Risk management
Overtrading: five signs you are trading too much
Sixty trades when the strategy produces twenty setups means $400 of surplus cost a month — before counting the negative…
Trading psychology
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Risk management
A trading journal: what to record and how to use it
The most dangerous box is not breaking the rules and losing - it is breaking the rules and winning, because…
Risk management
Revenge trading: the signs, and how to stop
Six signs you can spot immediately, and four barriers that have to be in place while you are still calm…
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…
Risk management
Risk management in forex: the complete guide, from rules to psychology
70-80% of retail accounts lose money, according to the figures European brokers are required to publish - and mostly not…
Risk management
Hedging in forex: when it helps and when it costs
In most cases, hedging a retail account is a stop loss with a fee attached: the same financial result, plus…
Fundamentals
Choosing a timeframe that fits your schedule
A scalper optimises spread; a swing trader optimises swap. Two different problems. Pick the timeframe your calendar actually allows, not…
Risk management
Why traders hold losers and cut winners short
A loss hurts about twice as much as an equivalent gain feels good. Six measures that work, and a simple…
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…
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…
Risk management
A trading plan and journal template you can use today
Two templates to copy into a spreadsheet: a one-page plan and a column-based journal. Plus how to read the journal…