Recent content by borzy

Broker volume rankings are always a bit messy because not everyone reports data the same way. Big volume can be a good sign, but it doesn’t automatically mean best execution for a retail trader. I’d care more about regulation, withdrawals, slippage, spreads during news/rollover, and whether the...

Timing is underrated because the same setup can behave completely differently during London/NY overlap versus dead liquidity hours. Still, overlap itself isn’t an automatic edge — pair selection, news risk, spread behavior, and stop placement matter a lot, especially on volatile pairs like...

I also prefer set and forget, but not completely blind. I place SL and TP first, then check only around key sessions or news because watching every tick makes me interfere too much. This helped me reduce emotional exits and useless extra trades

For a beginner I would still put forex first with reliable brokers like hfm, because at least you can practise risk control on demo and see your mistakes fast. ICO looks attractive, but one bad project can lock your money with no clear exit

journal only works when it shows the truth, not just nice screenshots of wins. I learned more from writing why I broke my rules than from adding another indicator, because the same mistakes become very clear after few weeks

basics must come first, then restraint must be trained at the same time. When I started with hfm, the biggest lesson was that knowing a setup is useless if I cannot wait for clean conditions and protect the account

I still manage most open positions from desktop, but mobile app saved me few times when I needed to move stop fast. For me execution speed and alert reliability are more important than many indicators, because a beautiful app is useless if the price updates late

I agree with using EMA and ADX, but from my experience with hfm market structure still gives the cleanest trend view. I use indicators only as confirmation, because a moving average can look good after the move already started

I do not think this kind of news is ever fully priced in before the market opens. In my experience trading oil on hfm, the first move is often emotional, so I prefer to wait for London or New York session and watch gold, oil and USD pairs before entering

account size should be in the table, but I would also add scaling rules and payout conditions. I tried cheap challenges before and the fee was not the main problem, the strict daily drawdown and hidden rules were the real test

Skill must come before profit. Many times I saw that planning is not enough, because the real test is following the plan after losses and adapting when market condition changes

For beginners I also think EURUSD is the best pair to start, because it is liquid and spreads are usually better. In my learning, focusing on one major pair helped more than jumping between many pairs every day

I have seen many robots look good on the website and fail in real market conditions. According to my experience with HFM, you should test it on demo first and watch drawdown, slippage, and behavior during news before trusting it on live

this point about all in cost is very true, raw spread alone can be misleading. I started tracking commission, slippage and execution speed per lot on HFM, and that changed how I judge a broker completely

I had the same lesson in my own trading with hfm, raw spread means nothing if commission is eating the edge every day. After I started tracking total cost per lot instead of only spread, broker quality became much easier to judge