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Breakout Trading Strategy: Ranges, Triangles, Flags and Retests
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Breakout Trading Strategy: Ranges, Triangles, Flags and Retests

Breakout trading strategy guide: range, triangle and flag breakouts, volume confirmation, false breakouts, retest entries, stop placement and a sized example.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Momentum Trading Strategy: How to Trade Strength
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Momentum Trading Strategy: How to Trade Strength

Momentum trading explained: time-series and relative strength momentum, MACD and RSI confirmation, exit rules, the research behind it and a worked prop example.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Supply and Demand Trading: How to Draw and Trade Zones
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Supply and Demand Trading: How to Draw and Trade Zones

Supply and demand trading explained: how zones form, how to draw them, fresh vs tested zones, how they differ from support and order blocks, plus an example.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Opening Range Breakout (ORB) Strategy: Rules and Examples
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Opening Range Breakout (ORB) Strategy: Rules and Examples

Opening range breakout (ORB) strategy explained: 5, 15 and 30-minute ranges, stops and targets on SPY, QQQ, forex and gold, and sizing it on a prop account.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Price Action Trading: Strategy, Setups and Examples
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Price Action Trading: Strategy, Setups and Examples

Price action trading explained: market structure, key levels, pin bars, inside bars and engulfing candles, plus a worked EURUSD trade sized for a prop account.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Swing Trading Strategies: 6 Setups With Entry, Stop and Target Rules
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Swing Trading Strategies: 6 Setups With Entry, Stop and Target Rules

Six swing trading strategies with exact entry, stop and target rules: MA pullback, breakout retest, S/R bounce, Fibonacci, RSI divergence and flags.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
How to Become a Funded Trader: A Step-by-Step Guide
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How to Become a Funded Trader: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to become a funded trader: pass a prop firm evaluation under fixed loss limits, then trade a funded account for a profit split. Steps, costs and pass rates.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
14 min read
Mean Reversion Trading Strategy: Setups, Rules and Risks
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Mean Reversion Trading Strategy: Setups, Rules and Risks

Mean reversion trading explained: Bollinger Band, RSI and z-score setups, when the strategy fails in trends, pairs trading basics and a worked prop example.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Trading Strategies: 12 Strategies Explained for Beginners
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Trading Strategies: 12 Strategies Explained for Beginners

Trading strategies explained: 12 common approaches compared by timeframe, market type and win rate profile, plus how to pick one for a prop firm challenge.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
18 min read
Trend Following Strategy: Rules, Examples and Risk
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Trend Following Strategy: Rules, Examples and Risk

Trend following strategy explained: moving average crossovers, turtle-style breakouts, ATR stops, low win rates and sizing for a static drawdown prop account.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
FOMO Trading: How Fear of Missing Out Costs Traders
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FOMO Trading: How Fear of Missing Out Costs Traders

FOMO trading explained: what fear of missing out is, what triggers it, how it leads to late entries and oversized positions, and a 6-step plan to beat it.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
13 min read
Loss Aversion in Trading: Why Losses Hurt More
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Loss Aversion in Trading: Why Losses Hurt More

Loss aversion in trading explained: prospect theory, the 2.25 coefficient, the disposition effect, moving stops, a worked example and practical fixes.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Overtrading: Signs, Costs and How to Stop
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Overtrading: Signs, Costs and How to Stop

Overtrading explained: what it costs per trade and per month, the warning signs, why it happens, a trading journal self-audit and hard limits that stop it.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Revenge Trading: Why It Happens and How to Stop
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Revenge Trading: Why It Happens and How to Stop

Revenge trading is chasing losses with bigger, worse trades. Learn the warning signs, the maths of doubling size, and a simple stop system that ends the spiral.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Trading Discipline: How to Follow Your Rules
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Trading Discipline: How to Follow Your Rules

Trading discipline explained: why traders break rules, how to build discipline as a system, measure rule adherence from your journal, and recover from mistakes.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
13 min read
How to Create a Trading Plan (With Template)
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How to Create a Trading Plan (With Template)

Trading plan guide: what to include, a copyable template, a filled example for a part-time swing trader, a prop evaluation version and common mistakes.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Contango vs Backwardation: The Futures Curve Explained
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Contango vs Backwardation: The Futures Curve Explained

Contango vs backwardation explained: why futures curves slope, cost of carry, oil in April 2020, crypto basis, roll yield and how futures converge at expiry.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
13 min read
Cross Margin vs Isolated Margin: Which to Use
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Cross Margin vs Isolated Margin: Which to Use

