Unlike the stock market, there is no legal minimum you need to start day trading forex. Therefore, you can begin trading with significantly less capital than the $25,000 required for day trading US stocks. The forex market moves in pips. The EUR/USD may be priced at 1.3025, and the fourth decimal place represents one pip of movement. If the EUR/USD moves to 1.3026 that is a one pip move, if it moves up to 1.3125, that is a 100 pip move. Forex pairs trade in 1000, 10,000 and 100,000 units, called micro, mini and standard lots. When starting out in forex day trading, it's recommended traders open a micro lot account. Trading micro lots allows for more flexibility, so risk remains below 1% of the account on each trade. For example, a micro-lot trader can buy $6,000 worth of currency, or $14,000, or $238,000 but if they open a mini lot account they can only trade in increments of $10,000, so $10,000, $20,000, etc. If trading standard lots, a trader can only take positions of $100,000, $200,000, etc.