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We Teach What the Market Actually Does
If you’ve landed here because you want to learn how to trade forex, there’s something you should probably know before you start clicking around this blog:
We do things a little differently around here.
We don't try to predict every candle, eliminate losing trades, or turn $47 into a Lamborghini by Thursday.
We teach you how to read the behavior of the market so you can make better trading decisions inside of it.
And if that sounds like the kind of trader you want to become,
Erica Lorrai
Aug 319 min read
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R-Multiple Calculator: Stop Judging a Trade by the Dollar Amount
You made $100 on a trade. Was that good? No idea, and neither do you, until you know what you put up to get it. Risk $25 for that hundred and you did something great. Risk $500 for it and you did something else entirely. R is the unit that sorts this out, and it's the reason your journal can finally tell you whether your method works or whether you just had a big account that month.
Erica Lorrai
Jul 79 min read
The Risk-to-Reward Calculator: Why a Bigger Ratio Doesn't Mean a Better Trade
Twenty pips of stop, forty pips of target, 1:2. That's the whole calculation, and if you can divide you already know how to do it. What nobody explains is what to do with the number once you've got it, which is why so many people end up dragging their target out to 100 pips because 1:5 looks better than 1:2. It doesn't make the trade better. It makes the target farther away. Let's go through what the ratio actually tells you, what it can't tell you, and the one honest way to
Erica Lorrai
Jul 68 min read
Where Your Stop Goes and Why: Stop Loss Calculator
Buy at 1.1700, want 25 pips, stop goes at 1.1675. Easy, right up until you're on a JPY pair with five decimals showing and price is running. So yes, use the calculator for that bit. But nobody tells you the more important thing, which is that your stop belongs to the chart and your position size belongs to your account, and the second you start shrinking your stop because the money feels scary, you've got it backwards. Also the bit about why your short got stopped out when th
Erica Lorrai
Jul 512 min read
How Much Should You Risk on a Trade? Forex Risk Calculator.
"Risk 1% per trade" gets repeated everywhere with no explanation of where it came from. It's not a bad number, it's just not a commandment, and once you see what different risk levels actually do to an account over a run of losses you can pick your own and know why. Plug your balance in, look at the real dollar amount, and be honest about whether you could watch it go without flinching. There's also some math in here about recovering from drawdown that nobody shows beginners,
Erica Lorrai
Jul 48 min read
Risk Percentage Calculator: "I Only Lost $50" Doesn't Mean Anything
"I only lost $50." Okay, but on a $500 account that's 10% of everything you have, and on a $50,000 account you wouldn't have noticed. The dollar amount on its own tells you nothing. What matters is what slice of your account you handed to that trade, and most people work that out afterward instead of before. Let's fix the order you do this in, an
The Risk Percentage Calculator works backward from the dollar amount at risk and tells you exactly how much of your account you'
Erica Lorrai
Jul 38 min read
Pip Value Calculator: How Much Is a Pip Actually Worth?
You made 30 pips. How much money is that? No idea. Could be three dollars, could be three hundred. Everyone quotes pips like they mean something on their own, and they don't, they're just distance. What turns them into money is pip value, and it isn't the flat ten dollars a lot everybody repeats. Here's where that number actually comes from, and how to work backwards from it to a position size that fits your risk.
Erica Lorrai
Jul 25 min read
Lot Size Converter: What Does 0.01, 0.10 or 1.00 Lot Actually Mean?
Your platform hands you a box that says 0.01 and explains absolutely nothing about it. So here's what that number is, why moving from 0.01 to 0.10 makes every pip worth ten times more, and how to work out which one you should actually be trading on a $900 account. Plus the thing nobody says out loud: your lot size isn't your risk. Your lot size and your stop loss together are your risk.
Erica Lorrai
Jul 24 min read
What Lot Size Should I Use? Using the Forex Position Size Calculator
Most of us pick a lot size by typing 0.10 and hoping it's a sensible number. It isn't a number worth guessing at, because it's the one part of the trade you control completely. Your account size, the percentage you're risking, and where the stop actually belongs on the chart give you a lot size, in that order. Do it the other way round and you're not running a risk plan, you're running a lot-size habit and finding out what it cost you afterwards.
Erica Lorrai
Jul 16 min read
Asian Range Explained for Beginners
The Asian session builds a range before London even opens. Here's how to mark it, trade the breakout, and avoid the stop-hunt trap.
Erica Lorrai
Jun 152 min read
What is Forex Trading
Forex isn't just for Wall Street. Here's a plain-English breakdown of what forex actually is, how currency pairs work, and why the market never sleeps.
Erica Lorrai
May 112 min read
Is Forex Rigged? Why a Demo Account Is Where You Start
Is forex rigged? Your stop gets hit and price reverses. Every time. Here's the real, documented explanation — and what's actually changed in 2026.
Erica Lorrai
May 27 min read
Day Trading vs Swing Trading
Neither style is better — it depends on your schedule and temperament. Here's how to actually decide between day trading and swing trading.
Erica Lorrai
Apr 203 min read
How Much Money Do You Really Need to Start Trading?
Wondering How Much Money Do You Really Need to Start Trading Learn the difference between $1K vs $5K accounts, the 30-pip strategy, and how to grow your account with simple daily compounding.
Erica Lorrai
Apr 164 min read
Where Can Beginners Practice Forex Trading for Free?
Discover the best free forex practice accounts for beginners, including OANDA, Forex.com, and TradingView paper trading. Learn before risking real money.
Erica Lorrai
Apr 133 min read
The Market Isn't Random. It's Just Rude.
Stop runs, fakeout breakouts, sudden moves — none of it is random. Here's why the market feels chaotic until you learn to read the structure.
Erica Lorrai
Mar 232 min read
Why Beginners Lose At Trading
It's not a knowledge problem. It's a behavior problem. Here's the real reason beginner traders fail — and what separates the ones who make it.
Erica Lorrai
Feb 92 min read
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The Dealer Cycle
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