Forex Trading Blog

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How the Federal Reserve Works: The FOMC, the Dot Plot and the Real Toolkit

13 July 2026

The Federal Reserve sets the price of the world's reserve currency. That single fact explains why a committee of twelve people meeting in Washington eight times a year can move the Japanese yen, the…

Safe haven currencies: US dollar, Japanese yen and Swiss franc

Safe Haven Currencies: USD, JPY, CHF and the Frankenshock Lesson

10 July 2026

Safe haven currencies hold or gain value when markets are frightened. The dollar, yen and franc each earned that status differently, and each has clear limits.

Managing your first trading profits without giving them back

Your First Trading Profits: How to Handle Them Without Giving Them Back

8 July 2026

A surprising number of accounts are damaged not by the first losing streak but by the weeks following the first winning one. Here is why, and what to do about it.

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Gamma Squeeze: How Options Can Blow Up a Stock Nobody Is Short

6 July 2026

Some price moves have no buyer who wants to buy. A gamma squeeze is one of them: a self-reinforcing rally driven by market makers purchasing shares they have no view on, because the options they sold…

Illustration of a bear with a red downward arrow, symbol of short selling

Naked Short Selling: What It Is and Why It Is Restricted

3 July 2026

Ordinary short selling has a physical constraint built into it: before you can sell a share you do not own, someone has to lend you one.

Capital required to trade full time: running the calculation

How Much Capital Do You Need to Trade Full Time? The Math Nobody Shows You

1 July 2026

Trading for a living promises independence. What it rarely comes with is a number. Here is the arithmetic: capital equals your income target divided by a realistic net return.

Seven beginner trading traps that drain a trading account

7 Beginner Trading Traps That Quietly Drain Your Account

29 June 2026

For anyone new to trading, the first contact with a live market can be destabilising. These are the seven behavioral traps that put an account in real danger.

Trading expectancy: calculating expected value per trade

Trading Expectancy: How to Calculate It Correctly and Improve It

26 June 2026

Expectancy measures the average value you can expect per trade. It is the number that explains why a strategy can win most of its trades and still lose money.

Moving from a demo account to a live trading account

Demo to Live Account: 4 Signs You Are Actually Ready

24 June 2026

A demo account is useful but not meant to be used forever. These are the four signals that indicate real operational maturity, rather than simulated profit.

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What Is an ETF and How It Actually Works: Creation, Costs and Risks

22 June 2026

An ETF looks like a share and behaves like a fund. That combination is the whole innovation, and it changed investing more than any product of the last fifty years, largely by making the expensive…

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