Have you ever decompartmentalized your life, mainly your expenses? What do you really need to live? How many hours a day is that at work, or how many 20 dollar bills do you need. 1, 5, 10, 20, 40, 100? that is a personal question and what you are willing to live with. Me I could to it easy on about 15 20's a day, but would be great to do it on 20 of them. So 300 to 400 dollars, and that is the idea behind a trading plan for the new year. My goal is 2 to 5 percent a week, and breaking that down, that is roughly 20 to 50 dollars per trade. So if my math is correct I would need to do 75 trades a week, or 1 trade with 75 positions, now this is a lot of money to be trading with so I will probably on start with 4 positions a week, but that is what my goal is going to be. Get up to 75 twenty dollar trades a week. That is what I would currently need to replace my job, and be financially independent. So we will see how the first month or so goes.