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Price Action

Pin Bar Strategy: How to Trade Hammers and Shooting Stars

A pin bar is a candle with a long wick that shows a strong rejection of a price level. Learn how to spot hammers and shooting stars and plan a trade with an entry, stop and target.

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Price Action

Bull and Bear Flag Pattern: How to Trade Flag Breakouts

A flag is a short pause after a sharp move, and it often leads to a continuation. Learn how to spot bull and bear flags, trade the breakout and plan a stop and a measured-move target.

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Price Action

Break and Retest Strategy: How to Trade Support and Resistance Flips

The break and retest strategy waits for price to break a key level and come back to test it from the other side. Learn the rules, how to avoid failed retests and a worked sell with a stop and target.

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Forex Basics

Forex Trading Costs Explained: Spread, Commission and Swap

Every forex trade has a cost before price moves at all. Learn how the spread, commission and swap work, see a full worked example in pips and dollars, and find out how to keep costs under control.

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Risk Management

Trailing Stop and Break-Even Stop: How to Use Them

A break-even stop removes the risk of a loss once a trade is in profit, and a trailing stop follows price to lock in gains. Learn how each works, the trade-offs and a step-by-step example.

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Risk Management

Drawdown and Risk of Ruin Explained for Forex Traders

Drawdown is the drop from an account peak to its next low, and risk of ruin is the chance of losing so much that you cannot recover. Learn the maths of recovery and how to protect your account.

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Price Action

How to Combine BOS, CHoCH and FVG in One Trading Setup

BOS, CHoCH and FVG each answer a different question. See how they fit together in one step-by-step setup, with entry, stop loss and target worked out on annotated charts.

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Forex Basics

Pivot Points Explained: How to Calculate and Use Them

Pivot points turn yesterday's high, low and close into five levels for today. Learn the formulas with a worked example, how traders read the levels and a pivot bounce trade with a stop and a target.

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Forex Basics

Forex Trading Sessions Explained: Asian, London and New York

The forex market runs 24 hours, but not every hour is the same. See the session times, how each session behaves, why the London and New York overlap is busy and how to plan around it.

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Price Action

What Is Break of Structure (BOS) in Trading?

A break of structure shows that price has closed beyond a key swing and the trend is continuing. Learn how to confirm one, avoid wick traps and trade the retest with a defined stop and target.

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Price Action

Inducement in Trading: Meaning and Chart Examples

Inducement is a minor level inside a pullback that baits traders into early entries before price makes the real move. Learn how to spot it, a five-step checklist and a worked trade.

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Price Action

Head and Shoulders Pattern Explained: How to Trade It

The head and shoulders is a classic reversal pattern made of three peaks, with the middle one the highest. Learn how to find the neckline, confirm the break and plan a trade with a stop and a target.

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