Research · Curriculum
We cover market structure, chart construction, order types, margin mechanics, position sizing, risk management and record keeping. Each term is defined the first time we use it, and the glossary collects them all. We publish no signals and no price predictions.
A contract for difference is an agreement between you and QuantivoFx on the change in the price of an asset, settled in cash. You don’t own the asset and it isn’t delivered, and you can hold the position in either direction.
Related termsForex, commodities, crypto, indices and shares. Each one keeps its own session pattern and its own sensitivity to scheduled data, so a method that works in one market won’t transfer unmodified to another.
MarketsA quoted price reflects the balance of buyers and sellers at that moment. Interest rate decisions, inflation and employment data, and unscheduled news all move that balance, sometimes inside a single session.
Related termsA chart plots one instrument’s quotes across the timeframe you select, and each candle summarises the open, high, low and close of its interval. Change the timeframe and you change the resolution of the same series.
Terminal chartMargin is the portion of your equity committed to hold a position open. Leverage is the position size that commitment supports. Each account type has its own limit, and leverage works on a loss in the same proportion as on a gain.
Related termsThe ticket takes the direction, the margin you commit and a leverage level up to the limit that applies to your account, with optional stop loss and take profit levels. You see the margin requirement before you submit.
Order ticketYou work out position size from the loss the account can absorb and the distance from entry to the stop level. You set it before you enter, not after.
Related termsA stop loss closes the position at a price you set in advance on the losing side, and a take profit closes it at a price set in advance on the winning side. Both are optional, and you set both when you submit.
Set them in the ticketThe dashboard, the instrument list with its search box and category filters, the price chart, the order ticket, open positions and orders, the risk summary, and keyboard shortcuts for the actions you repeat most. It runs in a browser, with nothing to install.
Tour the terminalEquity, margin used, realised and unrealised profit and loss, and win rate. The risk summary reports them together, and each one measures a different property of the account.
Related termsA loss weighs on you more than a gain of the same size, and that distorts a decision taken against a live quote. A rule you fixed before you entered isn’t subject to the same distortion.
Related termsAccount history records every trade you execute, and every deposit and withdrawal. A separate journal adds your reasoning, your plan and the conditions at entry, which is what a review of your decisions needs.
SupportA review looks at the errors you repeat rather than at a single outcome. One change at a time keeps the effect of each change attributable.
Related termsRisk management
A fall takes more than the fall itself to recover from, and the deeper it goes, the wider that gap gets. That is why risk comes first in this curriculum, ahead of any entry technique.
You fix the most you will accept losing on a position, and the price at which the idea is wrong, before you enter. Position size follows from both.
You size the position so that a move against it cannot force a decision your plan did not cover.
Account history records every trade you execute, along with every deposit and withdrawal. It is the first record to read when you review a period.
Pre-trade
We publish no signals, run no managed accounts and make no forecasts of return. The platform gives you quoted prices, an order ticket and a full record of your activity. What you trade, and when, stays your decision.
Glossary
Each term is defined the first time it appears, and the full list is on the glossary page.
The smallest standard price increment for a currency pair, conventionally the fourth decimal place.
A standardised contract size for a currency pair, quoted as a lot rather than as a number of units.
The ratio of the position size a margin commitment supports to that commitment; it applies to a price move in both directions.
The portion of account equity committed to hold a position open, released when the position closes, and not a fee.
The difference between the quoted buy and sell prices; on the Standard account the trading cost is incorporated into it.
Equity less the margin committed to open positions, available for new positions.
An instruction to close a position at a predetermined adverse price; a fast move can trade through the level before the close is executed.
An instruction to close a position at a predetermined favourable price.
Balance adjusted by the unrealised profit or loss on open positions.
The decline from an equity peak to the lowest equity recorded after it.
Deriving trade size from the acceptable loss and the distance between entry and the stop level.
The identity check on the account holder, which the platform can require before a particular action.
Account access
A demo account starts with simulated funds and carries no financial exposure. That balance cannot be funded or withdrawn, and it gives you the terminal in full.