Forex questions, answered
Short answers to the questions people ask before and after opening an account: rebates and introducing brokers, leverage, account types, taxes and withdrawals. Each answer comes first, then the reasoning and the source.
Exness leverage: the risk behind it and when it changes
High leverage is not free capital. It magnifies profit and loss alike, and the level available at Exness depends on conditions.
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Can you keep your account when you change introducing broker?
The most common worry about changing introducer is losing the account. That worry is misplaced: the account and balance stay as they are. What to know is that at Exness, existing trading accounts stay with the old partner.
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Does a rebate make you trade more than you planned?
Everyone knows a rebate creates pressure to trade more densely. Nobody has measured how strong that pressure is. The answer is one and a half trades.
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Can you be your own introducing broker to collect the rebate?
The workaround everyone thinks of first, and the one two brokers wrote explicit terms to block, relatives included.
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Copy trading on Exness: how it works and the real risks
Copy trading is not “passive income”. Understand the mechanism, the fees and the risks before you copy anyone.
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Exness spreads and fees: the real cost of a trade (2026)
Exness costs are not just the spread: there is commission and swap too. Count them all to see the real cost and how to cut it.
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Exness swap-free account: who it suits and what to check
Swap-free waives the overnight fee, but not every cost: how it really works and the conditions worth reading before you rely on it.
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Forex account types: which one should you choose?
Each broker uses its own names, but there are only four real groups. What separates them is how the fee is collected, more than which one is cheaper.
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Forex trading hours in Vietnam time: which session to trade?
Forex is open 24/5, but not every hour is worth trading. The 7pm–11pm window in Vietnam is the “golden hours” for one specific reason.
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How do you know your rebate actually arrived?
Every rebate site teaches you how to sign up. Almost none teaches you how to check the money arrived, because they are the ones paying it.
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How introducing brokers get paid, and where the conflict sits
This is written by a party doing exactly that job, so the parts that count against the model are stated too.
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How much money do you need to start trading forex?
You can start with 5–50 USD, but 100–200 USD is more reasonable for learning. Risk management matters most.
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How to verify a forex broker before depositing (2026)
Do not deposit with any broker before running these 6 checks. They take 15 minutes and can stop you losing everything.
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Rebate, cashback and bonus: how do they differ?
All three are “extra money”, but only two of them are yours straight away.
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Running EAs and scalping on IC Markets: does it really fit?
IC Markets suits EAs and scalping technically, but a good broker cannot rescue a bad EA: at high volume, the commission alone runs into thousands of dollars a month.
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What “100% rebate” means, and it is not 100% of what you pay
The first seven results all promise a 100% rebate. The figure is not wrong. It just does not measure what you think it measures.
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What is a cent account? A demo-to-live bridge few people use
Deposit 50 USD and the account shows 5,000 cents, each pip worth a few hundred dong: real enough to make your heart race, small enough not to hurt.
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What is a lot in forex? What 0.01 lot is worth in money
1 lot is 100,000 units and 0.01 lot (a micro lot) is 1,000. How to work out what a pip is worth and choose a trade size that fits your capital.
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What is a pip in forex? How to turn pips into real money
A pip is the unit forex uses to measure distance. The real question is how much MONEY it is worth to you.
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What is swap in forex? Why Wednesday nights cost triple
Hold a position past 5am and you are charged swap, on some nights three times over. This quiet fee erodes swing traders’ accounts more than they realise.
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XM bonus: how it works and why withdrawing shrinks it
The XM bonus is not a trap, but it is not your money either. Here is how it actually works, and how to use it without oversizing your trades.
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Is forex profit taxable in Vietnam? The tax office answered
The answer is not "yes" or "no" but "there is no specific provision yet", and that gap is the thing worth understanding.
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Copy trading: not passive income, and not a scam either
Copy trading is not the passive income the advertising describes, but it is not a fraud either. The truth sits in between, and in how you choose.
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Forex order types: which let you set the price, which slip
The four pending orders differ on one question only: do you want to get in when the price is BETTER than now, or once it has already MOVED the way you expect?
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What is an introducing broker, and why ask who referred you?
Introducers earn from the volume you trade. How the mechanism really works, when it helps you, and where it works against your interests.
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What is slippage in forex? When it is normal, when it is not
Slippage is not fraud in itself. It is a consequence of how orders are filled. But three signs separate normal slippage from a real problem at the broker.
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Should you invest in forex? Read the risks first
Not if you would use borrowed money, need the money within 12 months, or could not stomach losing 30% of your capital. Outside those three groups, the decision rests on the level of risk you accept.
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Where does your money go if a forex broker goes bust?
Money in a trading account does not sit at the broker the way you imagine. There are three layers of protection, and any of them can be missing depending on the entity you signed with.
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Why do brokers offer you such high leverage?
ESMA and ASIC both cap retail leverage at 1:30. The 1:500 or 1:2000 you see advertised is not illegal. It simply tells you where you are standing.
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Account locked and cannot withdraw: what to do
Six steps to take in order, and the line between a snag you can fix and a sign you are losing the money, so you never deposit more for nothing.
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Forex money management: the 1–2% rule and lot sizing
Most new traders who blow an account do not lose on strategy but on position size. The fix is a fixed risk per trade and a lot size worked out from the stop-loss.
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Forex trading risks: 6 types and how to manage them (2026)
The 6 types of risk in forex trading and how to manage each one, because most retail traders lose by underestimating risk rather than by lacking a strategy.
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ECN vs STP vs market maker: who takes the other side?
The real question behind the letters ECN and STP: when you lose, where does the money go, to the market or into the broker’s pocket?
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How long should you trade on demo before going live?
The answer is not “3 months”. Demo is measured by graduation conditions, and there are things a demo account will never teach you.
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What is margin in forex? Margin level, call and stop out
Margin is not a fee. It is a deposit. Getting this one word wrong is the root of every stop out that feels unfair.
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Is forex legal in Vietnam? (2026 update)
No law forbids an individual from trading, but the State Bank licenses no forex broker. You are not protected by law.
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What is forex leverage and how much should you use?
Leverage lets you control a position many times your capital, amplifying both profit and loss. Beginners should keep it low.
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What is spread in forex? How it sets your trading cost
Spread is the gap between the buy and sell price, the cost you pay the broker. A lower spread is cheaper, but remember to add the commission.
7 min readTrading forex and CFDs on margin carries a high risk of losing money quickly. Nothing on this site is investment advice.