Paper Trading
Simulated trading using virtual money to practice strategies without risking real capital.
Explained Simply
Paper trading (also called simulated trading or demo trading) lets you execute trades in a real-time market environment using fake money. It's the safest way to learn trading, test new strategies, or validate an AI system before going live. Most brokers offer paper trading accounts with identical functionality to real accounts. The key limitation is that paper trading doesn't account for slippage, partial fills, or the psychological pressure of real money — so strategies that work on paper may perform differently live.
How Tradewink Uses Paper Trading
Tradewink defaults to paper trading mode for all new users. The system connects to your broker's paper trading environment and executes all signals there first. This lets you see real performance data — win rates, P&L curves, drawdowns — before risking a single dollar. You can switch to live trading only after explicitly enabling it and confirming you understand the risks.
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