MARTINGALE TRACKER

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Practical guides on risk management, discipline and planning your trading sessions.

How to Use Martingale Tracker: A Step-by-Step Guide

A walkthrough of every part of Martingale Tracker, from setting your capital and target to saving results in the calendar journal.

October 7, 2026 · 5 min read

Win Rate vs. Payout: How to Calculate Your Break-Even Point

How to calculate the win rate you need to break even with a fixed payout, and how to use it to judge whether your trading works.

October 7, 2026 · 5 min read

Position Sizing: How Much Should You Risk Per Trade?

The main position sizing methods, how losing streaks affect each one, and a simple process for choosing your trade size.

October 7, 2026 · 6 min read

How to Build a Trading Plan You Will Actually Follow

What to include in a one-page trading plan, an example plan, and how to make rules you will follow under pressure.

October 7, 2026 · 5 min read

Overtrading: Signs, Causes and How to Stop

How to recognize overtrading, why it happens, why it hurts your results, and practical ways to stop.

October 7, 2026 · 5 min read

Compounding in Trading: What Realistic Growth Looks Like

What compounding really produces, why daily-growth charts mislead, and how to use compounding sensibly.

October 7, 2026 · 5 min read

The Martingale Strategy Explained (With Real Numbers)

How the martingale strategy works, a worked example with real numbers, and why the rare losing series matters more than the many small wins.

October 6, 2026 · 7 min read

How to Set a Daily Profit Target and Actually Stop

How to choose a realistic daily profit target, turn it into a clear number of wins, and stop trading when you reach it.

October 6, 2026 · 5 min read

Why You Should Stop Trading for 24 Hours After a Big Loss

What a big loss does to your decisions, why trading to win it back makes it worse, and how a simple 24-hour rule protects you.

October 6, 2026 · 5 min read

How to Keep a Trading Journal: What to Track and Why

What to record in a trading journal, when to write in it, how to review it, and the patterns it can reveal about your trading.

October 6, 2026 · 5 min read

Risk Management Basics for New Traders

Eight basic risk management rules every new trader should know, from risk per trade to daily loss limits.

October 6, 2026 · 6 min read