Hey Gary,
Glad to see you in the Forum. And it is excellent you shared your experience so we might give you some valuable tips. What Alan shared is quite interesting. He is an experienced trader, so that you can learn from his answer.
Anyway, you first need to check if your broker provides the same prices on Demo or Live. You can do that by placing 3-4 EAs with 0.01 simultaneously on both Demo and Live and comparing the results for a week. If the results are different, then the whole Demo testing becomes useless.
However, keep trading with 0.01 lot until you feel comfortable with the management of the EAs.