What was the amount with which you started trading
I mean your very basic investment and was that your extra money or required money?
for now maybe $ 1K is enough to trade. but you better have a capital of more than $ 1K to back up if you lose.
For me as the beginner, a thousand of dollars was too much. I started trading with 200 USD. Later, when I understood that I have not bad profits, I increased the investments up to 2 thousand. It was my luck.