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Longer-form pieces on the topics that decide outcomes: costs, sizing, structure, research method and the habits that survive a losing run.
Why most new traders lose, and what the data actually says
Regulator-published figures on retail CFD accounts are sobering. The reasons are structural, not mysterious.
Read article →Position sizing: the only setting that matters on day one
Before indicators, before strategies, before broker choice — the size of your position determines whether you get a second chance.
Read article →Reading market structure without indicators
Swing highs and lows give you an objective, settings-free description of what the market is doing.
Read article →What indicators can and cannot tell you
Every indicator is a transformation of past price. That makes them useful and strictly limits what they can do.
Read article →The real cost of a trade, expressed in R
Spread plus commission plus slippage, divided by your risk unit, tells you which timeframes are viable for you.
Read article →Backtesting without fooling yourself
The most common backtesting errors all make results look better. That is not a coincidence.
Read article →What makes a trading signal worth reading
Levels alone are not a signal. Without reasoning, invalidation and expiry you are following, not learning.
Read article →Trading psychology: rules beat willpower
Willpower is weakest exactly when the market is hardest. Pre-written rules are not.
Read article →Sessions: when you trade changes what works
The same rules produce different results at the London open and in the middle of the Asian range.
Read article →AI in trading: what it should and should not be asked to do
Language models are good at explanation and poor at arithmetic. Build accordingly.
Read article →A trading journal that earns its keep
Most journals record what happened. The useful ones record what you did.
Read article →What to check before choosing a broker in Australia
Regulatory status, cost structure, execution and account protections — in that order.
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