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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
8 min read
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Forex Market Hours in Malaysia (MYT): Open, Close & Best Sessions to Trade
Malaysia sits at UTC+8 with no daylight saving, so the forex week opens early on Monday morning and the busiest hours land in the evening.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From the FXMARE blog
Longer-form trading education and practical how-tos.
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Free Online Trading Journal: Why It Beats Spreadsheets
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