PROPENO BLOG
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Worked examples rather than slogans. Every calculation here is one you can reproduce, and every market figure is sourced.
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Market news 6 min
Gold Breaks $4,350 After a Negative Payrolls Print — What Changed This Week
US payrolls came in at −23,000 against expectations of a gain, September hike odds fell to 42%, and gold posted its best week since January. The causal chain, with the numbers.
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Prop trading 9 min
Why Most Prop Challenges Fail on Drawdown, Not on Profit
Industry data puts roughly 71% of first-phase prop failures down to daily drawdown breaches, not missed profit targets. Here is how the two limits actually work and how to trade inside them.
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Calculators 11 min
How to Calculate Pip Value, Position Size and Profit in Forex
The three calculations every trade depends on — pip value, position size from risk, and profit or loss — each shown as a formula and a worked example, including gold (XAUUSD).
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