Part 1 · lesson 3 of 3

You add up what this has cost you so far.

About 5 minutes.

Whose numbers these are

You have not picked a firm yet. So the figures below come from one firm’s published rules. Each one is named and dated where it appears. Pick a firm and the same lesson runs on your own numbers.

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Put these in the order you would add them up to get what this has cost so far.

  1. 1What the data feed and the platform cost you each month
  2. 2Every fee you paid to try
  3. 3Every fee you paid to start again
  4. 4Take off anything that has actually reached your bank
  5. 5Anything paid after passing, before an account opened

That is the end of this one.

Next: 2 questions you have not seen. Being wrong costs nothing.