could also just be a real low-liquidity wick that your broker filled and the others didnt cause their feed aggregated differently. happens around news/rollover when liquidity is thin. not always manipulation, but worth watching the pattern. once = maybe, every time = sus
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anyone else get hit by a spike that only shows on YOUR broker -
bullcharge ea anyone heard of ityeah dont be the guinea pig. let the discord shills run it on real money and report back. theres always a new ea, missing one costs you nothing, being first into a dud costs your account
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do you trade the session open or wait for it to settle firstwhats a concrete post-open setup to wait for, the opening range retest you mentioned, how does that work roughly?
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ic markets or pepperstone for scalping, cant decidegot both accounts open (razor + raw spread) been running them side by side for couple months on eurusd scalps. honestly they feel identical. spread same, commission both 7/lot. cant tell the difference.
is there actually a reason to pick one or am i overthinking this. just wanna close one acc
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broker cut my leverage overnight with no warning, is this allowedso whats a sensible way to size so a leverage change doesnt hurt, just pretend i have way less leverage than offered?
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how do you actually use COT reports as a retail forex traderi keep hearing that the commitment of traders report shows what the big players are doing and that smart retail traders follow it. but when i open one its a wall of numbers and categories and i have no idea how to turn it into anything actionable for forex. for those who genuinely use COT, how do you read it and how does it change what you actually do?
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custom timeframes in mt5 - which ones actually add value beyond the defaultshow do you actually add custom timeframes in mt5? can't find it in the settings.
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copy trading platforms - what the risk disclosures don't tell youconsidering allocating a small portion of capital to copy trading while i continue developing my own skills. the platforms make it look straightforward but i've seen some warnings about slippage on copied trades and signal provider incentive problems.
what are the non-obvious risks in copy trading that the platform marketing glosses over?
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withdrawal taking 8 days and counting - normal processing or early warning signat what point would you actually file a complaint with cysec if a broker stonewalls you?
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stopped journaling for 3 months and feel too embarrassed to restart - how did you get backis there any value in going back to reconstruct the missing 3 months from memory or broker statements, or just move forward?
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my road to consistency journal, month 1, brutal honesty editiondid writing the trade before entry actually slow you down enough to skip the bad ones, or did you just write fast and trade anyway?