Trading guides and lessons

Start with the guides below. The lessons listed further down are not published yet.

Guides

Longer articles on account types, leverage, MetaTrader 5 and what registration in Saint Lucia means.

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Platform

MetaTrader 5 guide: what MT5 is and how it compares with MT4

What MetaTrader 5 is, who makes it, and how it differs from MT4: timeframes, order types, Depth of Market, position accounting and automated trading.

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Risk Management

Forex leverage explained: margin, losses and position size

How leverage and margin work, with worked examples at 1:100, 1:500 and 1:1000, what happens at a margin call and a stop-out, and how to size a trade from your stop-loss.

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Trust & Safety

Saint Lucia forex brokers: what registration means for your money

What a Saint Lucia company registration covers, what a securities regulator would add, and six things you can check yourself before you deposit with any offshore broker.

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Accounts

What is an ECN account? How ECN pricing works and what it costs

What an ECN is, what brokers mean by an ECN account, how a raw spread plus commission compares with an all-in spread, and the terms of the NAMH Global ECN account.

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Basics

Currency quotes, price charts, long and short positions, and what a CFD is.

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  • What is forex?
  • How currency pairs work
  • Reading a price chart
  • Long and short positions
  • What is a CFD?
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Risk management

Position sizing, stop-losses, risk/reward, leverage and drawdown.

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  • Position sizing from day one
  • Using a stop-loss
  • Risk/reward ratio explained
  • Available and effective leverage
  • Drawdown and recovery maths
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Strategy

Trend following, support and resistance, breakouts, mean reversion and trading around news releases.

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  • Trend following basics
  • Support and resistance
  • Breakout trading
  • Mean reversion
  • Trading around news releases
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Psychology

Following your own rules, handling losses, and when to trade smaller.

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  • The discipline problem
  • Handling losses without revenge trading
  • When to trade smaller
  • Keeping P/L out of your decisions
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Platform

Installing MT5, placing orders, Expert Advisors and the Strategy Tester.

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  • Getting started with MT5
  • Placing orders on MT5
  • Expert Advisors: automating trades
  • Backtesting with the Strategy Tester
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Analysis

Technical and fundamental analysis, the economic calendar, correlations and positioning.

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  • Technical and fundamental analysis
  • Reading the economic calendar
  • Correlations between markets
  • Sentiment and positioning