means $50k for a mini account, 5 mini lots at a time, or $5k for a micro lot, 5 micros at a time.
Obviously, trading 1 lot at a time, you can divide the above numbers by 5.
But I found that trading multiple positions of 5 lots each, profits accumulated much faster, even when I cashed out at +5 or +10 which I often did. It was almost constant buying in groups of 2-5, then cashing out on any profit move, only holding one if I thought the entry price was pretty good.
Twice I had TMTH, once it caused the huge dd & I decided to let some go. The other time was yesterday. But when she came roaring back this morning, most TP's were hit, pushing the balance over the $1 million. I still have some trades open "up there", but I know they should close out positive next week.
I never shorted in this account and never traded anything but GY.
In the meantime my real acct is a disaster ... down quite a bit in the same period of time. In that account, I trade other pairs and have often shorted the GY. To be fair, there was not enough in it initially to trade the way I traded the demo. I am pretty convinced that $5k is the minimun needed to trade this way with micros. $10k would be safer.
Anyway .. I am impressed .. a double of your money every 2 months ain't a bad thing! For those who are blessed with enough funds to get started, I suggest starting a separate acct and give it a whirl.
The KEY to this is buying in batches & taking quick profits, even doing this very casually as I have .. the results are ... Wow
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