Trading

There are times when the market seems to lose its voice. It doesn't send out powerful signals, it doesn't show sudden surges, it neither scares nor excites. It simply... stays there. Frozen in a few dozen points, unable to decide whether to go one way or the other. From the outside, it seems like a calm, almost reassuring period. But those familiar with the markets know that this tranquility is only apparent. In fact, precisely when the market moves little, the most delicate

For many novice investors, the feeling of "having made a good investment" arises the moment they choose a name: a "global" ETF, an automatic PAC, a barrier certificate, a "prudent" bond fund. It's an understandable psychological mechanism: faced with the complexity of markets, the brain looks for shortcuts and relies on the instrument's label. The problem is that the name says almost nothing about what you're actually buying, and especially what will happen . What determines

Volatility is constantly discussed, but almost always imprecisely. It's often treated as a single concept, when in reality there are many different volatilities , each with a distinct operational meaning. Understanding them isn't a theoretical exercise: it's what separates "reactive" trading from informed risk management . Over time, markets have shown one constant: returns are difficult to predict, but volatility is persistent . It's no coincidence that after calm periods

Every day, from Monday to Friday, the world moves more money than many economies produce in a year. It is the Forex market, short for foreign exchange , the largest and most liquid in the world: according to the latest survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) , in 2025 the average daily trading volume reached 9.5 trillion dollars (9,500,000,000,000) . A dizzying figure, which makes Forex not only the engine of the global financial system, but also its most s

Every trader knows that the real enemy is not the market, but himself. The fear of loss and the greed for gain are the two forces that most often lead to costly mistakes. This is why the simplest—but also most misunderstood—risk management tools exist: stop loss and take profit . Two automatic orders that are supposed to make trading more rational, but which, if poorly calibrated, end up amplifying the very thing they're supposed to contain: emotion. Those who trade during