I’m impressed you’re already working towards getting funded. Great to have a goal.
Everybody has their own speed to going live. I demo traded consistently, almost every week day, for like 9 months. Then started with a small $30 real month account. Trade that for a couple months, making cents and dollars. Found a broker dollar for dollar deposit promo. Went from 30 to like $500 or $600. Then just started adding little bits of money throughout the year until it grew to a couple thousand bucks were it is now
Also used myfxbook for trade stats from the start. Journal everything!
Now I’m starting a prop firm account. Wish me luck!