What Is Forex Trading? A Complete Beginner's Guide
Forex is the market where currencies are exchanged. Learn how to read a quote, who trades, how a simple buy trade makes or loses money, and what risks every beginner should know.
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EMA Pullback Strategy: How to Trade Pullbacks in a Trend
The EMA pullback strategy uses the 20 and 50 EMA to trade with the trend. Learn how to confirm the trend, enter when a pullback ends, skip ranging markets and plan a trade with a stop and target.
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Common Forex Trading Mistakes Beginners Should Avoid
Most beginner losses come from habits, not from the market. See the eight most common forex mistakes, the maths of why over-risking hurts, and a chart that shows chasing vs waiting.
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Stop Loss and Take Profit in Forex Trading
A stop loss limits the loss and a take profit locks in the gain. Learn the methods for placing both, how to use two targets and why stops that are too tight or too wide hurt.
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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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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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What Is Risk-to-Reward Ratio in Forex Trading?
The risk-to-reward ratio compares what you risk with what you aim to gain. Learn the formula, the break-even win rate for each ratio and a 1:2 trade example.
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Mitigation in Trading: What a Retest Can Tell You
Mitigation is when price returns to a zone that started a move. Learn how to spot it, the three things that can happen at the zone and how to plan a trade without assuming the zone must hold.
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Premium and Discount Zones in Trading Explained
Premium and discount zones split a price range in half to show whether price is relatively expensive or cheap. Learn how to mark them, use them with the trend and plan a trade with a stop and target.
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Triangle Patterns: Ascending, Descending and Symmetrical and How to Trade Them
Triangles show price squeezing between converging lines before a breakout. Learn the ascending, descending and symmetrical types and how to trade an ascending triangle with a stop and target.
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Engulfing Candle Strategy: How to Trade Bullish and Bearish Engulfing
An engulfing candle has a body that covers the body of the previous candle. Learn why it matters most at key levels, how to trade it and a worked buy with a stop and target.
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Rising and Falling Wedge Patterns: How to Trade Wedge Breakouts
A wedge squeezes price between two lines that slope the same way, and it often warns that the move is tiring. Learn the difference between rising and falling wedges and how to trade the breakout.
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