Starter Account Size for Emini S&P?

What size of an account should I start out with on the Emini S&P?

Is $5000 a good number and start with 1 contract to build your account from there?

Or is starting with $10,000, $15,000, or $20,000 a better approach?

**EDIT** Also, after my last post about scalping I did a little more research and decided that short term position trading was a better approach to be more efficient and manage capital. I attached a chart for yesterday that I marked up a bit with some Entries and Exits that I noticed, along with the reasons why...

Am I on the right track here?

 

Heres that attachment...

*Ignore the trades on the chart. Those were my scalps before I came to my senses.

 

Do the math: $50/point. 1000 points basically in ES. What's $50*1000? There's your answer.

 

Okay, and 50 x 1,000,000 is 50,000,000!!

I don't really understand your response...

 

1 contract per $50k

 

I am using a 1 contract per 5K equity position size on ES. I think that is ok, if you are using tight stops.

 

That seems like a bit much...are you a billionaire

 

That actually sounds pretty reasonable.

 

50,000 or 500,000 or whatever the hell you want

 

Insightful, thanks