First 30 days: study only, no real money
No real account in the first month. Demo, paper journal or Excel, study fundamentals (price action, risk management, psychology). Skipping this phase costs an average of €800 in the first 60 days.
Days 31-60: micro real account
Open a real account with capital you can afford to lose entirely (€200-500). Max 1% risk per trade. Goal: not to grow, but to prove discipline for 30 consecutive days.
Day 90 onwards: real scaling
If you kept drawdown under 10% in the first 60 days, you can scale capital. This is where a serious signal room comes in: you copy pro trades while continuing to build your own method.
