Trading around a day job: one window, one routine
You don’t need to watch every session. Pick one window, run a 20-minute routine, and follow three rules built for part-time traders.
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Setups, entry rules and the traps to avoid. Written for people trading real money. New to the terms? Open the glossary.
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FOMO entries: how to stop chasing candles
Buying the top of a candle you missed is the most common way good analysis turns into a bad trade. Four rules that kill FOMO.
Screenshots prove nothing: how to verify a trader’s results
Balances get edited and demo looks like live. What counts as real proof, what doesn’t, and the red flags inside a verified record.
Gold vs EUR/USD for scalping: which one fits you
Gold moves more, EUR/USD costs less. Side by side on movement, cost, behavior and news, and the sizing mistake to avoid.
Why gold spikes on CPI (and why the first move sometimes reverses)
From inflation data to rate expectations to the dollar: the chain behind the CPI spike, and how to trade CPI day safely.
Scalping gold at the New York open: five rules
The best window of the day for XAUUSD, if you respect how fast it moves. The timeline in UTC and five rules for the open.
XAUUSD pip value explained: what $1 on gold is really worth
Nobody agrees on what a gold pip is. Think in dollars per ounce instead: 1 lot is 100 ounces, and the math gets simple.
Spreads at rollover: why you got stopped out at 21:00 UTC
Every day there is a window where spreads on gold jump several times over. What happens at rollover, and how to protect held trades.
The breakeven stop trap: when moving to BE costs you money
Moving to breakeven too early turns good trades into scratches. Why pullbacks to entry are normal, and better rules for when to move it.
The trading journal that actually works: five columns
Most journals die in week two. Five columns are enough to show which of your decisions make money and which ones leak it.
Where to put your stop loss so it stops getting hunted
Most stops get hit because they sit exactly where everyone else’s stop sits. Beyond the level, not on it, and sized from volatility.
How to read the economic calendar as a scalper
Filter it down to what moves gold, read the surprise instead of the number, and four news rules that keep spreads from eating you.