Forex trading guides

How to read the fundamental side of the currency market — and how to test what you see.

Backtest engine for forex: test seasonal, lead-lag and spread strategies before you tradeDrift Engine's backtest engine tests four kinds of forex strategies on daily prices since 2013 — seasonal patterns walk-forward, lead-lag between markets, spread mean reversion and their combination — with your own prop firm rules and a Monte Carlo view of the results.
What is a forex trading terminal? (And what it should show you)A forex trading terminal puts the data behind currency moves on one screen: risk regime, central banks, macro data, COT positioning, seasonality and correlation. Here is what matters and how to use it.
COT report explained: how to read forex positioning by trader groupThe CFTC Commitments of Traders report shows how commercials, large speculators and small speculators are positioned in currency futures. How to read it, what percentiles mean and where its limits are.
Risk-on vs. risk-off: how to measure the market regime for forexSafe-haven currencies like JPY and CHF behave differently from AUD and NZD depending on the risk mood. How a risk regime score is built from VIX, credit spreads, the yield curve and the dollar.
Forex seasonality: do currency pairs repeat calendar patterns?Some currency pairs show recurring tendencies in certain weeks of the year. How to measure seasonality honestly, why the sample matters and how to test a seasonal strategy walk-forward.
How to test a strategy against prop firm rules before you pay for a challengeDaily loss limits, maximum drawdown, profit targets, minimum trading days and consistency rules decide whether a strategy passes a prop firm challenge. How to check it on historical trades and with Monte Carlo.

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