How to Calculate Profit and Loss on a Forex Trade
Forex P&L = pips gained or lost × pip value × lots, converted to your account currency. Worked examples for a long EUR/USD and a short USD/JPY trade.
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How to Calculate Position Size in Forex
Position size in lots = risk amount ÷ (stop in pips × pip value per lot). Worked examples for EUR/USD and USD/JPY on a $5,000 account risking 1%.
Forex Myths That Cost Beginners Money
Fourteen forex myths fact-checked and rated, from easy money and high leverage to guaranteed stops, gap-proof majors and brokers who always win trades.
How Lot Size Changes Your Risk per Pip
Standard, mini and micro lots are 100,000, 10,000 and 1,000 units. How lot size sets pip value and risk, with examples for a 30-pip stop on EUR/USD.
How Leverage Changes the Math on a Forex Trade
Effective leverage = position value ÷ equity. On a $2,000 account, 0.5 lots of EUR/USD is 27.5:1 and a 100-pip move is 25% of the account. Worked examples.
Correlation Mistakes That Quietly Double Your Forex Risk
One six-position account audited for correlation mistakes: stacked dollar bets, fake hedges, hidden yen in crosses, stale links and crisis risk.
Fixed vs Floating Exchange Rates
Floating currencies are priced by markets; pegged ones are held near a target by a central bank. How each works, with the Swiss franc floor and Hong Kong peg.
How the Euro’s Launch Changed Currency Markets
The euro launched on January 1, 1999, replacing 11 currencies. It opened above $1.18, fell to $0.82 by October 2000 and became the second reserve currency.
How Emerging Market Currencies Behave When Risk Appetite Falls
Emerging market currencies often fall sharply when risk appetite drops, as money returns to the dollar. Why it happens, what made 1997 and 2022 severe.
How to Read an Economic Calendar
Convert times to your zone, check impact ratings, note forecast and previous, then compare actual with forecast: how to read an economic calendar, step by step.
What Is Currency Intervention and Does It Work?
Currency intervention is when authorities buy or sell their own currency. How Japan's 2022, 2024 and 2026 interventions worked and why the effects often fade.
How Currency Correlations Work
Pairs that share a currency often move together or opposite. How currency correlation works, common examples like EUR/USD and USD/CHF, and why it matters.