New ad account. Don't spend $5/day for a week — that's cargo-cult warmup.

The platform doesn't trust 'small.' It trusts consistent.
My warmup: day 1-3 run a cheap broad campaign at your intended daily, optimized for a top-funnel event (view, click). Day 4-6 swap the event down-funnel. Day 7 go live on the real offer.
You're training the pixel's confidence, not tiptoeing.
Stop starving fresh accounts. Feed them clean signal.