Good for you! My wife just asked me if I could “invest” 1,000. Looks like I’ll be starting a thread shortly myself. Lol.
A journal is a great way to improve if you write down the right things. Like charts with fills, some thoughts on the process. I am not good at journaling ^^ But sometimes I read it all the way up, And find some mistakes to correct. With 1000 you will trade micros. You can build this up especially if you pyramid. Wish you the best.
It can be done quickly. I am 700$ in so I hope not to fall back again. The two combines can be done in 1 month. Anyway ... the goal is to lose the least money. One problem with TST is all the simulation, If I had traded MES instead of TST, I’d be up 2.5k (everything equals). I had a cumulative PnL of all my trades. With the 3k daily loss limit included. So it’s better to spend 50$ on a reset, But it takes time to get some money out of TST. If you’re really good. Then instead of making 9+9+5k (23k) in sim before to be able to withdraw 5k, Then just open a small account, trade MES and make 2.3k. Well ... actually 5k is better than 2.3k. But if you can trade more than 2 MES the TST isn’t worthwhile anymore. Because you would have made 6.9k (2.3x3) instead of 5k with TST for the same result.
Tradovate ? I use the web application. Guess their desktop is better. But I run Linux. Might install it in a virtual machine. It works better under chrome than firefox. It’s fine. You can try it I believe.
Well. We are at 2550. Originally that was my buying price. So I am waiting for the market to open, And I might buy one contract somewhere here. Let's see.