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# Trade on your Life

The Terminal is where you trade an active Life. Same live markets as Trials, different stakes: this book earns real Payouts.

![Trading Terminal](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/dropbear-hl/size-docs-assets@master/trading-terminal.png)

## Before you open it

You need an active Life. New Lives [auto-equip when a slot is free](/docs/after-you-win/earn-a-life.md). Otherwise equip from [Inventory](/docs/wallet-and-store/inventory.md).

Wallet balance alone does not unlock trading, and your wallet is never at risk in the Terminal. You trade the Life's funded capital.

## Reading the Terminal

* **The top strip** shows your Life status and drawdown headroom: how much room you have left before the daily and total limits. Watch it every session.
* **The chart** carries risk lines showing where the drawdown limits sit.
* **The market selector** lists the tradable markets for this Life, with each market's leverage cap next to it. See [Markets you can trade](/docs/how-size-works/markets-you-can-trade.md).
* **Fees** on Life trades are synthetic, applied inside the Life's PnL, never charged to your wallet. See [Fees](/docs/wallet-and-store/fees.md).

## The side panel

The Terminal's side panel is built for running more than one book:

* **Swap Lives** in one click. Move between your equipped Lives without leaving the Terminal.
* **Panels** let you customise the trading interface to how you work.
* **Rules** shows the limits for the Life you are on: drawdown headroom, leverage caps, split.
* **Chat** opens Global Chat without leaving your positions.

## Trading more than one Life

All equipped Lives are live at once. Each can hold open positions, and each one's drawdown lines run around the clock, including the Lives you are not looking at. Swap through your equipped Lives regularly and check their headroom. See [Drawdown and risk rules](/docs/after-you-win/drawdown-and-risk-rules.md).

## How to trade

1. Confirm a Life is active.
2. Open Terminal from HQ.
3. Pick a market, set size and leverage, and trade under that Life's rules.
4. Keep your exposure inside the drawdown limits.

Goal: build earnings, then take a [Payout](/docs/after-you-win/profit-split-and-payouts.md): transfer earnings from the Life screen to your wallet, any time.

## Related

* [Earn a Life](/docs/after-you-win/earn-a-life.md)
* [Drawdown and risk rules](/docs/after-you-win/drawdown-and-risk-rules.md)
* [Product tiers](/docs/how-size-works/product-tiers-keys-and-lives.md)


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