Fundamentals articles
Definitions, written for someone who already follows a channel and wants to understand the machinery before handing it to software.
Each post takes one term and finishes it: what the mechanic is, what it changes about your risk, and what it cannot do for you. Lot size is worked through in two account currencies, because the second case is the one that catches people at three in the morning. Slippage separates the two different costs that share the name. Layered entries, breakeven automation, and daily loss limits get the same treatment. None of it needs TTMT to be useful. When you want the tool side, How it works opens up the pipeline.
9 articles in this category
How to Manage Risk When Copying Trading Signals
Five numbers decide whether copying signals survives a bad week: risk per trade, total exposure, a daily cap, the stop anchor, and the exit rules.
Is Copy Trading Legit? How to Spot a Real Signal Channel
Copy trading itself is legitimate. The fraud sits in specific offers around it. Nine checks that separate a real Telegram channel from the rest.
Is Copy Trading Profitable? What 137 Followers' Results Show
Across 20 Telegram channels, 42% of followers were in profit over 90 days while the median channel won 68% of its trades. Why both are true.
What Is a Daily Loss Limit? And Why Prop Firms Enforce Two
Daily drawdown and maximum drawdown are different rules that kill accounts in different ways. Most breaches come from the first one, in the first week.
What Is Breakeven Automation?
Moving your stop to entry once a trade is working sounds simple. The trigger, the offset and the failure modes are where it gets interesting.
What Is a Layered Entry?
Splitting one signal across several orders in the entry zone changes your average price, your effective stop distance and your risk. Here is how it works.
What Is Lot Size? The Math You Get Wrong at 3am
Lot size decides how much a pip is worth to you. Here is the calculation, worked through in two account currencies, and why doing it under pressure goes wrong.
Signal Slippage: The 18 Pips Between the Post and Your Fill
Your broker costs you a pip or two. The gap between the signal posting and your order landing costs you fifteen to twenty-five. Here is how to measure yours.
What Is a Signal Copier?
A plain explanation of what signal copiers do, what separates a good one from a bad one, and the questions worth asking before you pay for any of them.