你已经在模拟账户交易一段时间了，并且你觉得是时候开始真实账户交易。但是，你是如何知道的？
虽然你过渡到真实账户没有特定的标准，但是有一些因素可以很好的显示你是否达到要求。让我们看其中的一些…
你的准备时间是否充足?
没有一个特定的时间规定你需要在模拟账户上交易多久才能开始真实账户交易。但是很明显，你不想过快地进行真实账户交易，就像你也不想过长时间地交易模拟账户一样。
如果你打算开一个模拟账户，进行1~2笔交易后第二天便开始真实账户交易，那么，你就很有可能没有足够的时间来了解这个系统是如何运作的。相反地，如果你在一个月时间内频繁地交易模拟账户却没有取得任何的成功，那么你就应该考虑交易是否适合你。
通常，交易者在进行模拟账户1个月交易之后，他们可以很好地理解市场是如何运作的、他们的策略是如何起作用以及他们对实际盈利的期望。
你情感方面是否注备好？
模拟账户与真实账户没有实质性的差别，它们都有同样的特点与功能。当你决定过渡，唯一的差别是你在使用自己的资金而不是虚拟资金。但这是一个很大的差异——在做出交易决策时，它会增加你的精神负担，并且可以改变你的交易方式。你投入的资金越多，你所付出的情感也就越多。
理想情况下，你可以完全抛弃情绪化，并对你所有的交易都保持客观的态度。但是，除非你使用EA，否则人类的情感因素将始终地影响你。所以，在做出交易决策的时候，你需要控制自己的情感。比如，如果你在模拟账户上交易很成功，那么你就没有理由不相信，真实账户中使用同样的交易策略也可以获得同样的成功。了解你的个性以及交易心理如何影响你的交易风格，这一点无论在模拟账户还是在真实账户交易中都很重要。
你是否可以承受损失？
你在模拟账户任何一次亏损交易都不会实际上让你损失什么。但是真实账户中，你亏损的是自己真实的资金。不管你多么坚信自己会遵循模拟账户的交易方法，事实上你很有可能不会100%执行。你需要接受的是，由于所有交易的风险都是固定存在的，所以亏损是交易的一部分而且每位交易者都会面临。
亏损最重要的一部分是你是否能够负担得起。如果不能，你需要重新考虑你是如何以及什么原因交易的。但是如果你已经做好了亏损的准备并且可以接受亏损，学习它并利用它，使自己成为一个更成功的交易者。
你做好适应的准备了吗？
如果你发现自己的真实账户无法像模拟账户一样的有效交易，你将准备如何改变交易方式？理想情况是，你已经在模拟账户中可以熟练地使用一种交易策略，如果你坚持的话，将会最终获得盈利。但是，如果不是这样的话，你就需要进一步的了解模拟账户并改变交易方法。很有可能，通过简单地减少交易手数或在市场平静期交易，你就可以树立自己的信心。
When to Transition from Demo to Live Trading
So you’ve been trading for a while on your Demo account and you feel the time is right to move into a Live trading account. But how do you know?
While there are no set conditions you need to meet before you make the change, there are factors that will help provide a good indication. Let’s look at some of them...
Have you done your time?
There’s no specific amount of time you need to trade on a Demo before making the move to a Live account, but it stands to reasons that you don’t want to change too quickly - just as there’s little point in waiting a long time.
If you were to open a Demo trading account, do one or two trades and change to a Live account the next day, you probably haven’t spent enough time getting to how the system works. Conversely, if you’re trading regularly on the Demo account for months on end without any success, you should consider whether trading is for you.
At MXT, our free Demo trading accounts are available for 30 days. We find that if clients are trading regularly on a Demo account for about a month, they get a pretty good understanding of how the market works, how their strategy works and what they can realistically expect to achieve.
Are you emotionally ready?
A Demo account is fundamentally no different to a Live account as it has all the same features and functionality. When you make the transition, the only difference is that you’re using your own funds instead of virtual funds. But it’s a big difference – one that attaches an emotional weight to your trading decisions and can alter the way you trade. And the more you place on a trade, the more emotionally involved you’ll be.
In an ideal world, you could completely remove emotion and be objective about all your trading decisions. But - unless you’re using an EA - that human element will always have some effect and you might need some emotional reinforcement in your decisions. For example, try to remember that if you’ve been trading successfully on the Demo account, there’s little reason to doubt you can trade successfully in a Live environment by applying the same strategy.
It is extremely important to look at how your personality and trading psychology will affect your trading style - whether it be live or demo trading.
Can you afford to lose?
Any time you lose a trade on a Demo account, it doesn’t cost you anything. But on a Live account, when you lose a trade you lose real money. And regardless of how much you believe you’ll trade in the exact same way in the Live account as you did in the Demo, you probably won’t (refer to "Are you emotionally ready?", above). So you need to accept that, due to the risk inherent in all trading, some loss is a part of trading and it happens to every trader.
The fundamental part of loss is whether you can afford it in the first place. If not, you should consider how and why you’re trading. But if you’re prepared for loss, you can accept it, learn from it and use it to become a better trader.
Are you ready to adapt?
If you find you’re not trading as effectively in the Live account as you were on your Demo account, how prepared are you to change the way you’re trading? Ideally, you’ll have honed a strategy in the Demo environment which, if you stick with it, will lead to profit in the long run. But if that’s not the case, your experience with the Demo account should still have set you up with the fundamentals you need change your approach. Perhaps it’s something as simple building confidence by trading smaller lot sizes or trading in less volatile periods.
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文章来源：http://www.fxstreet.com/education/forex-basics/when-to-transition-from-demo-to-live-trading/2014/08/08/