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Foundation
The mental model every trader needs before placing a first real trade — markets, orders, brokers, position sizing, chart reading, and a written plan.
Technical Analysis
Support and resistance, trend, momentum, candlestick patterns, and when the classical toolkit of TA fails.
Order Flow
The market at the resolution of individual orders — volume profile, footprint charts, and reading auction dynamics.
Risk Management
The one equation that matters, calculating risk of ruin, correlation, drawdown psychology, stop placement, and portfolio heat.
Macro Economics
Central banks, NFP releases, yield curves, currency regimes, commodities as signals, and geopolitics.
Prop Firm Track
Passing evaluations, managing funded accounts, rule discipline, and choosing a firm without being burned by marketing.
Support and Resistance: The Evidence-Based View
The oldest idea in technical analysis — and the one most abused. We examine the statistical evidence for horizontal price levels and explain when they fail.
What Is a Market, Really?
Before you place a trade, you need a clear mental model of what happens when a buyer meets a seller. This lesson builds that model from first principles.
Order Types Demystified
Market, limit, stop, stop-limit — the difference between these four orders is the difference between being in control of your execution and being at the market's mercy.
Risk of Ruin: Calculating Your Survival Probability
A trader with a 60% win rate and a 2% risk per trade still faces a non-trivial probability of account destruction. Here is the math, and how to tilt it.
The Broker's Role
Your broker is not your friend, nor your enemy — they are a counterparty with specific incentives. Understanding those incentives is your first line of defense.
Position Sizing: The Math That Saves You
Kelly, fixed fractional, volatility-adjusted — four position sizing methods, ranked by how likely they are to keep you solvent through a losing streak.
David Chen, CFA
David covers technical analysis and momentum strategies with a focus on statistical rigor. Singapore-based, ex-institutional, writes for Investopedia and Seeking Alpha.
Elena Marchetti, Ph.D.
Elena is a macro economist and former central bank analyst covering monetary policy and cross-asset dynamics. Her commentary has appeared in the FT and the Wall Street Journal.
Priya Narayan, CFA
Priya is a former multi-firm funded prop trader with demonstrated performance across FTMO and Topstep. She writes on prop firm evaluation, order flow, and the psychology of consistency.
Somchai Wattana, CMT
Somchai is a Bangkok-based trader and educator with 14 years of market experience across Thai equities and FX. He holds the Chartered Market Technician designation and an MBA from Chulalongkorn University.
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IC Markets
IC Markets is one of the most transparent ECN-style brokers available to retail traders in Southeast Asia. Their Raw Spread account offers institutional-grade execution at a $3.5/lot commission structure.
Interactive Brokers
IBKR offers the broadest global market access and the lowest real-world costs for active traders. The platform has a steep learning curve but rewards serious users.
Pepperstone
Pepperstone combines top-tier regulation (FCA, ASIC, CySEC) with tight spreads and genuinely useful educational content. A strong first-broker choice for learners.
OANDA
OANDA is one of the most established forex brokers globally, with deep research resources and best-in-class regulation. Spreads are wider than ECN competitors but reliability is exceptional.
Weekly Macro Brief — April 15, 2026
Fed minutes, ECB commentary, and the emerging divergence in Asian central bank stances going into Q2.
The State of SEA Retail Trading 2026
A 48-page analysis of Southeast Asian retail trading flows, broker market share, and the rise of prop firm evaluation culture in Thailand and Vietnam.
Prop Firm Evaluation: A Comparative Analysis
Side-by-side comparison of six leading prop firm evaluation programs, with cost-adjusted success probability estimates.
Fed Path Dependence and the Q2 Setup
Market pricing of the Fed path has become mechanical. Here is where reality may diverge.
Why Backtesting Lies to You
Survivorship bias, look-ahead bias, and overfitting are not edge cases — they are the default outcome.
The Thai Retail Trader Problem
Why the Thai market's structural features — from SET lot sizes to SEC rules — make unfamiliar strategies dangerous.