# My first system: Why 50k in buying power?

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**Category:** C2\
**Created:** [April 14, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/my-first-system-why-50k-in-buying-power/4329 "2008-04-14T09:58:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahShiftFour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rahShiftFour](https://forums.collective2.com/u/rahShiftFour)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/my-first-system-why-50k-in-buying-power/4329/1 "2008-04-14T09:58:03Z")

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Hello C2. I am getting ready to place my first trade and have a quick question. Why does the trade window show 50k in buying power? I thought all systems began with 100k in equity? Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![MatthewKlein](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/matthewklein/32/21382_2.png) [@MatthewKlein](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MatthewKlein)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/my-first-system-why-50k-in-buying-power/4329/2 "2008-04-14T10:17:43Z")

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You can customize the amount of capital in your system when you start it. You selected $50,000. If this is not what you want, now is a good time to delete your system and create a new one, because once you start you cannot **raise** the amount of capital (but you can lower it).