In trading, there is an important saying: "The market is the most expensive teacher, but it is the only one that truly teaches."
The demo account is excellent for learning the mechanics (how to place an order, what a stop loss is), but it is completely useless for training emotional management. Without the component of real loss, the brain does not release cortisol or adrenaline, which are the chemicals that cloud judgment in real trading.
In demo, if you lose 1,000 USD, you close the app and go to sleep peacefully. In real life, losing 10 dollars can generate anxiety, leading you to engage in revenge trading or to move your stop loss, mistakes you would never make in demo.
Most people who learn with demo get frustrated because they used to win and now only lose, quickly giving up on trading, as it stops being a game without emotions and sometimes turns into a nightmare, just like learning to swim with a video game will never be the same as jumping into the water.
In conclusion, only when you have something to lose do you become responsible for your decisions. Real risk sharpens attention and accelerates the learning curve.
My advice is to start trading with one dollar, this will speed up your learning and give you skills that you won't gain just by using the demo.
Blessings and let’s go for it!!!
