Gold experienced its steepest single-day decline in ten years. In this episode of Beyond the Charts, we dissect the factors behind this selloff, the reactions from institutions, and the lessons traders should glean as the market approaches the Fed's imminent decisions.

Umar Punjabi is a trader whom most people look up to and admire. But do you know the setbacks, blown accounts, and discipline that built him? Discover how Umar Punjabi went from a 15-year-old fitness coach with $5 clients to one of the most respected traders in the world.

In trading, success is sculpted through mastering your method, managing risk, and controlling your emotions. Dive deeper into the three golden rules that shape consistent traders in this trading psychology blog.

The U.S. data blackout deepens as inflation holds firm. Beyond the Charts Ep9 reveals how institutions adapt and where smart money is heading next.

Learn how Beito Diddy transformed his life through trading, turning setbacks into stepping stones and dreams into reality. At just 22, he's not only earned over $85,000 in rewards but also purchased his first investment property, proving that with focus and consistency, anything is achievable.

Ever wondered how institutional traders maintain a calm demeanor under pressure? Dive into Saif's compelling insights on discipline, structure, and mindset, and learn how to transform your own trading journey with an institutional mindset.

The U.S. government shutdown deepens, global central banks turn dovish, and markets trade through uncertainty. Beyond the Charts Ep8 breaks down how institutions are positioning, and what retail traders can learn from their approach.

Discover how a full-time QA engineer turned late nights and discipline into nearly $90K in trading rewards. Learn Ananda's secret to mastering consistency, managing risk, and proving that you can build financial freedom without quitting your 9-to-5.

Transform your trading mindset with these five essential lessons designed to help you conquer your emotions and cultivate the discipline you need for long-term consistency in the markets.

Markets faced chaos as the U.S. government shutdown halted key data and stirred uncertainty. Beyond the Charts Ep7 unpacks how institutions navigated volatility, and what retail traders can learn from their playbook.

Behind every reward is a story of sacrifice. Dive into the transformative journeys of FundingPips traders who overcame doubt and struggle to carve out their freedom. Are you ready to write your own success story?

Most traders don’t fail because of losses; they fail after success. Discover the hidden psychology of self-sabotage and learn practical drills to protect your discipline when the pressure of winning sets in.

“Trading is like surfing; sometimes the wave knocks you down.” Cretu Lustin learned to rise repeatedly, transforming setbacks into $32K in rewards. Dive into his inspiring story to discover how he transitioned from broken accounts to sitting in the FundingPips Hot Seat.

Strong U.S. data, dovish Fed signals, and a market narrative of resilience. Gold up, stocks at records, and the USD flexing on strong U.S. data. What does it all mean for traders? Step inside Ep6 of Beyond the Charts to learn how the markets and institutions interpreted the signals.

Discover CLAIM, the new FundingPips giveaway method that’s safer, fairer, and instant. Just real rewards.

The real battleground isn't the market; it's your mind. Discover the transformative 5-step Tabletop Method to dismantle limiting beliefs and unlock unshakeable discipline in your trading journey.

Join us as we analyse the market-shaping events of September 15–19, 2025, with insights that reveal how institutions read the tape and how you can trade smarter.

From a $5K challenge to $18K in rewards by age 21; discover how Shivanshu turned early failures into financial freedom with discipline, patience, and a supportive community.

Trading is 80% psychology, 20% strategy. These psychology sessions uncover the secrets to controlling fear, silencing ego, and mastering resilience so you can finally trade with confidence.

Join us as we dissect the key market movements from September 8–12, 2025, unraveling the trends and insights that offer you an institutional perspective on navigating the current trading landscape.

From cleaning school hallways to mastering the charts, Eric’s journey is a raw lesson in sacrifice, resilience, and trading psychology. Learn how he built consistency with small wins that compounded into life-changing rewards.

Discover the best prop firms in Nigeria for funded trading accounts, and explore the key benefits of trading with FundingPips as a Nigerian trader.

Discover practical routines that empower traders to master their emotions, mitigate revenge trading, and cultivate consistency with proven psychological tools

From Eurozone CPI to the NFP breakdown, FundingPips’ Beyond the Charts Ep3 explains last week’s market moves and what retail traders can learn.

Discover how a cruise ship seller transformed his struggles into a thriving trading career, earning over $28K along the way. His incredible journey is one of resilience and reinvention.

Ever wondered why some traders flourish while others falter? Discover the five psychological traits that set consistent traders apart and learn how to integrate them into your daily trading practice.

Navigate the complexities of market movement in Beyond the Charts Ep2, where we explore institutional reactions and impart crucial lessons for retail traders.

What defines the line between struggling traders and consistent winners? Dive into Naorem’s inspiring journey of discipline and determination as she uncovers the gold hidden in trading.

When the market humbles you, do you adapt or spiral? This blog uncovers the psychological trap of ego and how rewiring your mindset can transform your results.

