Category: Trading Tips

Triangle chart patterns explained: how to spot ascending, descending and symmetrical triangles, where to enter, stop and target, and what cancels them.

A gap trading strategy for indices and forex: the four types of gap, when gaps fill and when they run, weekend gaps,…

Order block trading explained without the hype: how to mark bullish and bearish order blocks, what the evidence shows, and how they…

Risk of ruin is the chance of losing so much you can no longer trade. See the formula, a worked example and…

A trading drawdown is the fall from your account high. Learn how often losing streaks happen, when to cut size, when to…

How to backtest a trading strategy by hand: write testable rules, log trades with costs, avoid hindsight and overfitting, then forward test.

The spread in trading is the gap between the bid and ask price, and you pay it on every trade. See how…

What is a pip in forex? A plain-English guide to pips, pipettes, lot sizes and pip value in pounds, with worked examples…

Trading order types explained in plain English: market, limit, stop, stop-limit and trailing orders, where each sits and which to use for…

A range trading strategy step by step: how to confirm a sideways market, where to enter, where stops and targets go, and…