A simple forex trading journal template for beginners, showing exactly what to record before, during, and after each trade so you can spot patterns and improve faster.
Archive: October 2026
347 stories published in October 2026
Learn how to read a forex economic calendar, what high-impact news actually moves prices, and how to plan around releases instead of trading blindly into volatility.
Forex lot size calculation explained step by step with worked examples, so you can size any trade to risk a fixed percentage of your account instead of guessing.
Discover the best time to trade EUR/USD, why the London and New York session overlap brings the most movement, and how to plan your trading hours around it.
Forex stop loss vs trailing stop explained with clear examples: when a fixed stop protects you better, when a trailing stop locks in profit, and when each one backfires.
How to avoid overtrading in forex with practical psychology fixes: trade limits, cooling-off rules, and journal checks that stop revenge trading before it drains your account.
Forex swap rates and rollover explained simply: what overnight charges are, why they differ by pair and direction, and how to check them before you hold a trade overnight.
Trading gold XAU/USD vs forex pairs explained: how volatility, spreads, session hours, and drivers differ, and how to adjust your strategy when you switch between them.
A practical forex demo account to live transition checklist covering strategy proof, risk rules, psychology, and broker setup, so you move to real money only when you are ready.
How to calculate staking rewards accurately: the four inputs you need, the simple and compound formulas, a worked example with validator commission deducted, APR vs APY conversion, and the six mistakes that skew most staking calculations.
What's the best way to calculate profit on a winning bet? A 4-step method for every odds format: the same $100 bet worked through decimal, American and fractional odds, parlay multiplication, implied probability, and the bookmaker margin check.
How to calculate the real cost of a crypto swap: the four hidden components (network fees, service fee, spread), the expected-versus-received formula, two worked examples, decentralised exchange slippage and price impact, and a pre-swap checklist.
A practical guide to keeping a forex trading journal and running weekly and monthly reviews that turn raw trade history into clear, fixable mistakes.
Funding rates keep perpetual futures anchored to spot prices. Learn who pays whom, how the rate is set, and how to work out what holding a position really costs.
The Asian session sets the range London later tests. Learn to mark the Tokyo high and low, tell a real breakout from a stop-hunt, and choose rejection or breakout rules before you trade.
An order book shows resting buy and sell orders at every price. Learn to read bids, asks, spread, and cumulative depth, and why a giant wall is not a promise.
A 1:3 target is not automatically better than 1:2. Compare break-even win rates, expectancy, and how often each target is actually reached before choosing.
A raw spread plus commission is not automatically cheaper than a wider spread with no commission. Work out the all-in cost per lot before you choose an account.
Dollar-cost averaging removes timing pressure by buying a fixed amount on schedule. Compare weekly and monthly rhythms, fees, and the discipline traps that undo it.
Revenge trading is taking a bigger, off-plan trade to win back a loss immediately. Learn the daily loss limit, cooling-off rule, and journal checks that break the cycle.
High-impact releases widen spreads, spike slippage, and invalidate technical levels in seconds. Learn the calendar, blackout, and sizing rules that keep news days survivable.
A stablecoin is only as stable as its reserves, redemption path, and liquidity. Learn how depegs happen, which warning signs matter, and how to limit exposure.
Binance co-CEO Yi He said she expects withdrawal resumption to begin within the next 48 hours after the 29 Oct 2026 breach, but no confirmed reopening time has been published yet.
The 29 October 2026 Binance breach in plain words: how a compromised engineer laptop led to a service container and unauthorised withdrawals, without a private-key leak.