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quote Very little. To exchange forex comfortably, you should start with at least $5000, anything below that is not worth it in my opinion. With reduced capital, you have to go with higher leverage which leaves you exposed to large losses because every loss is magnified by the margin rate, or you can only trade in what is called microlots llike $1000-size. On a standard lot of 100K, a pip is roughly $10. On a microlot of 1000-size, a pip is only 10 * (1000 / / 100000) = 0.10. $10 pip is $100 on a standard lot but is only $1 on a microlot so that you do...