Crypto Safety · 8 min read
Common crypto scams and the warning signs
Fake platforms, relationship scams, Bitcoin ATM and recovery scams: how each one works, the warning signs regulators list, and what to do next.
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Stop-loss orders: what they do and what they can't
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Seed phrases and private keys: the basics that protect you
What a private key does, what a seed phrase does, how a few words turn into keys, and the habits that keep both out of a scammer's hands.
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Start here: four moves before your first real trade
Four moves, in order, before risking real money.
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Position sizing: decide the loss before the trade
Size every trade from the loss you can accept, not from how sure you feel. The formula, a worked example and what a losing streak does to different sizes.
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6 explainersTrading BasicsHow markets, orders, spreads and brokers actually work before any strategy.
6 explainersRisk ManagementPosition sizing, leverage, stops and the arithmetic of losses.
6 explainersCrypto BasicsBitcoin, blockchains, Ethereum and stablecoins in plain English.
6 explainersCrypto SafetyWallets, keys, scams and how to check an exchange before you deposit.
6 explainersTrading PsychologyThe biases that cost beginners money, and what the research shows.
6 explainersMarkets & MacroInterest rates, inflation, currencies and central banks.
6 explainersCharts & AnalysisCandlesticks, support and resistance, moving averages and backtests.
6 explainersCosts & RegulationFees, CFDs, regulation and investor protection, checked at the source.
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Leverage and margin, explained without the hype
Margin is the deposit, leverage is the multiplier. How a 1% move can cost half your deposit, the limits regulators set, and how to size around it.
Charts & Analysis8 min read
How to read a candlestick chart
Every candle shows four prices: open, close, high and low. How to read the body and shadows, why the time frame changes the picture, and what studies say about candlestick patterns.
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How to check if a broker is regulated
Official registers by country, a six-step check, how clone firms copy real ones, and the limits of the protection that regulation gives you.
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6 free calculators. Each runs in your browser, shows its formula and includes a worked example you can check by hand.
See all calculators- DCA calculatorSee what buying a fixed amount at regular intervals does to your average cost, with the formula shown and the limits left in.
- Drawdown recovery calculatorSee why losses and gains are not symmetrical: the gain needed to recover any drawdown, with the formula shown.
- Margin calculatorSee how much margin a leveraged position needs and how small a move can wipe it out, with the formulas shown.
- Position size calculatorTurn the loss you can accept into a number of units, with the formula shown.
- Risk reward calculatorTurn a trade plan into a ratio, a break-even win rate and an expectancy, with the formulas shown.
- Trading cost calculatorSpread, commission and overnight financing for one trade, added up with the formula shown.
Markets & Macro8 min read
How interest rates affect markets
How a rate decision travels from banks to bonds, stocks and currencies, why bond prices fall when rates rise, and why nobody can time the effect precisely.
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The bid-ask spread: the cost you pay before fees
Buy at the ask, sell at the bid, and you start every trade slightly behind. How the spread works, what widens it and what it costs when you trade often.
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Why is crypto so volatile?
Crypto prices swing hard because value rests on demand and speculation in thin, lightly regulated markets. What drives it, how deep falls have gone and how to limit the damage.
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