📊 Judge your results by the Sharpe or Sortino ratio, not just your net P&L.

The Sharpe ratio compares returns to overall volatility, while the Sortino ratio looks mainly at downside swings. A 30% gain with wild ups and downs and a 25% gain with a smooth equity curve are two very different strategies ⚖️

One simple number can tell you a lot more about how well you really trade.

🎯 A demo account isn't just for beginners.

Use it to practice with the trading terminal, test strategies and explore new instruments without risking real money. LiteFinance demo accounts have no time limit.

👇 What do you use a demo account for?

🎯 Not every chart pattern gives a clear direction. With bilateral patterns, the price can go either up or down.

Bilateral patterns form when buyers and sellers are in balance. The price fluctuates within a tightening range, and direction becomes clear only after a breakout. That’s why traders don’t enter early and wait for a confirmed breakout instead. 📊

Find out how to trade Symmetrical, Ascending, and Descending triangles in our new article.

📈 A trade can move well into profit before reversing and hitting your stop-loss.

A trailing stop automatically moves the stop-loss level as the price moves in your favour, helping protect some of your profit if the market pulls back. You can set it up in MetaTrader with LiteFinance.

👇 Do you use a trailing stop?

😤 Price breaks the key level, triggers your stop-loss order, and then reverses, leaving you on the sidelines. This is a liquidity sweep.

Larger traders push the price into areas where retail traders’ stop-losses are clustered to fill their own orders, and then move the price in the opposite direction. You can usually spot it by a false breakout, where a candle pierces the level with a long wick before the price quickly reverses 📉 This pattern is easiest to see on the H1 and H4 charts.

Our new article explains how a liquidity sweep differs from a liquidity grab and how to use Smart Money Concepts in your trading.

📊 Copy trading can be more than a way to follow a trader. It can also help you learn from their decisions.

Study entry points, stop-loss levels and position management to better understand their trading approach. Remember that past performance does not guarantee future profits.

👇 What do you look at when choosing a trader to copy?

💰 LiteFinance bonuses work differently depending on their type.

A non-tradable bonus is removed under specific conditions, while a tradable bonus can remain in your account until stop-out. Learn how they differ and how this affects your trading.

👇 Do you know which type of bonus you use?