Trailing stops are widely sold as the disciplined way to “let winners run” while locking in profit. I think that advice is often backwards. On a strong ASX or commodity trend, a trailing stop set too tightly does not protect the trade—it ejects you from it at the first normal pullback. What everyone believes The…
Most traders do not need more indicators on their charts. They need fewer excuses for taking trades they cannot explain. Stacking RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, and whatever else is currently popular does not create better confluence. In most cases, it creates the appearance of independent confirmation from several tools that are all processing…
Most beginner traders are told to start with a few hundred dollars, trade tiny positions, and “learn the ropes safely.” It sounds responsible. It sounds patient. It sounds like the opposite of reckless gambling. I think the advice is fundamentally misleading. A very small live CFD account often does not teach risk management. It teaches…
Key Takeaways For most Australians, real-money CFD trading begins at 18, not before. Age checks, account ownership and the risks of leveraged products all matter, so a parent’s permission generally does not change the position. Licensed providers generally require CFD account holders to be at least 18. CFDs use leverage and margin, which can magnify…
ASIC’s 2021 leverage caps were sold as a retail-trading safety measure. They were not. They made regulated Australian brokers less attractive to the traders most determined to take outsized positions, then left those traders to seek the same leverage elsewhere — often without the protections that made domestic regulation meaningful in the first place. What…
Most part-time CFD traders do not need more markets. They need fewer decisions, better observation, and enough attention left to manage the positions they already have. That is why I believe spreading your CFD exposure across 10 or more instruments is usually a mistake for a time-poor retail trader. Concentrating on two or three markets…
