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Live trading deposit

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Nov 20, 2013 02:41 pm
#1

Posts: 45
Member since: 06/11/2013

Hi guys, Im looking to get started with Live trading... Is there a certain amount of deposit you can recommend i should start with for some decent trading action? (i was originally thinking of £1000 gbp a micro lot) but then i realized the smallest amount you could trade on a demo was a micro-lot. 

Keeping to the 2% rule of thumb i was wondering were there any recommendations out there so i could start preparing a reasonable amount of deposit

thanks!

http://www.fxstat.com/widget/link?t=wide&c=6&s=25061&o1=growth&o2=monthly&o3=equity&o4=profitfactor 

http://www.fxstat.com/widget/link?t=wide&c=6&s=25061&o1=growth&o2=drawdown&o3=profitfactor

Nov 20, 2013 04:08 pm
Sasha User

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Member since: 16/05/2011

If you have $1000 extra then you can deposit that much otherwise around $100 to $200 is most common "first deposit" amount. Deposit doesnt really matter as long as you r properly managing ur risk per trade. 

Nov 20, 2013 04:08 pm
Sasha User

Posts: 836
Member since: 16/05/2011

If you have $1000 extra then you can deposit that much otherwise around $100 to $200 is most common "first deposit" amount. Deposit doesnt really matter as long as you r properly managing ur risk per trade. 

Nov 21, 2013 03:28 pm

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Member since: 05/11/2013

Depends if you're depositing to trade for real or to simply testingthe waters, i think the question you're looking for is whether there is a broker someone can recommend for a rookie trader  whether its by reputation of personal experience. 

Although £1000 sounds great, so long as its not going to hurt your bank account too much


http://www.fxstat.com/widget/link?t=wide&c=5&s=25074&o1=growth&o2=monthly&o3=equity&o4=profitfactor 

Nov 26, 2013 12:08 pm
Noobtrader User

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Member since: 07/11/2013

Don't consider it as profitable since its your initial deposit, from another thread someone said "Consider it as a learning fee" so unless you can comfortably afford it consider the deposit with the intent to lose it

Dec 08, 2013 07:39 am
Jogi User

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Member since: 06/06/2011

Yes. First deposit is usually a part of learning curve. So do not risk too much on first deposit. $1000 with micro lot will be a decent start.

http://www.fxstat.com/widget/link?t=wide&c=1&s=26883&o1=growth&o2=drawdown&o3=monthly&o4=equity

Dec 16, 2013 10:53 am
4nt5 Translator

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Member since: 12/10/2013

Originally posted by Jogi

Yes. First deposit is usually a part of learning curve. So do not risk too much on first deposit. $1000 with micro lot will be a decent start.

 





Decent? its a bloody damn good start! most traders would begin with a $100-200 deposit, with 10x that amount you must be a very confident cheesy trader. Especially since you've only been trading for 2 months on demo according to your widget, what strategy do you use?

https://www.fxstat.com/widget/link?t=tiny&c=1&s=20780&o1=growth&o2=drawdown&o3=monthly&o4=profitfactor

Sep 17, 2019 08:05 pm

Posts: 216
Member since: 13/09/2016

We have to be extremely wise with making deposit in any broker as we should never take risk about it. I know this very well because I have suffered with companies like Instaforex and others, so we got to be very careful about all this to be able to benefit.

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