Market structure
How to trade US100 CFDs: a framework for the Nasdaq-100
Same direction as the S&P 500, bigger swings. Why the Nasdaq-100 moves more, how concentrated it may be, the one-contract lot, and sizing at a higher level.
9 min read
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Market hours
Sessions, overlaps, weekends and the hours that quietly cost money.
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Market structure
How to trade EURUSD: a framework for the most traded pair
The dollar is on one side of 88% of currency trades, the euro on 30%. What moves EURUSD, the contract, the two central banks, and sizing for a liquid pair.
7 min read
Market structure
How to trade GBPUSD: a framework for cable
The fourth most traded currency, a day that starts at 08:00 London, a 07:00 inflation print into a thin book, a noon Bank of England. Drivers, contract, sizing.
7 min read
Market structure
How to trade US500 CFDs: a framework for the S&P 500
An index CFD quotes all day but is alive for six and a half hours. What moves the S&P 500, the one-contract lot, the cash session, and sizing for an index.
7 min read
Market structure
How to trade silver CFDs: a framework for XAGUSD
Silver is half metal and half money, so it moves more than gold both ways. What drives it, how the 5,000-ounce contract is sized, and how to size for its range.
7 min read
Market structure
How to trade USDJPY: a framework for the yen
The yen is the third most traded currency, and the pair climbs slowly and falls fast. Rates, the carry trade, intervention, a moving pip value, and sizing.
8 min read
Trading costs
Spread, depth and slippage: what execution actually costs
The spread is the visible cost. Depth decides whether that spread is available for your size, and slippage is the gap between the price you saw and the price you got. Why an edge is measured after all three.
8 min read
Market hours
Daily candles and server time: why your chart differs from someone else's
Two traders open the same pair on the same day and see different daily candles. Neither chart is wrong. Where a broker's server puts midnight decides what a day is — and every level built on daily candles moves with it.
8 min read
Support & resistance
Session reference levels: yesterday's high and low, the daily open and the week
Every day leaves levels behind that thousands of screens watch: the previous day's high and low, the daily and weekly open, each session's extremes. Why they behave like support and resistance, and how to rank them.
8 min read
Market hours
Session opens and the Asian range: how a trading day is structured
A forex day is not 24 equal hours. Asia builds a range, London decides which side of it to leave, New York extends that or reverses it. How to read each open as an event, and what the Asian range is worth.
8 min read
Indicators
Tick volume in forex and CFDs: what it measures and what it cannot
Forex has no central exchange, so the volume under a currency chart counts price changes, not contracts. What tick volume can still tell you, how to read it against the session, and where it misleads.
8 min read
Discipline
Pre-trade and post-trade routines: checklist and analysis
The decisions that matter are made before the session and reviewed after it. What belongs in each routine, and why the checklist beats the intention.
4 min read
Market structure
How to trade gold CFDs: a framework for XAUUSD
What actually moves gold, how the XAUUSD contract works, the sessions that matter, and a sizing approach that respects the metal's volatility.
7 min read
Risk management
Weekend gaps: why Monday opens where it does
CFD markets close for the weekend; the world that prices them does not. Where gap risk comes from, why InnoMP raises the weekend liquidation threshold, and how to size for both.
5 min read
Market hours
Trading the economic calendar without getting whipsawed
Scheduled releases compress a day of volatility into ninety seconds. A pre-event checklist and a sizing rule matter more than a view on the number itself.
6 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
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