Position Sizing in Forex: How to Calculate Trade Size
Position sizing decides how much you lose when a stop is hit. Learn the four-step formula, see how lot size changes with risk percentage and why fixed risk beats a fixed lot.
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Scalping vs Day Trading vs Swing Trading: Which Fits You?
Scalping, day trading and swing trading differ in how long you hold, how many trades you take and how much costs matter. Compare them side by side and learn how to choose the style that fits your life.
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What Are Pips, Lots and Leverage in Forex?
Pips measure price moves, lots set trade size and leverage decides how much margin you need. See each one with worked numbers, and learn how they combine to set your real risk.
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Fibonacci Retracement Explained: How to Use It in Forex
Fibonacci retracement levels show how deep a pullback has gone inside a trend. Learn how to draw them, what the main levels mean and how to plan a pullback trade with a defined stop and target.
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Bollinger Bands Explained: How to Use Them in Forex
Bollinger Bands show how volatile the market is and where price sits compared with its recent average. Learn the settings, the squeeze, the band walk and a worked breakout trade.
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How to Draw Trend Lines and Channels in Forex
A trend line connects swing lows in an uptrend or swing highs in a downtrend. Learn the drawing rules, how to add a channel, and how to plan a trade when a trend line breaks.
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How to Identify a Trend in Forex: Uptrend, Downtrend and Range
Before you trade, you must know what the market is doing. Learn how to identify an uptrend, a downtrend and a range from highs and lows, and how to trade with the trend.
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How to Backtest a Forex Trading Strategy Step by Step
Backtesting shows whether your rules had an edge on past charts before you risk money. Follow the 7 steps, learn to log trades in R and read expectancy, profit factor and drawdown.
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Top-Down Analysis in Forex: Monthly to 5-Minute Timeframes
Top-down analysis moves from the big picture to the entry in order. Learn what each timeframe is for, how many you really need, and how to follow one idea from Daily to M15.
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What Is a Margin Call and Stop Out in Forex?
A margin call is a warning and a stop out is the forced closing of your trades. Learn how margin level is calculated, see how far price can move on a real-sized example and how to stay far away from both.
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How to Calculate Position Size in Forex (With Examples)
Position size is how many lots you trade, and it should come from your stop distance and risk, not from a guess. Learn the four-step formula with worked EUR/USD and USD/JPY examples.
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How to Build a Forex Trading Plan and Trading Journal
A trading plan fixes your rules before the trade, and a journal checks whether you followed them. Get a sample eight-part plan, a journal entry example and a weekly review method.
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