DislikedI can imagine it being different psychologically, but I'm treating each trade as if it was real. Psychologically I already feel a huge amount of pressure. Not to make x amount of money per week, but to consistently make profits each week on demo. The reason there is so much pressure is because unless I do well on demo, I can't start trading for real, so everything is riding on me doing well in demo. I quit my job for this, so the pressure to make it work is huge.
When I start trading for real, for the first 2 years or so, I'll just be happy to...Ignored
The amounts of time involved are important because it's very easy to have early success, excellent demo results then go live and blow account after account. Everyone (even me) goes in initially thinking "not me I'm different" but I promise you nobody is different.
Then again, despite all the warnings and above advice many people (myself included) still have to learn this the hard and expensive way. I don't think it's wise to pin everything on this venture until you have an account that can fund your living from 2-3 trades a month as well as a solid financial foundation and emergency fund as well.
No one is doubting your ability to become a successful trader BTW. But please give it some thought before putting all your eggs in this highly volatile basket. Trying to turn a small account into a big account in a short space of time while under pressure to make a living from it will be your undoing regardless of how good a trader you are.
Anything can happen.