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A 6-part series by Youssef Bouz exploring how STP execution, infrastructure, and alignment shape trading outcomes in increasingly automated markets — from execution quality and algorithmic behavior to broker risk models and long-term sustainability.
Short explainers in a sensible order: what you trade, what it costs, and how to manage the risk. Each takes a few minutes.
What a CFD is, what leverage and margin really mean, and why lot size is not the same as risk.
The spread, commission, overnight swaps and slippage: what you pay, when, and how to see it before you trade.
What happens near a margin call, how drawdown compounds, and when a hedge helps or doesn't.
A worked guide to XAU/USD, its hours in Gulf time, and why it is the region's most traded instrument.
What to check before you open an account: regulation, execution and where your prices come from.
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