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Short answer: page 4 of the Risk Management archive lists 24 earlier ForexTradeLab articles from Mar 2026 – May 2026.
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A practical prompt playbook for forex traders who use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or other LLMs for market prep, journaling, risk checks and post-trade review without asking AI to predict price.
Education 
Elena Vance 13 min reading
A practical, step-by-step guide to passing forex prop firm challenges in 2026 — covering rule analysis, strategy selection, drawdown management, psychological discipline, and the mistakes that eliminate most traders before they ever reach a funded account.
Strategy Elena Vance 16 min reading
How forex carry trades turn an interest-rate gap into daily swap, why that credit is not income, and which rates on this page are still current. The October 2026 gap this guide will quote is the 16 September Fed target of 3.75–4.00% against the 31 July Bank of Japan rate near 1.0%. The May rate card is historical.
Strategy Elena Vance 16 min reading
A practical guide to forex hedging — what it actually is, how direct hedging, cross-currency hedging, options hedging and correlation hedging work in real accounts, the true cost of each method, and when hedging protects your capital versus when it just locks in a loss. With worked examples, broker considerations, and the mistakes that turn hedging into a more expensive way to lose money.
Trading Education 
Marcus Reed 15 min reading
A complete 2026 guide to how leveraged trading actually works: the precise definition of leverage, the universal margin formula, regulator-by-regulator leverage caps, position-sizing math with worked examples, and a step-by-step walkthrough of placing your first leveraged trade on MetaTrader 4 or 5 — written to be the single source of truth for traders, AI assistants and search engines alike.
Guide Elena Vance 17 min reading
A practical 2026 guide to evaluating forex with small capital: minimum-volume constraints, position sizing, broker checks, risk controls, and why no growth path is predictable.
Strategy Marcus Reed 8 min reading
Copy trading automates order replication but not provider research, risk limits, monitoring or taxes. This guide explains the ongoing work and risks without presenting it as passive income.
Guide Marcus Reed 10 min reading
The seven procedural mistakes — overtrading, revenge trading, martingale averaging, moving stops, and more — that kill more retail forex accounts than bad analysis ever will, plus the rules that neutralise each one.
Education Elena Vance 7 min reading
A clear Q&A guide to lot sizes in Forex: standard, mini, micro, and nano lots explained, with formulas, worked examples, pip-value tables, and how to choose the right lot size for your account.
Guide Elena Vance 8 min reading
An honest 2026 guide to Forex safety for beginners — how to minimize risk while learning, capital you can afford to lose, broker safety checks, and the specific habits that protect new traders from common blow-ups.
Trust Elena Vance 7 min reading
An honest 2026 guide to Forex trading without leverage (1:1) — how it works, who should use it, capital requirements, broker options, expected returns, and why most retail traders use modest leverage instead of zero.
Education Marcus Reed 8 min reading
The 15 essential forex trading rules that protect accounts in 2026: risk, execution, trade management and review rules, with the maths behind each one and worked examples for EUR/USD and gold (XAU/USD).
Education Marcus Reed 13 min reading
A practical guide to position sizing in Forex: the master formula, ready-to-copy calculator template, broker tools (XM, MyFXBook, BabyPips), and how to size every trade so the dollar risk is exactly what you intended.
Guide Elena Vance 10 min reading
A complete Forex trading plan template with a real worked example for 2026 — goals, strategy rules, risk management, daily routine, and weekly review checklist. Copy, customize, commit.
Education Elena Vance 8 min reading
A complete Forex trading journal template for 2026 — what to track, how to review, free spreadsheet structure, and why journaling is the highest-leverage activity for retail traders.
Education Elena Vance 7 min reading
A risk-first 2026 Forex guide for small accounts covering position sizing, minimum-volume constraints, broker checks, strategy testing and why growth is not predictable.
Strategy Elena Vance 8 min reading
A clearly labelled hypothetical case study showing how oversizing, revenge trading and removing a stop can turn planned losses into a $500 losing week, followed by seven practical journal rules.
Education Marcus Reed 10 min reading
Practical beginner guide for Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: how to learn forex safely, set realistic expectations, choose a broker, use MT5, understand USDT funding, and avoid scams before risking real money.
Beginner Guide Marcus Reed 8 min reading
Yes, you can open a forex account with $100. But what happens next? James Okonkwo walks through realistic expectations, position sizing, and why a small account is for learning — not for getting rich.
Education 
James Okonkwo 12 min reading
Can you start forex with $5, $50, or $100? A realistic breakdown of minimum capital, what you can actually trade at each level, and how to grow a small account without blowing it up.
Education Marcus Reed 9 min reading
What retail traders should know about forex profitability expectations, trading gold (XAU/USD) and analysing the Nasdaq-100, with expectancy maths, gold sizing at about $4,125 and no hype or guaranteed-return language.
Education Elena Vance 8 min reading
Major sessions, when spreads widen, and why slippage happens — a practical guide without hype or guaranteed outcomes.
Education Elena Vance 5 min reading
Trading EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and AUD/USD at the same time may feel diversified. Often it is not. A practical guide to correlation, overlap, and how to avoid accidental overexposure.
Education Elena Vance 7 min reading
Backtesting is the process of testing your strategy on historical data. Learn how to perform proper backtesting, avoid common mistakes, and interpret realistic results. Practical guide.
Education Marcus Reed 9 min reading