Manage Simulated Accounts

In TradeStation, simulated accounts are associated with the Simulated Trading login that allows you to place trades and track simulated positions.  

Simulated trading may only be done on symbols associated with your real time data entitlements. In addition, TradeStation clients always have the option of choosing Live Trading to place real trades and establish actual positions in the marketplace using funded brokerage accounts. For more information about accessing this feature, see Logging Into TradeStation.

Simulated trading accounts do not represent real money or real positions. The simulated environment is designed to let you practice using different trading approaches, platform tools, and markets.  To perform Live Trading, you need to exit the simulator and logon by selecting Live Trading. 

  1. From the Menu bar, click File > Manage Simulated Accounts.... The TradeStation Client Login is displayed:
  1. Enter your User Name and Password.
  2. Click Login.

The Edit your Simulated Trading Accounts page is displayed and allows you to add funds to your simulated accounts or to reset your accounts to a specified balance.

Add Funds to my Simulated Account(s)

  1. Select Add Funds to my Simulated Trading Accounts(s).
  2. Select an amount to add to your simulated account from the Amount drop-down list to.
  3. From the Account(s), check each account that you want to add the selected amount to.

Reset my Simulated Trading Account(s)

  1. Select Reset my Simulated Trading Accounts(s).
  2. Select an amount to add to your simulated account from the Amount drop-down list to.
  3. From the Account(s), check each account that you want to add the selected amount to.
  4. Click Submit to complete the account update request. The Simulated Trading Account(s) Updated Successfully window is displayed.
  5. Click Close Window.
  6. Return to the TradeStation platform, log out and then log back in to simulated trading to see the changes.