📊 A trading idea may look convincing until you test it against historical data.

The Strategy Tester in MetaTrader helps you evaluate results, trade count and maximum drawdown before using real funds.

👇 Do you test your strategies before trading?

📅 A year has 365 days. Only about 252 of them are trading days, at least on US exchanges.

That number comes from simple arithmetic. Take all the weekdays in a year, subtract the market holidays, and 252 is what remains. So, annual return and volatility are calculated on 252 days, not 365 📉

The new article shows how the number is calculated and how trading calendars differ from one exchange to another.

🌙 If you hold a position for several days, rollover conditions matter.

A LiteFinance Islamic account allows you to trade without swap charges, and you can apply through your Client Profile.

👇 Did you know about Swap Free accounts?

🎯 Measure your trades in units of risk, not in dollars.

Your results go in units of initial risk instead of money: −1R, +2R, +4R. That makes trades easier to compare and lets you backtest the system regardless of position size 📊

One small change makes your statistics far more reliable.

📅 Sometimes the most important decision before a trade is checking when the news will be released.

The LiteFinance economic calendar helps you see major events in advance and prepare for possible market moves.

👇 Do you check the calendar before trading?

🔮 Models that have been around for more than 150 years rarely stand the test of time. The Benner Cycle is a notable exception—it's still used today to forecast long-term global economic cycles.

The model is built around three recurring phases: accumulation, growth, and distribution, each lasting roughly 30 years. According to the theory, investors accumulate during periods of market lows and look to sell near the peak of the distribution phase, when markets become overheated. 📈

The Benner Cycle isn't a crystal ball. Its timing is far from precise, making it more of a long-term framework for understanding market cycles than a standalone trading indicator.

In our new article, we break down how the Benner Cycle works, where it comes from, and whether this century-old model is still worth considering today.