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The 3 Ways the Martingale Can Wipe Out Your Trading Account

28 August 2026

To the inexperienced eye the martingale looks almost infallible. Here are the three ways it actually wipes out accounts: the maths, the market and your broker, and the psychology that locks you in.

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Bank of Japan: Why Japan Kept Interest Rates at Zero for Decades

26 August 2026

For 25 years the Bank of Japan was the world's monetary laboratory: zero rates, QE invented in 2001, negative rates and yield curve control. Why Japan stayed at zero, and why the exit began in 2024.

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Confirmation Bias in Trading: Why You Only See What Proves You Right

24 August 2026

Confirmation bias makes traders defend an idea instead of testing it. Here is the experiment that exposed it, the three ways it strikes, and the procedures that force you to look for the refutation.

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Gold Futures: How They Work and What They Really Cost to Trade

22 August 2026

Contract size, margin, roll cost and position sizing: what a gold futures contract actually is, what it costs to hold, and why the full-size contract is too large for most retail accounts.

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How Demographics Are Reshaping Markets, Rates and Currencies

21 August 2026

Demographics move slower than anything else in markets and reverse less often than everything else. A birth rate that fell twenty years ago has already determined how many people will enter the…

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Does Stop Hunting Really Exist? The Myth, the Mechanics and Your Stops

19 August 2026

Does someone really hunt your stop loss? The broker conspiracy is mostly a myth, but the liquidity mechanics behind stop runs are entirely real. Here is how to tell them apart and place stops accordingly.

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The Nixon Shock of 1971: The End of the Gold Standard and the Birth of Modern Forex

17 August 2026

On 15 August 1971 Nixon closed the gold window and ended Bretton Woods. Two years later the major currencies floated and the modern forex market was born. Here is how it happened and what it still means.

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The End of Traditional Forex? How Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Changing Everything

14 August 2026

Central bank digital currencies are no longer a thought experiment: some are live, others in pilot. What CBDCs are, and how they could reshape the way forex trades and settles.

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The 4 Ways a Flawed Trading Plan Can Ruin You

12 August 2026

A trading plan can look tidy and detailed and still be built wrong. Here are the four ways a flawed plan damages your account — and the warning signs to catch before real money is at stake.

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Cognitive Risk Management: What It Is and How It Can Save Your Trading Career

10 August 2026

Position sizes and stop losses are not enough if fear, euphoria or the urge to win it back is driving the decisions. Cognitive risk management targets exactly that layer.

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