Frequently asked questions

Frankly, festive weeks hollow the book: spreads whisper lies. respect the season like a farmer — not every week is harvest. Ask ten traders for their best trade and most stories are position size wearing a hero costume. The quiet tenth — the one who followed the plan — never tells the story.

Said plainly: notice how often 'unexpected' was just unread: the fee page said it. Ten minutes of reading deletes half the risk events from your average month. The unglamorous truth about what does trading cost: the first month of honest records is humiliating. Stay with it — that's the toll, not the destination.

Look — depth is a promise you can't verify at entry. The bid stack you see is one frame of a film. Assume the second exit costs more. There's a version of how are my shares that's casino behaviour with a chart attached. It has no invalidation point and a very decent story. Everyone's met it. The fix is tedious and old: decide before, review after.

Ask anyone who's traded a full cycle about do i receive dividends, and you'll hear some version of risk management is the complete job. More of do i receive dividends than you'd think is just not being exhausted. The revenge session is where portfolios go to die.

Alerts are modest attention isn't: level breaks, rate events, calendar prints. Set them and leave the room — the market doesn't need an audience. Any terminal shapes you: built-in leverage, default order type, default confirmations move more money than any opinion. Set them like you mean it — then let the settings carry the discipline.