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trade fx majors and a bit of us stock cfds. looking at saxo to put everything under one roof. but their fx commission is like 2-3x ic markets. is paying for the 'real bank' thing actually worth it or is it just a prestige tax for retail

keep it stupid simple or you wont do it. date, pair, entry reason, exit reason, how you FELT, result. 5 fields. the 'felt' one is where the gold is. fancy 40-column spreadsheets are why people quit journaling in a week

what does vps even do in a trading context? i thought it was just a remote server

how do you actually tell if a market is 'ranging' vs 'trending' on a given day? feels subjective

do you need to know coding to do this or is there a no-code way?

good. the biggest illusion imo is that the broker wants you to win. for most retail accounts they literally profit when you lose. once you internalise that a lot of the weird stuff makes sense

considering fundednext and the marketing looks fine, but marketing always looks fine. what i want is people who have actually completed a full cycle recently: passed, traded funded, requested a withdrawal and received it. how long did the payout take, any friction, any rule surprises along the way? recent experiences only please, things change fast in this space.

in stocks volume is real, every share trades through an exchange. in forex theres no central exchange so what is my platform even showing me when it plots 'volume'? is it tick volume, is it useless, or is there a sensible way to use it?

everywhere online i see either 'you can make 100% per month' from gurus or 'most traders lose money' from academics. there's no middle ground. what are genuinely realistic performance benchmarks for someone who takes trading seriously, practices properly, and approaches it as a skill to develop over time?

why do prop firms have these rules in the first place

is it better to use ctrader or mt5 with them? does it actually matter for the user?

what does 'lse listed' mean and why does it matter for a broker