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Pips, lots, leverage, platforms and the questions everyone asks in their first year.

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MetaTrader 5 on a phone: what do you check before you trade from it?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
1402 d ago
PPI, wholesale prices and CPI: what is the difference? Explain it simply
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0425 d ago
What is a reference rate, and why does the ECB publish one every working day? Explain it simply
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0435 d ago
What is a flash PMI, and why do the numbers get revised? Explain it simply
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0475 d ago
What is a goods trade balance, and why does one month's deficit matter so little? Explain it like a friend
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0659 d ago
What is the PPI, and why does China's factory-gate price matter to a forex trader? Explain it simply
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0799 d ago
What does 'provisional' mean in a Destatis release, and why do figures get confirmed later?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0719 d ago
What is a par yield curve, and why does Treasury publish it every day? Explain it simply
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0739 d ago
Why does Germany have two unemployment rates, 6.4% and 4.0%? Explain registered versus ILO unemployment simply
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
011022 d ago
What is the difference between producer prices and consumer prices, and why do traders watch both?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
09722 d ago
What does 'seasonally adjusted' mean? Why did German unemployment fall in September but the adjusted figure rise?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
09022 d ago
What is an ECB reference rate and why is one published every day? Explain it like you're talking to a new trader
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
028722 d ago
Why do statistics agencies revise numbers months later, and does it matter to a trader?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
08523 d ago
What does 'annualized' mean on a GDP release? Explain 2.2% growth in one quarter like you're telling a friend
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
08323 d ago
What is the term premium, and why do central banks and the BIS keep mentioning it? Explain it simply
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
07623 d ago
How would you explain to a beginner why a number beat forecast but the currency fell anyway?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0951 mo ago
Flash PMI versus the final reading two weeks later: does the gap ever change your trade?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0961 mo ago
What is on your personal checklist for spotting a forex scam before you deposit?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
01041 mo ago
What does holding a trade for two weeks really cost? Let's add up the spread and the swap
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
01011 mo ago
How do you read a forex quote like EUR/USD 1.1050? Explain it the way you would to a friend
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
01051 mo ago
New to forex: which economic releases do you actually put in your calendar?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11431 mo ago
What's one thing you wish you'd known before your first live trade?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11321 mo ago
MT4, MT5, cTrader or TradingView: which platform did you learn on?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11341 mo ago
How long did you demo trade before going live?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11151 mo ago
How much money did you start trading with, and what would you start with now?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11201 mo ago
Which session do you trade from your time zone?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11041 mo ago
Which currency pair did you learn on, and would you recommend it?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11231 mo ago
Spread betting, CFDs, spot or futures: what do you actually trade?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11131 mo ago
Have you had a margin call? Walk us through what happened
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11101 mo ago
Glossary requests: which trading terms confused you?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11081 mo ago
Lot size calculations: post your working and let members check it
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11141 mo ago
Stop-loss first or position size first: in what order do you plan a trade?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11091 mo ago
Which economic releases do you follow each week, and which do you ignore?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11171 mo ago
🎉 Welcome to the Forex Trading Community – by VIP Trade Signal
Beginners · VTS Staff
11191 mo ago
Beginner questions: pips, lots, leverage and margin
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
11501 mo ago
What's the first thing you'd teach a friend about risk?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0831 mo ago
How do you read the terminal's Trade tab?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0981 mo ago
What's your plan for your second deposit?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0931 mo ago
Your best free learning resource (that isn't a video)
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0931 mo ago
How do you keep your expectations honest?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0881 mo ago
What's the difference between knowing and doing, in your trading?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0901 mo ago
What should the Beginners category cover next?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0851 mo ago
Beginners: share your first trading week here
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0941 mo ago
What's the best thing a veteran trader ever told you?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0831 mo ago
What's your question about this community?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0821 mo ago
What do you know now that would have saved you a year?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0841 mo ago
What kept you going when you wanted to quit?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0841 mo ago
How do you pace your learning over months?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0881 mo ago
What's your trading budget, honestly?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0841 mo ago
How do you handle a broker error on your account?
Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff
0871 mo ago