Instant Funding Prop Firms: A Trader's Survival Guide
Skip the challenge, not the risk. See how drawdown rules and payout gates really work before you pay for instant funding. Break-even math included.
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János Kiss
János Kiss is the developer and trader behind PipTrend. He learned it the expensive way: years of losing money while tearing apart every course, indicator, and system he could get his hands on, until the handful of rules that actually repeated became obvious. Now he builds the tools and trades the system himself across Forex, indices, and crypto, and writes about the tested, repeatable methods that hold up in a live market, not hype.
136 articles by János Kiss
How Much Money You Actually Need to Start Forex
Forget the $100 minimum deposit myth. See the real numbers for access, survivability, and income capital, plus a position-sizing example that changes everything
Forex Lot Size Explained: From Units to Risk
See exactly how lot size turns your stop-loss into real dollar risk, with pip-value math and a simple formula. One pair can double it.
Forex Trading for Beginners: A Risk-First Field Guide
Learn why 65-80% of retail forex accounts lose money and how to avoid the same trap. Risk rules before entries. See the full breakdown.
Is AI Trading Actually Profitable in 2026?
Net-of-costs returns, drawdowns and live results reviewed against 4 hard tests. Most AI systems fail at least one. See which ones don't.
Do AI Trading Bots Actually Work?
We tested the evidence: AI trading bots explained, backtest traps exposed, and a step-by-step way to verify one before risking real money.
Algo Trading Explained: A Beginner's Safe Start
See how algo trading really works: rules, backtests, and the biases that turn a great backtest into a losing live account. No hype, just process.
Price Action Patterns: A Beginner's Complete Guide
Learn why most pattern cheat sheets fail and get objective rules, a full trade workflow, and a testing template. No guesswork, just structure.
Momentum Trading Explained: A Beginner's Guide
Learn how momentum trading really works: entry-to-exit workflow, position sizing math, and the costs that quietly eat returns. Backtesting checklist included.
Order Flow Trading Explained: A Trader's Practical Guide
Learn to read footprint charts, volume delta, and the DOM without the confusion. Includes the one mistake that causes most order flow losses.
Volume Profile Indicator Explained for Retail Traders
Learn how POC, value area, and volume nodes really work, and why most retail traders misread them. No hype, just the mechanics that matter.
A Day Trader's Rulebook for VWAP Strategies
Defined VWAP entries, stop placement, and targets, plus the rule that tells you when the correct trade is no trade at all. Trend day vs range day logic included
