With due respect, consider NOT crippling yourself so much with:
- So little capital in a SIM account. Give yourself 20K. Enough to make some, lose more, make some back, lose even more, and then make it all back and then loose more, then make back into the green. That is your most likely scenario, even without the pressure of real money.
- Concentrate on ONE instrument. Multiple instruments are a crutch. You will switch between them, "finding" your setup, and end up force fitting, thinking you are doing the right thing but are really just floundering.
- Do a set number of trades, say 3 a day. If you cannot make 3 profitable or at least BE, on a weekly basis, you have no chance at "trading when the market offers trades".
All these are beginner steps. If you can't start at the beginning, there are ego issues, which might be insurmountable. If you can't make the above work, you are, over the long run screwed. If you can't keep the discipline with the above, work on it until you do.
If you can do a good a job with the above, you will learn so many valuable skills, you will actually be on your way. You obviously have the interest, so treat your endeavor with lots of respect. That is lesson #0. People who are not serious, don't survive. Most people are not serious enough.
Basically, you want to find out if you can trade or not, quickly and efficiently. You do not want to introduce so many variables that it takes an infinite amount of time to determine your ability.
It is better to be proven proficient at one instrument than to be wandering around.
Lastly, learn to write a script for your trade setups, entry and exit, and PL management. You will find that you are beyond random in your manual trading. Ninja trader, MC and many others offer scripting.
Best of luck. Seriously!!!! Even though I blocked you, a long time ago. There will be no follow up replies back on ignore now.
