Guides
Simple explanations to help you understand copy trading, its risks and its costs. These guides are for information only: they do not tell you whom to copy and promise no gains.
Floating drawdown: why it matters more than returns
The worst fall of an account, open positions included: what it measures, why it is often missing from the figures, and how to read it.
Grid and martingale in Forex: how they work and what the risks are
Why these strategies often win, with a worked example, and what can make them lose everything.
AUDCAD and NZDCAD: why these two pairs
What three similar economies and thirty years of prices tell us about these two pairs, their limits, and why AUDNZD was ruled out.
The global stop loss: what it is for and how to set it
What it protects, what it does not, and why setting it too tight can turn a temporary fall into a permanent loss.
Copy trading: why your results differ from the strategy's
Start date, fee, minimum lot size, settings, execution: the reasons for a gap, and how to compare correctly.
Profit share and the high-water mark: what you really pay
How the fee is calculated, with a month-by-month example, and when it is taken or put on hold.
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