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MT4: Stop Loss, Take Profit & Trailing Stop

As we’ve already explained in our Basic terms and vocabulary tutorial, one of the keys to achieving success in financial markets over the long term is prudent risk management. That’s why stop losses and take profits should be an integral part of your trading.

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MT4: Terminal

The ‘Terminal’ module located at the bottom of the MT4 platform allows you to manage and monitor all your trading activities, pending orders, trading account history, cash operations, overall balance, equity and your margin. Learn more about it with this lesson.

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Pending Orders

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Pip

A pip is the smallest amount by which an instrument may change in value. Pips are sometimes also called ticks, mostly in relation to forex.

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Pip value & margin

One of the first decisions you’ll need to make as a trader when initiating your investment process is choosing a trading volume you can apply to your positions. The choice of trading volume will depend on many psychological factors such as emotional comfort and risk aversion, but the choice of trading volume will also be highly connected with the risk management that you plan to apply.

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Risk:reward and probability

A risk:reward ratio can play an essential part of your trading strategy and ensure that you're not risking too much of your capital. Learn how to use ratios effectively .

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Security Deposit

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Short Position

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Spread

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Stocks & ETFs (definitions)

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Stop Loss

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Swaps and charges

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Technical analysis (definitions)

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The influence of politics

History knows a lot of the sharpest moves in financial markets were caused by political rather than economic events. For example the Brexit vote and US election provided high volatility and multiple trading opportunities. Learn more with this lesson.

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Trader's Calculator

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Trading from the chart

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Trading with the trend

Financial markets can move in distinct trends; up or down. One of the most basic - and underrated - rules of trading is to trade in the direction of the prevailing trend. Learn how to identify trends, and what to do when a market is moving sideways.

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Triple Witching Day

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Types of charts

Learn about different types of charts, their respective strengths and weaknesses, and how you can use them to improve your trading experience.

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Volatility

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Losses can exceed deposits

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