Cross margin vs isolated margin explained: how liquidation differs, a worked 10x example, a comparison table, and how to size so your stop hits first.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Crypto Derivatives: Futures, Perpetuals and Options Explained
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Crypto Derivatives: Futures, Perpetuals and Options Explained

Crypto derivatives explained: dated futures, perpetuals and options, how leverage, margin, funding and liquidation work, who uses them, and the main risks.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
18 min read
Crypto Futures vs Spot Trading: Key Differences
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Crypto Futures vs Spot Trading: Key Differences

Crypto futures vs spot: ownership, leverage, shorting, costs, liquidation risk and custody compared, with a worked 5x P&L example and when each one fits.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
14 min read
Funding Rate in Crypto: What It Is and Who Pays
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Funding Rate in Crypto: What It Is and Who Pays

Funding rate in crypto explained: who pays (longs or shorts), how it is calculated, worked costs at 0.01% and 0.03% per 8h, and how to read extreme funding.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Mark Price vs Last Price: What Traders Need to Know
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Mark Price vs Last Price: What Traders Need to Know

Mark price explained: how it differs from last price and index price, how exchanges calculate it, and why it decides liquidation, unrealised P&L and stops.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Open Interest: What It Means and How to Read It
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Open Interest: What It Means and How to Read It

Open interest is the number of derivative contracts still open. Learn how it changes, how it differs from volume, and how to read it with price and funding.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Perpetual Futures: How Perps Work in Crypto
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Perpetual Futures: How Perps Work in Crypto

Perpetual futures explained: how crypto perps work with no expiry, funding rates, mark price, leverage and margin, a worked P&L example, and the key risks.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
13 min read
Kelly Criterion: The Position Sizing Formula Explained
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Kelly Criterion: The Position Sizing Formula Explained

Kelly criterion explained: the f* = p - q/b formula with worked examples, the growth curve, why traders use half Kelly, and how it fits prop firm limits.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Margin Call: What It Is and How to Avoid One
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Margin Call: What It Is and How to Avoid One

Margin call explained: initial vs maintenance margin, the margin call price formula with a worked example, forced liquidation, and how to avoid one.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
15 min read
Order Types in Trading: Every Order Explained
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Order Types in Trading: Every Order Explained

Order types in trading explained: market, limit, stop, stop-limit, trailing stop, OCO and bracket orders, time in force, and which to use for entries and exits.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Risk Management in Trading: 7 Rules That Keep You in the Game
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Risk Management in Trading: 7 Rules That Keep You in the Game

Risk management in trading explained: the 1% rule, position sizing with a worked example, stops, reward-to-risk, daily loss caps, drawdown and leverage.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
18 min read
Short Selling: How to Short a Stock and the Risks
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Short Selling: How to Short a Stock and the Risks

Short selling explained: how to short a stock step by step, long vs short, a worked P&L example, borrow fees, squeeze and recall risks, and the alternatives.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
14 min read
Short Squeeze: What It Is and How It Happens
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Short Squeeze: What It Is and How It Happens

A short squeeze explained: how forced buying by short sellers drives prices up, warning signs like short interest and days to cover, and how to manage risk.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
14 min read
Slippage in Trading: What It Is and How to Reduce It
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Slippage in Trading: What It Is and How to Reduce It

Slippage in trading explained: positive vs negative slippage, a worked cost example, what causes it, slippage vs spread, and how to reduce and measure it.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Stop-Limit Order: How It Works vs a Stop-Market Order
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Stop-Limit Order: How It Works vs a Stop-Market Order

Stop-limit order explained: stop price vs limit price, buy and sell examples, stop-limit vs stop-market on a gap, how to set the limit offset, and mistakes.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Bid-Ask Spread: What It Is and How It Affects Your Trades
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Bid-Ask Spread: What It Is and How It Affects Your Trades

Bid-ask spread explained: bid, ask and mid price, how to calculate spreads in pips, points and percent, what widens them, and what they cost you per trade.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Call vs Put Options: The Difference Explained
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Call vs Put Options: The Difference Explained

Call vs put options explained: buyer and seller rights, strike, premium, expiry, payoff at expiry with worked numbers, breakevens, ITM/ATM/OTM and the risks.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
14 min read
Day Trading for Beginners: How It Works and 5 Strategies
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Day Trading for Beginners: How It Works and 5 Strategies

Day trading for beginners: how it works, how much money you need (PDT rule), the best times to trade, a daily routine, 5 strategies, risk per trade and costs.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Paper Trading: How to Practice Trading Without Risk
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Paper Trading: How to Practice Trading Without Risk

