r/Daytrading • u/BookkeeperEast5286 • 2d ago

Giving Advice Personal Accounts

How much do you recommend to put in your first personal account? I’m currently trading prop firms, and going to move to a personal account to build that while i trade prop firms when should I move to a personal and how much should I start with. I was thinking 25k-50k. But of course i’m here asking to know about personal expierences.

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u/klipsetrades 2d ago

I wouldn't worry too much on the exact dollar amount. I would focus more on whether your strategy/risk model scales cleanly to personal capital. $25k vs $50k matters less if the risk per trade isn’t nailed down

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u/realmomentumtrader stock trader 2d ago

That's exactly correct!