Learn Forex
Plain-English guides to the forex essentials — pips, lots, leverage, margin, spreads, risk and how to choose a broker — written by the FXMARE editorial desk and linked straight to the tools you need to apply them.
Basics
Core forex concepts — pips, lots, leverage, margin and spreads.
What Is a Pip in Forex?
A pip is the standard unit traders use to measure how far a currency pair has moved. Understand what it means, how much one is worth, and why it drives every risk decision.
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What Is Leverage and Margin in Forex?
Leverage lets you control a large position with a small deposit, while margin is the cash that deposit ties up. Understanding both is the first step to managing risk in leveraged forex trading.
6 min read
What Are Forex Spreads? A Beginner's Guide to the Bid-Ask Cost
The spread is the gap between the buy and sell price of a currency pair, and it's one of the first costs every trade pays. Here's how it works, in plain terms.
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Forex Trading for Beginners
A plain-English starting point for forex trading for beginners — what the market is, how prices and lots work, how leverage cuts both ways, and how to begin without blowing up your account.
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What Is a Lot in Forex? Lot Sizes Explained
A lot is the unit you trade currency in, and the lot size you choose sets how much each pip is worth. Here is what standard, mini, micro and nano lots mean, and how to pick the right one.
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Going Long vs Short in Forex
Every forex trade is either a long (buy) or a short (sell). Here is what each direction really means, how profit and loss work on both sides, and why shorting is as natural as buying.
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What Is Swap / Rollover in Forex?
Swap, or rollover, is the interest you pay or receive for holding a forex position overnight. Here is what it is, why it happens, and how to check it before you trade.
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How to Start Forex Trading With $100
You can start forex with $100 - but only if you size correctly and treat it as tuition, not a get-rich scheme. Here is the honest, risk-first way to do it.
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Risk
Position sizing and risk management that keep an account alive.
How to Calculate Position Size / Lot Size in Forex
Position sizing turns a vague "risk a bit" into an exact number of lots. Here is the formula, the inputs you need, and worked examples you can copy.
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Forex Risk Management and the 1% Rule
A practical, beginner-friendly guide to capping your risk per trade, sizing positions from your stop-loss, and giving your account room to survive losing streaks.
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Risk-Reward Ratio in Trading Explained
The risk-reward ratio compares what you stand to lose against what you stand to gain on a trade. Here is how to calculate it, how it ties to your win rate, and why a good ratio alone is never enough.
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Stop-Loss and Take-Profit Explained
A stop-loss caps what a trade can cost you; a take-profit locks in a target. Used together they turn every position into a pre-planned outcome you decide before you click buy or sell.
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Trading Psychology for Beginners
Your biggest opponent in the markets is usually yourself. Here is how fear, greed and impatience sabotage beginners, and the practical habits that keep emotion out of your decisions.
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Trading
Reading the calendar, copy trading and day-to-day execution.
How to Read an Economic Calendar: A Beginner's Guide
An economic calendar lists scheduled data releases and central-bank events that can move currencies. Here is how to read every column and use it without guessing.
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What Is Copy Trading in Forex?
Copy trading lets you automatically mirror another trader's positions. Here is how it actually works, what it costs, and the risks every beginner should understand before following anyone.
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Types of Forex Orders (Market, Limit, Stop)
An order is simply your instruction to buy or sell. Knowing the main types of forex orders — market, limit and stop — is what turns a trade idea into a controlled, repeatable plan.
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Forex Market Hours: Is the Market Open Right Now?
The forex week runs from Sunday evening to Friday evening UTC, handed between Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York. Here is exactly when each session opens and closes, in UTC and eight other time zones.
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How to Calculate Pip Value for Gold (XAU/USD)
Gold does not move like a currency pair, so its pip value catches many traders out. Here is exactly what a pip on XAU/USD is worth and how to size a position around it.
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XAU/USD Market Hours: When Gold Opens, Closes and Moves Most
Spot gold trades on almost the same weekly schedule as forex. Here is exactly when XAU/USD opens and closes across time zones, the daily break, the weekend gap, and the hours it actually moves.
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Brokers
How to compare, choose and set up a forex broker.
How to Choose a Forex Broker
A practical, jargon-light framework for comparing forex brokers, with the safety and cost checks that matter most before you open an account.
7 min read
MT4 vs MT5: MetaTrader 4 vs 5 Explained
A plain-English comparison of the two MetaTrader platforms — what actually differs, what doesn't, and how to decide which one fits your trading.
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How to Check if a Forex Broker Is Regulated
A licence badge on a website proves nothing. Here is the five-minute check that tells you who you would actually be contracting with, and whether any regulator has flagged them.
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Islamic (Swap-Free) Forex Accounts: How They Work and What They Really Cost
A swap-free account removes the overnight interest that would otherwise be riba — but 'swap-free' rarely means free. Here is exactly what changes, and what it can still cost.
8 min read
Analysis
What actually moves currency pairs.
What Moves the EUR/USD Exchange Rate
EUR/USD is the world's most traded currency pair. Here are the forces that actually push it up and down, explained in plain language for newer traders.
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How to Read a Forex Chart (Candlesticks)
A forex chart is just price plotted over time. Once you can read a single candlestick, the rest — timeframes, trends and key levels — falls into place. Here is the beginner-friendly walkthrough.
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Support and Resistance in Trading Explained
Support and resistance are the most widely used levels in chart reading. Here is what they really are, how to draw them, and how traders use them without treating them as certainties.
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Fundamental vs Technical Analysis in Forex
Two ways to study a market: one asks why a price should move, the other asks what the price is already doing. Here is how fundamental and technical analysis differ, where each is useful, and how traders blend them.
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How to Trade Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)
The monthly NFP report is one of the biggest scheduled market movers. Here is what it is, why it matters, when it drops, and how traders approach it - risks included.
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