Paper trading explained: how to start step by step, why simulated fills flatter results, how to make practice realistic, and when to move on to real stakes.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Position Trading: A Long-Term Trading Strategy Explained
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Position Trading: A Long-Term Trading Strategy Explained

Position trading explained: holding trades for weeks to months on weekly and daily charts, using trend and fundamentals, wider stops, smaller size and costs.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
13 min read
Scalping Trading: How It Works, Costs and Risks
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Scalping Trading: How It Works, Costs and Risks

Scalping trading explained: how scalpers trade seconds to minutes on 1m and 5m charts, why spread and commission decide results, strategies, and the real risks.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Stop Loss: What It Is and Where to Place It
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Stop Loss: What It Is and Where to Place It

Stop loss explained: stop-market vs stop-limit orders, where to place stops (structure, ATR, percentage), trailing stops, and sizing a position from the stop.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Swing Trading: What It Is and How to Start
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Swing Trading: What It Is and How to Start

Swing trading explained: holding trades for days to weeks, daily and 4h charts, four core strategies, gap risk, position sizing and swing vs day trading.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
14 min read
Trading Journal: What to Track (Free Template)
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Trading Journal: What to Track (Free Template)

Trading journal guide: the fields to track, a free template to copy, R-multiples and expectancy with a worked example, plus a weekly review routine that works.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
16 min read
Types of Trading: 7 Trading Styles Explained
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Types of Trading: 7 Trading Styles Explained

Types of trading explained: day trading, swing, scalping, position, momentum, algorithmic and news trading compared, plus how to choose the right style for you.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
18 min read
How to Become a Trader: A Realistic Path From Zero
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How to Become a Trader: A Realistic Path From Zero

How to become a trader: define success, a realistic learning timeline, a step-by-step path, routes into trading and why most people fail, from a 25-year pro.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Jerome Kerviel: The Société Générale Rogue Trader, Seen From the Market
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Jerome Kerviel: The Société Générale Rogue Trader, Seen From the Market

Jerome Kerviel and the EUR 4.9bn Société Générale loss: how a rogue trader hid EUR 50bn in index futures, the court rulings, and a trader's view.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
14 min read
Market Order vs Limit Order: What Every Trader Should Know
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Market Order vs Limit Order: What Every Trader Should Know

Market order vs limit order: how each one fills, what slippage and thin order books cost you, and why a 25-year trader still only uses limit orders.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
15 min read
Order Flow Trading: What Big Flows Tell You (and Hide)
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Order Flow Trading: What Big Flows Tell You (and Hide)

Order flow trading explained: the order book, delta, footprint charts, block trades and hedging flows, plus why information asymmetry favors institutions.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
15 min read
Selling Puts and Covered Calls: How Option Selling Really Works
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Selling Puts and Covered Calls: How Option Selling Really Works

Selling puts and covered calls explained by an ex-JP Morgan derivatives trader: worked payoff tables, naked calls, assignment, margin and tail risk.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
15 min read
Trading Psychology: Discipline, Overtrading and the Most Dangerous Win
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Trading Psychology: Discipline, Overtrading and the Most Dangerous Win

Trading psychology explained: overtrading, outcome bias, knowing when not to trade, and a simple routine of rules, journal and review that builds discipline.

Gianluca PizzitutiGianluca Pizzituti
14 min read
Forex Market Hours: Sessions, Overlaps, and the Best Times to Trade
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Forex Market Hours: Sessions, Overlaps, and the Best Times to Trade

Forex market hours explained: the four trading sessions in UTC, when the market opens and closes, the London and New York overlap, and the best times to trade.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
9 min read
How to Trade Forex: Pairs, Pips, Leverage, and Funded Accounts
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How to Trade Forex: Pairs, Pips, Leverage, and Funded Accounts

How to trade forex in 2026: currency pairs, pips, lots, and leverage explained, what moves exchange rates, and how to trade forex on a funded account.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
9 min read
What Is a Pip in Forex? Pip Value, Explained
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What Is a Pip in Forex? Pip Value, Explained

What a pip is in forex: the fourth-decimal price unit, yen pairs, pipettes, how to calculate pip value in dollars, and how it drives position sizing.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
7 min read
What Is Forex Trading? Currency Pairs, Explained
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What Is Forex Trading? Currency Pairs, Explained

What forex trading is: how currency pairs and quotes work, pips, lots, spreads and leverage explained, why people trade forex, and the risks involved.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
8 min read
How to Trade Indices: CFDs, Futures, ETFs, and Funded Accounts
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How to Trade Indices: CFDs, Futures, ETFs, and Funded Accounts

