Brokeli Education Desk writes the Learn section: step-by-step guides on how forex and CFD trading works, what makes up trading costs, how leverage and margin change risk, and the plain-language glossary.
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Articles by Brokeli Education Desk
- The Complete Guide to Opening, Funding and Withdrawing From a Broker AccountOpening a brokerage account looks like a form, but it is a regulated process with legal checks, and the way you handle it decides whether your account is live in an hour or stuck for a fortnight. Funding and withdrawing…
- Crypto at a Broker vs at an ExchangeSome brokers now offer spot crypto next to shares and ETFs, while dedicated exchanges offer hundreds of tokens. The product can look the same; custody, regulation and costs differ.
- The Complete Guide to Avoiding Broker Scams and FraudOnline trading attracts fraud because the products are complex, results are easy to fake and money moves across borders. Scam brokers do not look like scams: they look like professional firms with live chat, a polished …
- MT4, MT5, cTrader or a Web Terminal: Choosing a PlatformThe platform is where you will spend most of your time with a broker. A good match to your workflow can save as much as a small spread improvement.
- The Complete Guide to Trading Plans, Journals and DisciplineTwo traders can follow the same method and get opposite results, and the difference is rarely the method. It is whether they do the same thing every time: the same sizing, the same stop, the same patience after a loss. …
- Opening a Brokerage Account: Documents, Timelines and Common DelaysRegulated brokers must verify who you are before they can accept money. The process is standard, and most delays come from mismatched details or poor-quality scans.
- A Reusable Position-Sizing WorksheetPosition size is the one risk decision completely under your control. A simple worksheet turns 'I am willing to lose this much' into a number of units to trade.
- Demo Account vs a Small Live Account: A Sensible PathDemo accounts are risk-free and teach you how a platform works. They do not teach you what it feels like to lose real money, and fills on demo can be more generous than live fills.
- Currency Conversion Costs: The Hidden Fee for Cross-Border InvestorsIf your account is in one currency and the product trades in another, every trade, dividend and withdrawal may pass through a currency conversion. A markup of a fraction of a percent on each conversion can exceed the co…
- How to Read a Forex Quote: Base, Quote and Bid/AskA forex quote looks like a single number, but it hides a small sentence: how much of one currency you must hand over to get one unit of another. Once you can read that sentence, spreads, pips and profit calculations sto…
- Pip Value and Lot Size: Worked CalculationsKnowing that a trade moved 20 pips is only half the story. What matters is what those 20 pips are worth in your account currency, and that depends on lot size and on which pair you trade. This guide walks through the ar…
- Order Types Explained: Market, Limit, Stop and Stop-LimitEvery order is a trade-off between two things you cannot fully have at once: certainty that you get filled, and certainty about the price. Understanding which of the two each order type protects is most of what you need…