Demo account vs. live account: why real trading often feels different
The starting point. Many traders and private investors trade on a demo account, seemingly successfully, for weeks or months, often without even a strict strategy. But the moment they switch to a live account with real capital, performance drops sharply and trades start ending in losses.
The reality. The standard simulators of many retail platforms (like MetaTrader) assume mathematically perfect conditions. They fill limit orders the instant the price is even touched, and ignore the real queue position in the order book as well as real slippage on market orders. Practicing this way doesn't train you for the real market. It trains you for an unrealistic video game.
Desk Notes. Simulating real market conditions is a technical necessity. With clean infrastructure and realistic test settings, you can see in demo how orders could behave in the live market.
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