Broker safety · 5 min read
How to check if a broker is FCA regulated
A step-by-step guide to checking a broker on the FCA Register: find the firm reference number, confirm permissions, spot clone firms and read the warning list.
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Guides for traders who verify first
Plain-English explainers on broker safety, prop firm rules, risk, psychology and news. General education only, never advice, and never paid for by the firms we write about.
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Prop firms · 5 min read
Prop firm challenge rules that catch traders out
Daily drawdown, trailing drawdown, news trading limits and consistency rules explained, with a worked example and a checklist to run before you buy a challenge.
Risk management · 4 min read
Position sizing: how much to risk per trade
How to size a trade from your balance, risk percentage and stop distance, with a worked forex example and why recovering a loss is harder than making one.
Broker safety · 5 min read
How to tell a scam broker from a real one
Warning signs of a scam broker or clone firm, a checklist you can run in ten minutes, and what to do if you have already sent money to one.
Broker safety · 4 min read
FSCS, CySEC ICF and client money protection explained
What the FSCS and the CySEC Investor Compensation Fund actually cover, what segregated client money does, and why the legal entity holding your account matters.
Risk management · 5 min read
What is drawdown and how to manage it
Drawdown explained: how it is measured, why recovery needs bigger gains than the loss, how prop firms use daily and trailing limits, and practical ways to control it.
Risk management · 4 min read
Risk to reward and win rate: what the maths says
How risk to reward ratio and win rate combine into expectancy, the break-even win rate at each ratio, and why a high ratio alone does not make a trade good.
Trading psychology · 4 min read
How to keep a trading journal that you will actually use
What to record, how often to review, and how to turn a trading journal into a record of your habits, with a simple template for each session.
Trading psychology · 5 min read
Revenge trading and tilt: how to stop
What revenge trading and tilt look like, the triggers behind them, and a set of rules and routines that interrupt the pattern before it costs you an account.
Markets and news · 5 min read
How to trade around economic news
Which economic releases move markets, what happens to spreads and stops around them, and how to plan a session and follow a prop firm news rule using a calendar.
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