Rules only count when something enforces them. These articles are about setting them before the open and letting the platform hold you to them.
Rules
Loss limits, sizing rules and the routine that makes a demo transfer to real money.
Articles
- Is Paper Trading a Waste of Time?
Traders who went live after a good demo run and lost say the same thing: the practice taught them the wrong things. That is a demo problem, not a practice problem.
- How to set a daily loss limit that you will actually obey
Set the limit before 9:30, make it a number you can lose three days running, and let the platform close you out. Your judgement at 10:40 after two losses is not the judgement you want in charge.