Trading costs
What is the spread? The cost you pay before a trade can be flat
The gap between bid and ask, paid on entry. What sets it, when it widens, raw-plus-commission versus all-in pricing, and how to measure the spread you pay.
9 min read
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Candlesticks
Candlestick anatomy: what one candle tells you
Body, wick, and the proportion between them. Learn to describe any candle in two words before memorising a single pattern name.
5 min read
Market structure
Trading timeframes explained: which chart should you use?
The 5-minute and the daily chart show the same market and can look completely different. This guide explains what a timeframe is, how to pick one, and why traders use two together.
5 min read
Candlesticks
How to read a price chart: candlesticks explained simply
Line, bar and candlestick charts show the same data three ways. This guide explains what each one records, what a candle's body and wick mean, and why candlesticks became the standard.
7 min read
Support & resistance
Support and resistance explained for beginners
The most useful lines on any chart, and the most commonly drawn wrong. What these levels actually are, how to draw them as zones, and why a broken support becomes resistance.
6 min read
Trend
Trend or range? How to tell what a market is doing
Before any indicator or pattern, answer one question: is this market going somewhere or going sideways? Getting it wrong means every tool you use afterwards is the wrong tool.
5 min read
Beginner
What is technical analysis? A beginner's guide
A price chart is a record of what buyers and sellers actually did. This guide explains what technical analysis is, what it can and cannot tell you, and how to read your first chart — starting from zero.
8 min read
CFD basics
What is CFD trading? How online CFDs work, in plain English
A CFD tracks a market's price without owning the underlying. How the contract works, what leverage does to it, what it costs, and the risks that define the product.
7 min read
Demo account
How to use an InnoMP demo account properly
A demo teaches execution, not psychology. Used deliberately it compresses months of learning; used casually it teaches habits that cost money to unlearn.
5 min read
Market hours
Forex market hours: sessions, overlaps and when spreads widen
The forex market runs around the clock but not uniformly. What each session trades like, why the London–New York overlap dominates, and the hours that quietly cost money.
5 min read
Position sizing
What is a pip in forex? Pip value and 20-pip examples
Pip value changes with the pair, the lot size and the account currency. Getting it wrong is the most common reason a trader's actual risk differs from their intended risk.
5 min read
Trading costs
Spreads, swaps and the real cost of holding a position
The spread is the cost everyone sees. For anything held longer than a session, financing is usually the larger number — and it compounds quietly.
6 min read
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