Part 7 · lesson 1 of 3

You add up everything this has cost, not just the fees.

About 6 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.

Put these in orderWhat this costs to run, counted properly — Evidence: strongArithmetic on published fees — no estimate involved · read 2026-07-14

Put these in the order you would add them up.

  1. 1What each trade costs in fees
  2. 2The data feed and the platform, every month
  3. 3Anything paid after passing
  4. 4Take off what has actually reached your bank
  5. 5Every fee paid to start again
  6. 6Every fee paid to try

That is the end of this one.

Next: You compare starting again with starting fresh.