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Fixed spreads versus floating spreads
A fixed spread costs more in ordinary hours but does not blow out around news; a floating one is cheaper…
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Trading costs
What EUR/USD actually costs per lot
Standard $11 a lot, Raw $8. But the rebate can reverse the order — the right comparison is net cost…
Fundamentals
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…
Trading costs
How forex commission is actually calculated
$3 per side and $6 round turn are the same charge. The formula for total cost per lot, and why…
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XM or HFM: the two with the lowest entry thresholds
XM pays more on every product but HFM starts from a tighter spread. And HFM publishes rebate figures for only…
Trading costs
Exness or Vantage: licences, entry thresholds and net cost
Vantage opens an ECN account at $50 where Exness asks $1,000. Both pay the rebate daily, straight into the trading…
Fundamentals
Which broker has the lowest minimum deposit - and why it barely matters
HFM from $0, XM from $5, Exness from $10, Vantage from $50. But the deposit threshold does not reduce risk…
Trading costs
Vantage: Standard STP or RAW ECN, which is really cheaper
RAW ECN starts from 0.0 pips but pays $1.60/lot; Standard pays $6.12 on EUR/USD. The net-cost calculation comes out the…
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Which HFM account to choose - and one inconsistency in the published data
HFM has three account types with a $0 minimum. But the summary quotes up to $18/lot while the account-type table…
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XM pays the rebate into My Wallet: what changes and what to watch
XM is one of the few large brokers that pays into a separate wallet rather than the trading account. One…
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Which Exness account to choose: the five types side by side
The rebate across Exness's five account types varies almost fivefold, from $3 to $14.40 a lot. But the high rebate…
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Seven common misconceptions about trading rebates
A rebate is a simple mechanism surrounded by confusion, most of it created by how the industry advertises it. The…
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Forex broker rebates compared, instrument by instrument
Four brokers' rebate rates side by side on the same instruments in the same unit, USD per lot. Gold ranges…
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ECN or Standard: the calculation that decides your account type
ECN is not automatically cheaper - it only moves the cost out of the spread. How to convert both to…