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Strategies, tested on real history
Library- Trend followingMoving-average crossoverFollow a trend once a fast average crosses a slow one, and reverse when it crosses back.Tested on EUR/USD
- Mean reversionRange trading with Bollinger BandsFade stretched moves outside a two-standard-deviation band and exit at the average.Tested on EUR/GBP
- MomentumChannel breakoutBuy a 20-day high, sell a 20-day low, and trail the exit with a 10-day channel.Tested on USD/JPY
- Volatility explorerSwing oddsSee how often a pair really moves 0.5, 1 or 2 percent within a week or a month.Tested on GBP/USD
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All guides- The basicsWhat is forex trading?How the currency market works, who trades it and why prices move.
- The basicsHow to read a currency pairBase and quote currencies, bid and ask, and what a price like 1.1250 means.
- The basicsPips, lots and position sizeThe units traders use to measure moves and trade size, with worked examples.
- RiskLeverage and margin explainedHow borrowed exposure multiplies gains and losses, and what a margin call is.
- CostsSpreads, commissions and the real cost of tradingWhere trading costs hide and how they eat into short-term strategies.
- TimingForex trading sessions and the best times to tradeWhy liquidity and volatility change through the day, and when the big overlaps happen.
- FundamentalsCentral banks, interest rates and currenciesWhy rate decisions move currencies more than almost anything else.
- RiskRisk management for currency tradersPosition sizing, stop losses and the arithmetic of recovering from losses.