How did you know your demo results meant something before going live?

A demo account lets a trader practise without risking real money. It does not reproduce every feeling of a live trade, and fills on a demo can differ from fills on a live account. Forex scams: warning signs is useful to read before you fund any new account, including a demo that asks you to deposit, because some sellers use a demo as the first step in a pressure sale.

Members often ask how long is long enough. There is no fixed answer, but the useful test is whether your demo record shows a plan you followed without changes, over enough trades to be meaningful. A short run of good results is not evidence, and a short run of bad results is not a verdict. What matters is whether the rules held when the trades were losing, which is the part of a demo that most people skip.

We would like to hear your experience:

• How many weeks or trades did you practise before you went live?
• Did demo results match your live results? Where did they differ?
• What did you change about your plan after the first live trades?
• What would you tell someone who wants to rush to a live account?

Please share your own approach and reasoning, not calls for others to copy. Posts that promise a direction or sell signals will be removed.