TheTraderWiki

Gabriel L.

My pages cover how traders read a market and how they act on what they see. The pages explain technical analysis, indicators and chart patterns, and go into fundamental analysis and the economic calendar. You’ll also find trading strategies, styles and risk management there. I write the practical guides too: trading platforms, MetaTrader, copy trading, prop firms, choosing a provider, account types and demo accounts. The glossary and FAQ are mine as well.

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  • Technical analysisChart types, trend, support and resistance, why every indicator lags, and why good backtests mislead.
  • Technical indicatorsRSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, ATR, ADX, VWAP and Fibonacci: formula, settings, weakness.
  • Chart patternsCandlestick and chart patterns in words: what each looks like, what it’s taken to mean, and the evidence.
  • Fundamental analysisWhat drives each market, the economic calendar, central banks, earnings, commodity supply, and news trading.
  • Economic calendarHow to read a calendar row, the releases that move markets, who publishes them, and what happens to spreads.
  • Trading strategiesTrend following, mean reversion, breakout, carry and hedging: what each needs, how each fails, and expectancy.
  • Trading stylesScalping, day trading, swing and position trading by holding time, what each costs, and hedging in forex.
  • Forex signalsWhat a trading signal contains, who sells them, how to check a track record, and what regulators say.
  • Risk managementRisk per trade, sizing from your stop, the recovery table, stop types and the habits that empty accounts.
  • Trading platformsWhat differs between MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView and providers’ own platforms, and what to check first.
  • MetaTrader 4 and 5What MT4 and MT5 are, how they differ, where to download them safely, and how TradeLocker and cTrader compare.
  • Expert advisorsWhat an expert advisor is, why backtests flatter a forex trading robot, what a VPS does, and scam warnings.
  • Copy tradingHow an account mirrors another trader, what it costs, where it goes wrong, and how regulators class it.
  • Prop firmsHow a prop firm challenge works, how the firms earn, why most people fail and what regulators have said.
  • Choosing a providerLicence checks, how your money is protected, all-in costs, execution, withdrawals and red flags.
  • Beyond the market countLeverage, protection, costs, execution and account terms: what shapes a trade more than a market count.
  • Account typesStandard, raw spread, swap-free, demo and professional accounts, and what each one really changes.
  • Is trading safe?Legal in most countries, risky everywhere: how to tell a real product from a fraud, country by country.
  • Demo accountsWhat a demo copies and leaves out, how to set one up like a real account, a practice plan, and when to stop.
  • GlossarySeventy trading terms from ask price to volatility, each explained in plain words and linked onward.
  • FAQTwenty-five short answers on the basics, costs, risk, the rules and getting started.