Trading Psychology
How to Keep a Trading Journal (What to Track and Review)
What to record on every trade, a simple journal template, how to review it weekly and the mistakes that make journals useless.
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Trading Psychology
The Pre-Market Routine: A 30-Minute Checklist for Day Traders
A simple pre-market checklist: economic calendar, key levels, risk limits, platform setup and an honest check on whether you should trade at all.
Futures Trading
Futures Margin Explained: Initial, Maintenance and Day-Trade Margin
What futures margin is, the difference between initial, maintenance and day-trade margin, how leverage works and why prop firm traders don’t post margin.
Trading Glossary
What Is Slippage in Trading? (And How to Reduce It)
What slippage is, what causes it, how much it really costs across many trades and practical ways to reduce it.
Trading Strategies
How to Build a Trading Plan (One-Page Template)
The four parts of a trading plan, a one-page example template and why vague rules get broken.
Platforms & Tools
Bracket Orders and OCO: Set Your Stop and Target Together
How bracket orders and OCO work, why they keep your plan intact and the mistakes to avoid, like orphan orders.
Trading Glossary
Trading Expectancy: The Formula That Shows If You Have an Edge
How to calculate expectancy from win rate and average win and loss, why high win rates can still lose money and how many trades you need.
Trading Strategies
Range Trading Strategy: How to Trade a Sideways Market
How to spot a trading range, buy the bottom and sell the top with stops outside, and know when the range is about to break.
Platforms & Tools
Market vs Limit Orders: Which Should You Use?
How market and limit orders work, when each one makes sense for day traders and where stop orders fit in.
Trading Glossary
Risk-Reward Ratio: What It Is and What Win Rate You Need
How to calculate risk-reward, the break-even win rate for 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3, and why bigger targets aren’t always better.
Trading Strategies
How to Identify a Trend (Higher Highs and Higher Lows)
How to tell an uptrend, downtrend or range from swing highs and lows, how to confirm it and how to spot when a trend is ending.
Trading Glossary
Stop Loss Orders Explained: Types and Where to Place Them
What a stop loss is, stop-market vs stop-limit vs trailing stops, where to place your stop and the mistakes that turn small losses into big ones.