Position Sizing and the 1% Rule
The 1% rule caps what a trade is allowed to cost you, not how big it is. The difference is the whole…
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Why Automation Removes the Hardest Part of Trading: You
Most strategies fail at the human, not the system. The four moments where emotion does the damage, how rules-based execution closes them,…
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Reading an Equity Curve: What the Line Is Telling You
The equity curve is the most information-dense thing on a track record, and most people glance at it for two seconds. How…
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Questions to Ask Before You Follow Any Signal or Strategy
Eight questions that separate a real proposition from a story: what a good answer sounds like, how to weigh a bad one,…
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How to Check a Forex Broker Is Actually Regulated
"Regulated" on a broker's website is text the broker wrote. The register that would prove it sits on the regulator's own site,…
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The Recovery Math: Why a 50% Loss Needs a 100% Gain
Losing money and making it back are not the same size of problem. The recovery table, why it makes drawdown the enemy,…
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Copy-Trading Allocation: How Much to Put Behind Each Strategy
Choosing a strategy is the part everyone talks about. Sizing it is the part that decides how the account behaves. A structure…
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Why Your Account Doesn’t Match the Published Results
The strategy posts a gain; your statement shows less. Connect dates, switching, the performance fee, and account size explain the gap, and…
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Is 10% a Month Realistic? The Honest Math
Ten percent a month is the number the internet sells hardest. Compound it forward and it refutes itself. Here is the arithmetic,…
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Is Copy Trading Profitable? An Honest Answer
Copy trading can pay, but profitability is not the default. What actually drives a follower's outcome (strategy quality, drawdown tolerance, costs and…