Realistically speaking, $2,500 - $5,000 to fund your brokerage account.

With $2,500 you have enough capital so you don't have to worry about brokerage fees eating all your profit and you will also be able to margin this account, meaning that the brokerage firm will lend you $2,500 to trade, so now you have a total of $5,000 trading capital.

This is probably the best deal imaginable because the brokerage firm will lend you 100% of the amount in your account at a low annual interest rate of 4 or 5%.

Will you be able to take every pick every day with this amount? No, if our average stock is $20 and we hold for an average of 3 days you'll have to build up your account to take all our selections every day. See "How Large Should My Trading Account Be?" for more information.

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