I agree, and the most powerful lessons will be taught to you by your biggest losses.Quote from Ripley:
My suggestion is that go live with real money. You might be a superstar trader, and might not ever have to paper trade. But, you won't be able to find that out if you papertrade first.
Go live with real money, and only if you run out of it should you paper trade.
Quote from Bitstream:
I agree, and the most powerful lessons will be taught to you by your biggest losses.
My first big loss was 9% and since then I never lost more than 1% on one trade.
Quote from Ripley:
My suggestion is that go live with real money. You might be a superstar trader, and might not ever have to paper trade. But, you won't be able to find that out if you papertrade first.
Go live with real money, and only if you run out of it should you paper trade.

Where on earth did you manage to find a market moving more than 30% today?Quote from Ripley:
I wish I could say the same.
My first loss on the very 3rd trade was for 88%. (1st and 2nd being trial trades).
My last loss (today) was for ~35% of my equity.
I am the one who needs to paper trade.![]()
You ought to start considering use of stoplosses otherwise you'll be soon out of buisness.Quote from Ripley:
Lost 80 or some points on a 10 car short positon on the YM. It went up around +120 pts.
I do too much size, let losses ride, and I also add to losers. I am not a trader, trading is just a legal way for me to get high.