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Central banks and interest rates: how they move currencies and marketsWhat central banks do, how a rate decision moves currencies, bonds, stocks and gold, what hawkish and dovish mean, and the seven…
Forex position size calculator: how many lots to tradeWork out how many lots to trade from your account balance, the risk you accept and your stop-loss distance. Free calculator, the…
November 2026
Central banks and interest rates: how they move currencies and markets
What central banks do, how a rate decision moves currencies, bonds, stocks and gold, what hawkish and dovish mean, and the seven central banks…
October 2026
EUR/USD guide: what moves the euro-dollar and when to trade it
The world’s most traded currency pair, explained: how to read the quote, what moves EUR/USD (the Fed, the ECB, inflation, jobs), the best hours…
Trading expectancy explained: how to measure whether your method actually works
Expectancy is the average result per trade, in money or per dollar invested. The formula for binary options and for forex, the sample size…
Drawdown and recovery: the maths that decides how much to risk per trade
Lose 20% and you need 25% to get back; lose 50% and you need 100%. The recovery table, the risk of ruin at each…
The best time to trade binary options: sessions, overlaps and the hours to avoid
Which hours move EUR/USD, gold and the indices, why the London and New York overlap matters, what happens around the news and at the…
Forex position size calculator: how many lots to trade
Work out how many lots to trade from your account balance, the risk you accept and your stop-loss distance. Free calculator, the formula, pip…
Trading psychology: the four emotions that empty accounts, and the rules that contain them
Fear, greed, revenge and boredom each produce a recognisable bad trade. Here is how to spot each one in your own behaviour and the…
How to handle a losing streak: the maths, the rules and what to do next
Seven losses in a row happen to good traders too. Here is how likely they are at your win rate, what they cost at…
How to write a trading plan in one page: the rules that keep you disciplined
A trading plan fits on one page: what you trade, when, with which setup, how much, and when you stop. Here is each section,…
The 10 mistakes that empty beginners’ trading accounts, and how to avoid each
Trading without a reason, raising the amount after a loss, very short expiries, no journal, too many assets: the ten mistakes we see most…
How to keep a trading journal: the template that shows you what works
What to write before and after each trade, the template we use, and how to read your journal after 50 trades to find the…
Support and resistance explained: how to draw the levels that matter
What support and resistance are, how to draw the few levels that matter, what a bounce and a breakout look like, and how to…
How to read a trend before you trade: a method in four steps
Higher highs, higher lows, moving averages and the right timeframe: a simple method to tell a trend from noise before you open a binary…