Thanks for the bit of humor, jcl!

But in the interest of any who read this thread later, I think it'd be good for you to explicitly state if the square root rule's trading time follows the Initial Capital, or each individual trader.

I.e., can one get around the square root rule by moving the funds/account around amongst relatives, friends, etc.? Or no matter how many traders/friends/relatives are involved the total trading time of the Initial Capital is what matters?

And in the case where Initial Capital isn't known, be very conservative!?

Thanks.

P.S. - @MatPed, or is it:

1) $1000
2) $1000
3) ?
4) ?

For example, if the $1200 came from, say, wages, then it's clearly the starting point. But if it came from any trading at all, is it "encumbered" with "baggage" and a smaller value must be used for Initial Capital?!