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Can someone tell me why I can never see any difference when I change leverage sizes.
I went from 1:100 to 1:500 but I did not see any difference in margin size or pip size
Or even margin size.
You would think that the price of margin per 0.01 would change when one switches up or down leverage size.

But I never see any difference.
Not even the equity size changes.

Where am I looking wrong?

I trade oil with one broker I pay 4USD and with another its around 1USD. I cant change that size with leverage to make it affordable or otherwise.
And the pip sizes seems to be 0.10cents with one broker and much more with another.

What is your leverage size and or what is your type of account.

What differences do you see?
Please divulge

I used to spend so much time backtesting that it started to overwhelm me. There was always something else to check or another idea to try. It’s hard to stop because it feels productive, like another few hours might finally clear everything up. But sometimes I’d finish more confused than when I started.

Sometimes it helps to stick with what you’re already learning instead of adding another indicator or changing things every time you get stuck. Give yourself a chance to understand it. Backtesting is useful, but you don’t need to do it all day and night. If you’re tired and nothing’s making sense anymore, leave it for tomorrow.

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I blew my account to zero. Four years of compounding, learning, and late nights—completely wiped out in five days of absolute madness.

The hardest part isn’t just looking at the zero balance; it’s the reality of my life outside the charts right now. I am sitting on a loan, and because of this week's spiral, I don't even have the money to pay my rent for next month.

I know exactly what went wrong. I let my ego and fear take the wheel:

• No Stop Loss: I let arrogance override my strategy and held onto losing positions hoping they would turn around.
• Revenge Trading: When I went into a heavy drawdown, I tried to force the market to give it back immediately.
• Oversized Lots: Desperation kicked in, and I overleveraged to the point of no return.

Right now, the financial and mental pressure is suffocating. But I refuse to quit. This is Day 1 of the rebuild. I am going back to the drawing board to fix the psychological leaks that destroyed my discipline. I’m going to track every single trade moving forward and be 100% transparent.

For the veteran traders who have been in this exact hole—who have faced the loans, the missed rent, and the blown accounts—how did you survive the immediate aftermath? How do you reset your nervous system when the pressure to make money right now is this high?

I'm doing a study on traders demographics worldwide. If it's not too much to ask, can you just tell me what country you are from, and what pair you usually trade? Thanks!

I'm from the Philippines, and I usually trade GBP/USD and USD/CHF.

Got a lot of potentials though. At least I didn't lose money. How was your week?

**Today’s GPUSD ↗**️🔵

BULLS ABOVE THE TOP-CENTRAL PIVOT so far as of London Open

HURST EXPONENT: 0.79 (Strong Persistence of Bulls here)

WVAP Z-SCORE: 0.0 (Balance)

Ratio of the ATR14/ATR50: 116.8 %
Market Regime: NORMAL

Hello guys I have been thinking of shifting to 4h TF if there is anyone who trades 4h candles please share your experience.

Today I lost huge amount of my capital
I don’t have any job
I don’t know what to do
I know there are many people like me but my case is way different than others
Now just one option left for me and that is …………