simple wins on robustness and execution at retail scale. not just a slogan.
Nicholas
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is a simple strategy really better than a complex one or is that just a meme -
total cost of switching brokers people don't account forrun parallel. full switch only after 3-4 weeks of actual execution data on the new one.
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when do you actually do your trading journal, end of day or after each tradehybrid format. weekly review. essential.
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year one trading retrospective - what I actually learned vs what I thought I would learnthanks for the honest retrospective. down 8% with good lessons > up 30% with no idea why.
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spread account vs commission account - which is actually cheaper for a beginnercommission account cheaper. do the math: (spread in pips × 10) vs (raw spread × 10 + commission). almost always commission wins on majors.
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live trade idea etiquette, how detailed should a call be to actually be usefulfull plan before entry, post the result after. anything less is noise.
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how do you know when a mechanical system is actually broken vs just in drawdownpre-set a padded kill line, check if setups still occur. decide calm, not in the pain.
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pushing through a long flat period without blowing up everything that worksrolling stats as referee, shrink size not system, wait it out.
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do you actually know which broker your prop firm routes to behind the scenesjudge funded-stage execution, not the challenge feed.
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mt5 drops connection right at london open every day, anyone elsevps fixed this for me, end of story.
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vantage markets, how does it compare to pepperstone and ic marketslegitimate option. test small first.
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adding to winning trades, do you actually do this or just talk about itmechanical rules. no negotiation.
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monex group japan, anyone outside japan use themfor JPY pairs. otherwise skip.