🔮 Imagine an exchange where, instead of trading stocks, people trade contracts based on the probability that a particular event will occur.

That’s the idea behind prediction markets. Participants buy and sell contracts tied to outcomes such as elections, central bank decisions, or sporting events. A contract's price reflects the market's collective assessment of the likelihood of a particular outcome. 📊

In the US, the CFTC regulates these markets, while their legal status varies significantly across other jurisdictions. Individual contracts can also be highly volatile.

In our new article, we explain how event contracts work, how their prices are determined, and what risks participants should consider.

🎯 A market order lets you enter a trade at the current price, while a pending order allows you to set your preferred entry level in advance.

Both options are available in LiteFinance terminals, and you can set stop-loss and take-profit levels when placing a pending order.

👇 Which type of order do you use more often?

🧠 Look for parameter stability—not the “perfect” setting.

If a strategy works only with an EMA of 37 but falls apart with 35 or 40, that’s a warning sign. A robust system should perform reasonably well across a range of parameters rather than relying on one very specific setting. 📊

A single "perfect” result can be a sign of overfitting—a strategy that fits historical data exceptionally well but may struggle in live markets.

💻 Every trader has different needs, and the right platform should match them.

LiteFinance offers its web platform, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader. Choose the one that fits your experience, preferred tools and trading style.

👇 Which platform suits you best?

🎯 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.

🎯 Sometimes it’s not enough to wait for the right price. You may first need the market to reach a specific level.

Buy Stop Limit and Sell Stop Limit let you set a trigger price and a limit price for entering a trade. These order types are available in MetaTrader 5 with LiteFinance.

👇 Have you used stop-limit orders?

😱 In 2026, the Fear and Greed Index fell to 5, lower than during the COVID-19 pandemic and the FTX collapse. Investors were gripped by extreme fear and rushed to sell.

The index tracks crypto market sentiment on a scale from 0 to 100. It combines six factors: volatility, market momentum and volume, social media activity, surveys, Bitcoin dominance, and Google Trends data. Historically, extreme fear has sometimes presented buying opportunities, while extreme greed has pointed to potentially overbought conditions 📊

However, it’s no crystal ball. The index reflects the current market mood and doesn’t predict prices. Trying to predict tomorrow’s price with it is basically a coin flip.

Our latest article explains how to read the index correctly and use it to manage risk.

📊 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.