SEBI, Brazil, and Taiwan have each measured how retail traders perform in practice, and the loss rates are strikingly similar across three very different markets. Here's what the data says separates the traders who make it from the ones who don't.
DAX, Dow, and Nasdaq all closed out a second straight weekly decline on Friday, and this week's real event isn't a data print, it's Kevin Warsh's first keynote as Fed chair at Jackson Hole on Friday, with Wednesday's GDP and PCE double-header setting the stage for it.
GER40 and Nasdaq are posting their highest false-breakout rates on record this year, which helps explain why breakout setups have felt harder to trust, and why waiting for a genuine rejection has been paying off more than usual.
DAX, Dow, and Nasdaq are all pulling back from record highs as a surge in long-dated bond yields and rising oil prices hit stocks together, with today's FOMC minutes and a wave of retail earnings the week's real tests.
DAX, Dow, and Nasdaq all closed near records last week, but a heavy US inflation calendar and rising oil prices over the Strait of Hormuz take over as the story this week.
The DAX open never behaves the same way twice, so discipline and patience mean waiting for price to make its move before taking one of your own.
Exness and IG join the Brokers compare tool. What each one is good at, where the marketing overstates it, and why three other candidates didn't make the cut.
What MT4, MT5, cTrader, and TradingView are each built for, how broker support narrows the choice, and when NinjaTrader or Sierra Chart make more sense than a CFD platform.
A recommended read on the difference between learning a market regime and learning a market law, and why Bitcoin halving in 2026 despite crypto-friendly policy proves the point.
Results could always be better — but often the problem isn't the entry, it's the exit. Here's what happens when you don't have a target.