Lesson of the day ๐ง 3 signs of a revenge trade: bigger size after a loss, no setup from your plan, a stop moved to win it back ๐
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Lesson of the day ๐ Lose 10%: you need +11.1% to recover. Lose 50%: +100%. Lose 90%: +900%. Swipe for the maths ๐
#Drawdown
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Lesson of the day ๐งญ A stop can slip in a gap, costs add up, a demo hides real pressure, indicators lag, and a 70% win rate can still lose. Five myths, five facts ๐
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Lesson of the day ๐ Sydneyโs clocks go forward on Sunday 4 Oct: its session moves to 20:00โ05:00 GMT. Tokyo, London and New York stay put for now ๐
#forex #tradingsessions
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Homework: a price alert on MT5 in 4 steps ๐ Toolbox, Alerts tab, Create, then Symbol, Condition, Value. An alert notifies you; it places no order ๐
#MT5
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Q4 calendar: the Fed, ECB and BoJ announce on day two of their meetings, and after Sunday 1 Nov, 08:30 New York is 13:30 GMT, not 12:30 GMT ๐
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Quiz time ๐ง A rate hike lands exactly as the market expected. What may the currency do? A) Move little B) Rise sharply C) Fall for sure. Answer in the second image ๐
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Lesson ๐ support and resistance: zones, not lines, and they can fail. Breakouts, false breaks, crowded round numbers ๐
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Why 50 is the line ๐ ISM Manufacturing PMI, Thursday 1 Oct at 14:00 GMT: a diffusion index, not a growth rate. August: 54.6. One image, no forecast ๐
#ISM #TradingEducation
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Lesson ๐ two open trades on pairs that move together are one bet in disguise: risk $250 on each and one move can take $500. Illustrative maths inside ๐
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๐ Volatility: how much and how fast a price moves, both ways, not which way. Illustrative: pair A moves 40 pips a day, pair B 120; a 50-pip stop is over a day on A, under half on B.
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Homework before the next order ๐ five questions on one card: the stop and its reason, the loss in money and %, reward against risk, news due, plan versus mood ๐
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Forex market hours ๐ Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York on one GMT clock, overlaps shaded โ LondonโNew York 12:00โ16:00 is typically the busiest ๐
#MarketHours
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Quarter-end Wednesday ๐ the last 4pm London fix of Q3 lands at 15:00 GMT. Why rebalancing and hedge flows can move FX without news โ and why the direction isn't predictable ๐
#QuarterEnd
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5 leverage myths, busted ๐งฎ Leverage magnifies both ways โ size the position, not the ratio ๐
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Glossary: slippage ๐ Expected price vs. filled price โ one card, one worked example ๐
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Spread and swap ๐งฎ the two costs of a trade: spread = ask โ bid, paid on entry ยท swap = overnight financing, credited or debited ยท both worked with illustrative numbers ๐
#TradingCosts
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Order types ๐ Market = fills now, price not guaranteed. Limit = your price or better, may not fill. Stop = becomes a market order at the stop price, can slip in fast markets ๐
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Economic calendar 101 ๐งฎ actual, forecast, previous โ and the surprise in between, explained in 7 slides ๐
#EconomicCalendar
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Week ahead ๐๏ธ RBA Tue 04:30 GMT ยท China PMI + US PCE Wed ยท ISM Thu ยท US jobs Fri 12:30 GMT ๐ฅ
#WeekAhead
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