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Who takes the other side of your trade? Compare market maker and ECN/STP execution models, how each earns, where conflicts of interest arise and what best execution requires.
Swaps are the overnight financing charges on open forex positions. Learn how they are calculated, why one weekday often carries a triple charge, and what swap-free accounts really cost.
A stop-loss order controls when you exit, not the exact price. Learn how slippage and gaps affect stop fills, how stop-limit and guaranteed stops differ, and how to plan for it.
What a pip is, how standard, mini and micro lots work, how pip value scales with position size, and a step-by-step method for sizing a trade by risk, with hypothetical examples.
How non-withdrawable bonus credit can inflate equity and margin level, where your real stop-out point sits, and what can happen to open positions when the credit is removed.
A plain-English guide to used margin, free margin, margin level, margin calls and stop-outs, with a hypothetical worked example showing how quickly leverage can close a position.