How to trade stock indices in 2026: index CFDs, futures, and ETFs (SPY, QQQ) explained, what moves index prices, and how to trade indices on a funded account.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
9 min read
How to Trade Oil (WTI and Brent): CFDs, Futures, and Funded Accounts
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How to Trade Oil (WTI and Brent): CFDs, Futures, and Funded Accounts

How to trade crude oil in 2026: WTI vs Brent, oil CFDs and futures explained, what moves the oil price, and how to trade oil on a funded account.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
7 min read
How to Trade Silver (XAGUSD): Spot, Futures, and Funded Accounts
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How to Trade Silver (XAGUSD): Spot, Futures, and Funded Accounts

How to trade silver in 2026: spot XAGUSD, futures, and funded accounts explained, what moves the silver price, the gold-silver ratio, and silver vs gold.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
8 min read
What Is NAS100? The Nasdaq-100 Index Explained
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What Is NAS100? The Nasdaq-100 Index Explained

What NAS100 means: the Nasdaq-100 index explained, what companies it tracks, why it is volatile, how it compares to the S&P 500, and how to trade it via QQQ.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
7 min read
How to Trade Gold (XAUUSD): Spot, Futures, Tokenized, and Funded Accounts
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How to Trade Gold (XAUUSD): Spot, Futures, Tokenized, and Funded Accounts

How to trade gold in 2026: spot XAUUSD, futures, and tokenized gold explained, plus how US traders access gold and trade it on a funded account.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
11 min read
Tokenized Gold vs Spot Gold: XAUT, PAXG, and XAUUSD Explained
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Tokenized Gold vs Spot Gold: XAUT, PAXG, and XAUUSD Explained

Tokenized gold (XAUT, PAXG) vs spot gold (XAUUSD): what each is, how they differ on hours, settlement, and liquidity, and how to trade both in 2026.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
7 min read
What Is XAUUSD? Spot Gold Priced in US Dollars, Explained
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What Is XAUUSD? Spot Gold Priced in US Dollars, Explained

XAUUSD is spot gold priced in US dollars. What it means, whether it is forex or a commodity, how it is priced and sized, and how to trade it in 2026.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
7 min read
Can You Use MT5 in the US? Why Prop Firms Switched to DXtrade
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Can You Use MT5 in the US? Why Prop Firms Switched to DXtrade

Can you use MetaTrader 5 in the US? Why most US traders cannot, what the 2024 MetaQuotes crackdown changed, and the DXtrade and cTrader alternatives.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
8 min read
What Is DXtrade? The Prop Firm Trading Platform Explained
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What Is DXtrade? The Prop Firm Trading Platform Explained

DXtrade is the browser-based platform prop firms switched to after the MetaTrader crackdown. What it is, DXtrade vs MT5 and cTrader, and who uses it.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
9 min read
Risk-Reward Ratio Explained for Funded Traders
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Risk-Reward Ratio Explained for Funded Traders

Risk-reward ratio explained: how to calculate it, the breakeven win rate at each ratio, and why it decides whether you pass a funded account evaluation.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
11 min read
What Is Liquidation in Trading and How It Works
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What Is Liquidation in Trading and How It Works

What is liquidation in trading? Learn how the liquidation price, leverage, and cascades work, and how a funded account closes on drawdown rules instead.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
10 min read
What Is FOMC and Why It Moves Markets
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What Is FOMC and Why It Moves Markets

What is FOMC? The Fed committee that sets US interest rates. Learn the schedule, why rate decisions move markets, and how funded traders trade FOMC days.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
10 min read
NFP Meaning: What Non-Farm Payrolls Mean for Traders
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NFP Meaning: What Non-Farm Payrolls Mean for Traders

NFP meaning: non-farm payrolls, the monthly US jobs report, out at 8:30am ET usually on the first Friday. Why it moves forex, gold and indices, how to trade it.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
11 min read
Futures Market Hours Explained for Funded Traders
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Futures Market Hours Explained for Funded Traders

CME futures trade Sunday 6pm to Friday 5pm ET with a daily 5pm to 6pm ET break. See hours by market, the 24/7 Bitcoin exception, and UTC times for DST.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
14 min read
Notional Value Explained for Funded Traders
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Notional Value Explained for Funded Traders

Notional value is your full position exposure, not your margin. Learn how to calculate it, how it differs from leverage, and why it drives funded-account risk.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
10 min read
Crypto Prop Firms That Allow Weekend Holding in 2026
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Crypto Prop Firms That Allow Weekend Holding in 2026

Which crypto prop firms allow weekend holding in 2026? Full list with drawdown model, consistency rule, and what to verify before holding over the weekend.

Vittorio De AngelisVittorio De Angelis
12 min read