Market analysis
How CPI and inflation move forex
The market does not trade inflation; it trades the central bank's response to it. That is why gold can fall…
Fundamentals
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Fundamentals
Five order types, and which one buys you a cheaper spread
A market order always fills but gives you no control over price; a limit order lets you pick the entry…
Fundamentals
What is forex? A straight explanation for beginners
Forex is always traded in pairs, runs 24 hours across five days, and uses leverage that magnifies losses exactly as…
Fundamentals
TradingView for beginners: what to use first
A watchlist of at most five instruments, three drawing tools and price alerts. The free tier is enough if you…
Fundamentals
Equities or forex: compare on cost and hours, not on returns
Vietnam's stock market trades 09:00-15:00 local, squarely inside working hours. Forex runs 24/5 but with a far more complicated cost…
Fundamentals
How forex and crypto differ: leverage, fees, hours and regulation
The two get lumped together because both trade around the clock with leverage. But the fee model, the volatility and…
Fundamentals
A forex learning path that costs least in tuition to the market
Most curricula begin with indicators and candlestick patterns. That is why so many people blow up before reaching them. There…
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How much capital you need to start: work back from cost, not from the minimum deposit
Brokers accept $1-5. That is what the broker will take, not what is enough to trade with. The real figure…
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Forex for beginners: the complete guide, in the order worth learning it
Start with cost and position size rather than indicators. Most accounts are not lost by guessing direction wrong but by…
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How to use a demo account so it actually helps
Demo teaches mechanics and rules, not psychology. The biggest mistake is a $100,000 balance when you plan to fund with…
Fundamentals
Why didn't my pending order fill when price touched it?
MT4 charts are drawn from the Bid but buy orders fill on the Ask, so a candle touching your level…
Fundamentals
Balance, Equity and Free Margin: what each one means
Balance stands still for as long as you hold a position, so an account deep in loss still shows the…
Regulation & markets
Editorial standards: where our figures come from and how we correct errors
Sources, verification, what happens when we get something wrong, and Backcom VN's conflict of interest stated plainly - including a…
Risk management
What traders actually earn: read the published figures, not the screenshots
This question is usually answered with a screenshot of a profit. There is a far more reliable source: the loss-rate…
Fundamentals
How to read a currency pair symbol and its quote
EUR/USD at 1.0850 means one euro buys 1.0850 dollars. How to read pips, points and platform symbol suffixes, plus the…
Trading costs
What the spread is, and how to read it on the platform
Platforms show the spread in points, not pips: a spread of 12 on EUR/USD is 1.2 pips, roughly $12 per…
Fundamentals
Lots, pips and pip value: three calculations you cannot get wrong
One lot of a currency pair is 100,000 units; one lot of gold is 100 ounces. How to work out…
Fundamentals
Leverage does not create risk — position size does
One lot of EUR/USD ties up $3,883 at 1:30 and $233 at 1:500, while the profit or loss per pip…