QUOTE(ILoveLalat.net @ Mar 21 2017, 10:22 AM)
Fuyoh, that is some very long explanation, opinion here.
Very well written indeed. So okay, let us explain on the negatives of paper trading first, because sometimes we get out from the stock market or have yet to open the trading account with the brokerage house , can nevertheless attempt to do paper trading. From my standpoint, when conducting paper trading on the day itself, maybe a stock favoured by a trader is doing so well. And it comes back to various reasons such as, good corporate earnings, speculation to news, good progress on the development of companies etc. But when we enter with real money, problems begin to surface.
For this, let us to last Friday on OLYMPIA as an example. I paper traded around 13.5 within my imaginary mind. Not real money, fake. So the stock did very well right, on Monday, gilanya, it rose to 17.5, I entered another few thousand lots, once again, fake, flimsy, paper money. Wow, won a ton of fortune. Having amassed with delusion, being very high and greedy on the stock, I entered 19.5 today as at this posting, this time, real, hard, cash. I think it will hit 22 today, well, let us take a bet. As of this writing, 17.5. So, somewhere is wrong right? Stock or greed problem.
While I agree, to the above as you mentioned that we can test new methods out and pattern day trading (yes, in fact I am practicing NYSE/CBOE options before playing for real as a starter.), as traders, we need to test waters first before just jumping in. But what above that instinct one has, the willingness to jump in if one has "hope". Yes, the "hope" is really a dangerous word in the stock market world. It is akin to saying, "gambling ones wealth". This discussion would seem very fitting as Bursa continues to sky-rocket new records on trading volumes and gives similar flashbacks to 2014. It is something that everyone as to be wary of.
For ones information, I got scared of entering some of Bursa's currently mouthwatering shares that one's share would melt into one's mouth. Examples include DATAPREP, IWCITY and as mentioned OLYMPIA. Made a fortune, in a paper trading world but of course, if I gamble all now, real money, I will be a huge loser. So I do not know where it goes. But as mentioned before, paper trading is good for testing out strategies but not for a source of delusion and when one becomes delusional, that person's mind disappears into oblivion.
Whew, that is some one long post I have done in a long time. 

Good fingering exercise eh?

I do actually understand your point.
The thing about it or Olympia is, this is a straight punting like exercise done via paper/fake/imaginary trading.
When we trade, what we want to achieve, or rather what I want to achieve basically is REPETITION.
Yes, trading on hot penny stocks is one method which should be explored extensively on paper trading.
Who knows, this might be our skill set.
I know this uncle...
He trades every year just around the CNY period.
Sometimes a month before...
Sometimes during...
Sometimes before and after...
All depending on the market...
and he just punts...
the amazing thing is he can replicate his success each year.
Plain luck? or is there some skills involved with it.
He told me, he used to be a long term investor.

Did it many years but judging from the stocks he mentioned (like Sime la, DRB la etc, etc) I can understand why he did not have much success on it.
He has developed a good system on punting but he will never disclose his method. LOL.
Anyway, back to paper trading and punting ...
How do we know we are a good punter or not?
Should we take out real money and try?
If we make it... good.
If we fail... errr.... how much tuition fees can we afford to lose in punting?
Or should we maybe test it out extensively via paper trading?
Discover and develop our method...
How are we going to punt the stock?
Follow tips?
Follow spike in volumes in penny stocks?
Follow the chart?
etc etc....
there's just so many ways to punt...
If we fail... it's just time and effort (
hey, make money also need to put in time and effort ma) ....we move on.
Back to Olympia example.
Won 2 days... with fake punting/day trade style...
and the 3rd day dived in with real money? WOW!
LOL! Yes I can imagine things like this would happen.
But I would blame the user.

That's reckless already lor.
From 13.5 sen... to 19.5 sen.... ?
Real money or not....
If it was me...
if I was paper trading to discover IF day trading on punting stocks is a method for me or not...
I would put the following remark on my 555 paper trading book...
'How many continuous days can I day trade on a same stock?'
That needs to be tested before diving in with real money.