The world of trading sounds tempting:
✅ Earning dollars
✅ Working from home
✅ Being your own boss
✅ Financial freedom
But it can also sound intimidating, can't it?
- "Do I need a lot of money?"
- "Do you need to know economics?"
- "Isn't that too risky?"
In this blog I explain how you can start from scratch, without experience or large investments.
And I share with you a simple, direct and realistic step-by-step for you to enter the world of trading with confidence.
💡 What is trading?
Trading means buying and selling financial assets, such as stocks, currencies (forex), cryptocurrencies or stock indexes, with the objective of earning from the price difference.
In simple words: buy low, sell high, or vice versa.
There are two types of traders:
- 📅 Long-term investors, who wait months or years.
- ⏱️ Active traders, who trade faster, even within minutes
Step 1: Understand that trading is a skill, not a lottery.
It's not about guessing or "luck".
Trading is a profession like any other: it requires study, practice and mentality.
No one is born knowing how to trade. We all start from zero.
The good news: you can learn. And more and more people are doing it.
📚 Step 2: Learn the basics
Before trading, you need to familiarize yourself with some basics. For example:
- What is a currency pair
- What is a spread
- What does leverage mean
- How risk management works
- Which platforms are used for trading (e.g. MetaTrader, TradingView)
🎯 Tip: Dedicate 1 or 2 weeks to watch videos, read blogs and take an introductory course.
In Fundup, many traders started there.
🧪 Step 3: Practice on a demo account
Before using real money, practice without risk.
A demo account allows you to trade with fictitious money, but in real market conditions.
👉 This helps you to:
- Learning the platform
- Testing strategies
- Gaining confidence
Do not skip this step. Even if it's only for a few days, operate on demo before moving on to the next step.
🧠 Step 4: Learn how to manage risk
This point separates those who survive from those who drop out.
In trading, it 's not about winning all the time, it's about losing little and winning well.
If you risk everything on a single trade, you're out of the game.
Use rules such as:
- Do not risk more than 1% or 2% of your account per operation.
- Always place a stop loss (loss limit).
- Do not operate on emotions
This not only takes care of your account, it also takes care of your head.
💰 Step 5: Choose how you will start to operate
You have 3 possible paths:
- Your own account
You use your money. You start with little capital, but the growth is slow and the risk is yours. - Copy trading or signals
You copy trades from experienced traders. It may be useful to learn, but you do not develop your own skills. - Funded account (funding company)
They give you capital to trade if you pass a test.
👉 This model is ideal if you know how to trade, but don't have much capital.
In Fundup, for example, you can access accounts of up to 100,000 USD, and keep 80% of the profits, without risking your money.
🧭 Step 6: I chose an asset and a simple strategy.
You don't have to operate everything. Start with something concrete:
- NASDAQ or SP500 if you like fast movement
- Gold or currencies if you prefer lower volatility
And I followed a single strategy: breakouts, support and resistance, trending, scalping, etc.
👉 Tip: Don't change your strategy every 3 days. Try it consistently for at least 1 month.
💼 Step 7: Treat trading as a business
Many fail because they treat it as a "little game" or "just another attempt".
But if you approach it as a profession:
- Create a plan
- You have a routine
- You write down your mistakes and improvements
That's when trading becomes a real avenue of income.
🔄 Step 8: Evolve and scale up
After learning, practicing and having consistent results:
- You can scale your capital
- Apply for funding to manage large accounts
- Generate income in dollars from anywhere in the world
Many Fundup students started without knowing anything, and today they operate with 25K or 50K USD funded.
With dedication, you can too.
📌 Conclusion.
Starting in trading from scratch is totally possible.
You don't need to be an expert, or have millions, or be addicted to screens.
All you need is:
- Curiosity
- Commitment
And the right tools
