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Forex trading guides and education

Plain-English guides to the forex market, prop firm rules, analysis and risk, for traders who want to understand a market before they put money into it.

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What is the forex market?

The foreign exchange market is where currencies are bought and sold. It is the biggest financial market in the world, it never sits in one building, and it runs around the clock from Monday morning in Sydney to Friday evening in New York.

8 min readOct 2026
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Analysis

Technical analysis explained

Support and resistance, trends, candlesticks, chart patterns and time frames, and where technical analysis falls short.

9 min readOct 2026
Analysis

Fundamental analysis in forex

Interest rates, inflation, jobs and growth data, central banks and risk sentiment, and how news actually moves prices.

9 min readOct 2026
Risk

Trading with leverage

How leverage and margin work, what a margin call and stop-out are, the regulatory limits, and how to use leverage safely.

8 min readOct 2026
Risk

The top 5 reasons traders fail

Oversized risk, too much leverage, no plan, emotional decisions and unrealistic expectations, and what to do about each.

7 min readOct 2026
Strategy

Trade like a hedge fund

The habits professionals use that retail traders can borrow: risk limits, sizing, correlation, a written thesis and review.

9 min readOct 2026

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Risk

Position sizing and the 1% rule

How much to trade so one bad day does not end your account.

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Analysis

Reading the economic calendar

Which releases move which pairs, and how to avoid getting caught.

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Psychology

Why traders revenge trade

The habits behind blown accounts and how to build a routine.

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Platforms

MT4, MT5, cTrader and Match-Trader

What each platform does and how they connect to iVentureFX.

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Bots

What is a trading bot?

Grids, hedges and signals, and why backtests can mislead.

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Basics

Spreads, swaps and commissions

The costs hiding inside every trade.

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