Forex Trading 101

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Forex Trading 101 articles

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New York Session Trading Strategy: USD News and the Overlap

How the New York session moves forex: USD flows, US data releases and the London overlap, with a step-by-step trading plan.

2026-08-30

Guides14 min read

Forex Day-Trading Strategy: Session Structure and Daily Risk

A solid forex day trading strategy relies on institutional session timing, defined daily risk envelopes, and mechanical execution criteria.

2026-08-19

Guides13 min read

Forex Margin Explained: Used Margin, Free Margin and Equity

Used margin, free margin, equity and margin level explained with worked numbers, and how margin works on prop firm evaluation accounts.

2026-08-11

Guides11 min read

Forex Position Sizing: Calculate Lot Size From Real Account Risk

Calculate lot size from the money you're willing to lose, stop distance and pip value, with worked examples for forex pairs and gold.

2026-08-03

Guides13 min read

Breaker Block Trading: When Failed Order Blocks Become Setups

A breaker block occurs when an order block that previously swept liquidity fails to hold price and is aggressively breached by dynamic institutional order flow.

2026-07-24

Guides11 min read

Forex Leverage Risk: Why More Buying Power Can Reduce Survival

Higher leverage shortens survival when gaps, news and slippage hit. How margin calls, stop-outs and recovery math really work.

2026-07-23

Guides13 min read

Forex Leverage Explained: Buying Power, Margin and Risk

Leverage multiplies both gains and losses. Worked margin and position-size calculations, pip value effects and regulatory caps.

2026-07-08

Guides11 min read

Weekend Gap Risk in Forex: Holding Trades When Markets Reopen

Forex can open Sunday far from Friday's close, skipping your stop. How to size and hedge positions held over the weekend.

2026-07-07

Guides34 min read

Candlestick Patterns Forex Traders Actually Use

Every beginner trader is taught to memorize dozens of Japanese candlestick patterns—from the Dragonfly Doji to the Three White Soldiers.

2026-07-05

Guides11 min read

Forex Swap Explained: Overnight Financing and Holding Cost

Swap is the overnight financing charge or credit on a held position. How it's calculated, triple-swap days and swap-free accounts.

2026-06-29

Guides9 min read

XAUUSD Risk Management: Lot Size, Volatility and News Exposure

When you place a 1.00 lot trade on XAUUSD, a minor intraday retracement of $5.00 against your position results in an immediate $500 floating drawdown.

2026-06-27

Guides10 min read

Forex News Trading Strategy: Execution Risk Before the Entry

Executing a forex news trading strategy is often presented as the fastest way to capture explosive directional moves in the currency markets.

2026-06-25

Guides11 min read

Forex Currency Pairs: Majors, Minors and Exotics

In EUR/USD = 1.0850, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency. In USD/JPY = 155.20, USD is the base currency and JPY is the quote currency.

2026-06-25

Guides11 min read

Forex Stop-Loss Placement: Structure, Volatility, and Position Size

Place stops at structure and volatility, not a fixed pip count, then size the position to fit. Worked forex examples.

2026-06-24

Guides11 min read

Price Action Trading Strategy: Structure, Context, and Risk

A pure price action trading strategy strips away lag-inducing indicators, moving averages, and secondary oscillators to focus strictly on raw price movement.

2026-06-18

Guides10 min read

Trend-Following Forex Strategy: Entries, Pullbacks and Risk

A trend-following forex method: filter direction with the 200 EMA, enter on pullbacks, and size risk so trends can run without blowing stops.

2026-06-16

Guides13 min read

Minor and Exotic Currency Pairs: Cost, Volatility and Risk Explained

Minor currency pairs, commonly referred to as forex crosses, consist of major global currencies traded directly against one another without involving the.

2026-05-22

Guides17 min read

Forex Economic Calendar: High-Impact Events and Risk

An economic calendar for forex is a real-time schedule of national and international economic events, statistics reports, government releases, and central.

2026-05-18

Guides14 min read

How Does Forex Trading Work? Orders, Pips, Margin and Profit

If you are brand new to the asset class, take time first to Learn What Is Forex Trading to build a foundational understanding of currency market structure.

2026-05-14

Guides14 min read

Fair Value Gap Trading: Entries, Confluence and Risk

Traders who master fair value gap trading do not simply buy or sell every gap visible on a chart. A bullish Fair Value Gap forms during a sharp upward.

2026-05-12

Guides13 min read

Forex Trading Sessions: London, New York, Tokyo and Overlaps

If you are brand new to the currency markets, you may first want to Learn What Is Forex Trading to understand basic spot market operations.

2026-05-07

Guides9 min read

Forex Breakout Strategy: Confirmation, False Breaks, and Risk Management

A well-executed breakout trading strategy forex approach offers one of the most explosive risk-to-reward profiles in currency markets.

2026-05-07

Guides13 min read

London Session Trading Strategy: Volatility, Liquidity and False Breaks

The London trading session represents the most liquid and volatile period in the global foreign exchange and futures markets.

2026-05-04

Guides13 min read

Slippage in Forex: Why Orders Fill at a Different Price

Slippage in forex refers to the difference between the expected price of a trade order and the actual price at which that trade order is executed.

2026-04-30

Guides11 min read

Mean-Reversion Forex Strategy: Range Conditions and Failure Risk

The primary reason traders fail when using a best forex trading strategy centered on mean reversion is attempting to fade prices during a trending market.

2026-04-29

Guides10 min read

Market Structure Trading: Trend, Breaks and Liquidity Context

At its core, market structure trading is the study of continuous price progression across timeframes. Always verify at the official The5ers site before.

2026-04-27

Guides15 min read

Support and Resistance Forex: Build Levels Without Hindsight

The problem is not that support and resistance in forex does not work; the problem is how standard textbooks teach you to construct it.

2026-04-26

Guides13 min read

Major Forex Pairs: Liquidity, Spreads and Trading Hours

When searching for currency lists online, beginners frequently encounter references to the \"28 major forex pairs list\".

2026-04-26

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