CRT Trading Strategy: 3 Ways to Trade Candle Range Theory
Hey, what’s up guys? It’s Ezekiel Chew here. So let me hit you with this. Most traders, they say that they know the CRT, the candle range theory. But the moment the three candles form, they are already trapped. They count the candles, they wait for the close, and then they jump in on the […]
How Prop Firms Work: What Traders Need to Know
AEO Quick Answer How do prop firms work? A proprietary trading firm (prop firm) provides capital to traders who pass a performance evaluation. Traders keep a percentage of profits, typically 70–90%, while the firm absorbs the risk. The trader risks only the evaluation fee, not personal capital. Most evaluations involve hitting a profit target (8–10%) […]
Why Your Trading Mindset Is The Reason You Keep Losing
Your trading mindset is not failing because you lack discipline. It is failing because every expert told you to fix the wrong thing. The standard advice says control your emotions, stay calm, and push through with willpower. That advice is the trap. The market is engineered to trigger you on every tick, and no amount […]
5 Myths That Stop Traders From Passing Prop Firm Challenges
Everything most traders believe about how to pass a prop firm challenge is built on the wrong assumption. They think the challenge is a profitability test. It is not. That single misunderstanding is why over 90% of traders fail their first attempt. A prop firm challenge is a risk management test wrapped inside a profit […]
How to Draw Supply and Demand Zones
So everything that you have been taught about supply and demand is actually making you lose money. I know it’s a bold thing to say. But after 20 over years of trading and personally mentoring thousands of traders out there, I can tell you something with absolute clarity. It’s that most traders, they are drawing […]
10 Trading Discipline Every Forex Trader Needs
ABOUT THIS GUIDE Written by Ezekiel Chew, founder of Asia Forex Mentor and a former bank trader with over 20 years of experience. He has coached more than 100,000 students across 50+ countries through the AFM One Core Program. Trading discipline is the one trait he sees in every profitable trader. It is missing in […]
Leverage in Forex and Why Most Traders Abuse It
Leverage in forex is the most powerful tool available to retail traders, and the most dangerous one when used without understanding what it actually does. It allows traders to control positions far larger than their initial deposit. A $1,000 account with 100:1 leverage controls a $100,000 position. That amplifies every pip of movement into a […]
Top Down Analysis and Why Most Traders Still Get It Wrong
Hey, what’s up guys? It’s Ezekiel Chew here. So if you ever wanted to stop reacting to every small candle movement and actually understand where the market is likely to move before it actually gets there, you are going to love this. Because today I’m breaking down the exact top down analysis framework that I […]
What Prop Firms Don’t Tell You About Funded Account Trading
Funded account trading sounds like the perfect deal, trade someone else’s money, keep most of the profits, and risk nothing out of pocket. But the reality behind that pitch is more layered than most traders expect. And the ones who go in without understanding the business model lose more than just the evaluation fee. A […]
Is Forex Trading Profitable for Most Traders
Is forex trading profitable? The honest answer is yes, but not in the way most people entering the market expect it to be. Forex trading is profitable for a minority of traders. Most retail traders lose money. That is not a secret. Brokers in the European Union must disclose the percentage of retail investor accounts […]
Understanding What Is Price Action Trading in 2026
What is price action trading and why do institutional traders rely on it while most retail traders still lose money with indicators? Price action trading is the method of making trading decisions based entirely on the market’s price chart. No lagging indicators, moving averages. No RSI or MACD cluttering the screen. The approach reads what […]
What Is Revenge Trading And How To Prevent It In Forex
ABOUT THIS GUIDE Written by Ezekiel Chew, founder of Asia Forex Mentor and a former bank trader with over 20 years of experience. Ezekiel has coached more than 100,000 students across Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and over 50 countries through the AFM One Core Program. Revenge trading is one of the most common patterns […]
What Is a Stop Loss Before You Lose Another Trade
What is a stop loss? It is the one trading instruction that separates traders who survive from those who blow their accounts. Most traders understand the concept. Far fewer use it correctly. A stop loss is not just a safety net. It is a pre-defined decision made before emotion enters the trade. Without it, every […]
7 Best Trading Strategies That Actually Work in 2026
Most traders cycle through the best trading strategies they find online — and still blow their accounts within six months. The trading strategy itself is rarely the problem. The problem is how it gets taught. Most sources strip out the institutional logic, skip the risk management, and hand over a checklist that breaks the moment […]
Liquidity in Trading Smart Money Is Using It Against You
Liquidity in trading is the one concept smart money uses against retail traders every single day, and most traders have no idea it is happening. Most traders learn that liquidity means how easily a financial asset can be bought or sold without causing a significant price movement. That is technically correct. However, what retail education […]
How To Stop Overtrading In Forex With Risk Management Rules
Learning how to stop overtrading is the biggest shift most traders ever make. Many traders lose more money to too many trades than to any bad strategy. The damage looks small on each trade. But the costs pile up fast. Over a few weeks, a good system turns into a losing one. Every active trader […]
The Truth About the Best Time to Trade Forex
The best time to trade forex is one of the most searched questions in trading and one of the most poorly answered, because most guides give you a schedule instead of a framework. The forex market runs 24 hours a day, five days a week. However, not all of those hours are equal. Some periods […]
FOMO in Trading The Truth Most Traders Never Learn
What is FOMO in trading? It is the single most expensive emotion a trader can feel, and almost every trader has let it take money from their account at least once. FOMO stands for fear of missing out. In trading, it happens when a trader sees a market moving strongly, feels anxiety about being left […]
Mastering Fibonacci Extension for Precise Exits
Hey, what’s up guys? It’s Ezekiel Chew here. So let me hit you with this. If you ever wanted a way to actually know where price is likely to finish a move, not guessing, not hope, not closing out early, today I’m breaking down the exact Fibonacci extension framework I use to map targets before […]
How to Read Forex Charts Before You Lose Another Trade
Learning how to read forex charts is the single most important skill any trader can develop, because every entry point, every exit point, and every risk decision starts with what the chart is saying. Most beginners look at a forex price chart and see noise. A professional trader looks at the same chart and sees […]
