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Forex Risk Management: How the 1% Rule Protects Your Account
Learn how to manage risk in forex using the 1% rule, position sizing formulas, and risk-reward ratios. A practical guide for active retail traders.
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Market analysis, guides, and news for retail traders
Everything coming out of the OnFin desk — schedule notices, platform updates, regulation explainers, and the occasional long-form trading guide. New writing every week.
Platform updatesTrading Schedule for Juneteenth, June 19, 2026
Juneteenth lands on Friday this year, which means US stock exchanges go quiet for the day and several index, metals, and energy contracts wrap up early. One date, a handful of early closes: here is the instrument-level schedule.
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Platform updatesMT5 registration is now 2× faster — all you need is one document
Opening an MT5 account now takes one document and a few minutes. We removed the extra steps and kept only what matters.
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Trading guidesECN vs Standard Account: Which Is Right for Your Style?
ECN vs standard account, spreads, commissions, execution, and minimum deposits compared. Find out which account type fits your trading style.
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Trading guidesHow to Trade Forex: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
Learn how to trade forex step by step, from choosing a broker and opening an account to placing your first trade. Covers leverage, risk, and why most traders lose.
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Trading guidesMT4 vs MT5 in 2026: Which Platform Should You Actually Use?
MT4 vs MT5 in 2026, compare execution engines, coding languages, available markets, and broker support to decide which MetaTrader fits your trading style.
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Trading guidesHow to Choose a Forex Broker: 2026 Checklist for Traders
A practical 2026 checklist for choosing a forex broker, regulation, spreads, execution, platform tools, and withdrawal terms. No fluff, no hype.
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Trading guidesWhat Is Leverage in Forex? How to Use It Without Blowing Your Account
Forex leverage explained: how it multiplies gains and losses, what margin calls look like, safest leverage levels, and a practical framework for using 1:3000 leverage without blowing up.
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Platform updatesHoliday Trading Schedule for May 2026
May arrives with two long-weekend pauses, one each side of the Atlantic. Labour Day at the start of the month closes most European indices, and Memorial Day at the end mutes US stocks and metals…
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Platform updatesCentroid Bridge Migration on April 25, 2026
A short downtime window this Saturday: our liquidity bridge is moving to upgraded server hardware, the kind of behind-the-scenes work that doesn't show up in a press release but shows up later as faster execution and tighter spreads.
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Platform updatesTrading Schedule for April 2026 Holidays
Easter weekend brings the only multi-day market pause in the European calendar, and a sliver of catch-up movement when liquidity returns the Tuesday after. Here's how OnFin's instrument-level schedule shifts across…
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Platform updatesScheduled Maintenance Notice
We would like to inform you that scheduled maintenance will take place on March 13th, 2026. Some services will be temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period from approximately between 03:00…
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