Unpack last week’s global market moves with trader-first insights - rate cuts, inflation surprises, Powell’s stance, and what it all means for your trades. Last week was nothing short of a financial rollercoaster, filled with significant economic jolts that could shape your trading strategies moving forward. Whether you tuned in live or are just catching up, we’re here to help you navigate the complexities that unfolded.

They told him to get a "real job." Instead, he crafted a genuine career. Discover the remarkable journey of a trader who embraced process over profit and discipline over ego.

Discover how futures and forex markets operate, their potential benefits, and a comparison to find your best pick.

Explore how FundingPips stands out as the best prop firm for UK traders that aligns with every trading style.

Explore the full potential of MT5 with built-in tools and trade across multiple assets with FundingPips without investing your capital.

Discover the benefits of instant funded forex accounts, how beginners can trade without risking personal funds, and how to sustain them.

Think trading mastery is all about the wins? Think again. Dive into this blog to uncover the transformative power of resilience and why sticking it out can redefine your trading journey. The screen sparks gloomily, casting a glow over your wrinkled brow. You hear the soft hum of the market, but your thoughts are in chaos.

Learn how 21-year-old Pushpak defied the odds, going from $1 meals to $114K rewards with FundingPips - a testament to resilience and the relentless pursuit of trading freedom.

Discover how to get a funded account, how it operates, and its benefits and drawbacks. Join FundingPips, a top forex prop firm.

Discover why FundingPips could be your best choice as a prop firm trader in 2025. Enjoy many unique features while trading with the firm.

Want better trading discipline? Dive into this week’s Trading Psychology Series to uncover how elite traders enhance focus, manage stress, and develop lasting winning habits.

Join Rohit on an inspiring journey as he transitions from a $10K milestone to his ambitious $1M target by 2026. Discover the calm, calculated approach that’s building a lasting trading legacy.

Do you aspire to think and perform like the top 1% of traders? Discover the 10 powerful principles that sharpen focus, enhance discipline, and drive long-term profitability.

What happened after Yash blew it all will inspire you to hit the charts with fire. Keep reading to find out how he did it. Picture this. You're sitting in a small town in Chhattisgarh, India.

"Your daily habits are your risk management. Think about that." — Paulina Jozwiak In this electrifying conversation between Trading Psychology Coach Paulina and FundingPips Brand Ambassador Kyle (aka JadeCap)

What starts with a €50 bonus and ends with $66,000 in rewards? John's raw, real trading journey shows what's possible when mindset meets consistency. Read his success story here.

Explore the comparison of CFD trading with traditional investing. Learn about trading CFDs, their risks, and working with FundingPips without risking your capital.

Every day, traders enter the markets hoping to succeed, but very few understand that it’s not the charts, the candles, or even the strategy that separates winners from the rest. It’s the mindset. And last week’s Trading Psychology Series revealed just that.

Discover how prop firm traders utilise gold and USD as safe havens to safeguard capital and develop resilient strategies during volatile market conditions.

Live trading is where your strategy meets your psychology and most traders crumble at that exact intersection. In last Friday’s powerful Trading Psychology Series session, Paulina, our in-house trading psychology coach at FundingPips, broke down why traders lose control the moment the market goes live.

Explore the differences between Spot, Futures, and CFD trading. Learn how each works, their risks, and which suits your strategy best.

Ever feel like you've studied all the strategies, watched every webinar, and journaled your trades but when it’s time to execute, your mind goes blank when it comes to your trading rules? You're not alone. Let’s break down the real reason forex traders forget everything they’ve learned under pressure and how to train your brain to finally retain and apply the right information when it counts.

What if the only thing stopping you from being profitable in forex trading… is you? In this blog we will talk about the real reason most forex traders never unlock consistent profits: limiting beliefs. These deeply rooted, subconscious rules silently shape your forex trading identity, your risk tolerance, your execution and ultimately, your results. If you keep sabotaging your wins, hesitate when you're up, or feel like success slips through your fingers, this blog will explain exactly why.

Examine the pros and cons of stop-loss vs. hedging in trading. Understand which strategy works the best for your style.

Discover FundingTicks, the futures-focused prop firm created by the team behind FundingPips. Trade real CME futures on platforms like Tradovate and NinjaTrader.

This week's blog turned the script upside down. No topic. No fixed agenda. Just open space for forex traders to ask their most personal, pressing, and persistent questions, the kind that don’t always get asked out loud. From fear of success to sabotage before passing a prop firm challenge, from emotional overtrading to the identity collapse that comes with drawdown. Nothing was off-limits.

Every forex trader wants rewards. The win. The pass. But if you've ever found yourself nailing a setup one day, then spiraling into chaos the next, well you’re not alone.

Passing a forex trading challenge isn't just about having the right setup or the cleanest strategy. It’s about mastering the mental game most forex traders never train for. Too many forex traders walk into the Forex Trading Challenges with strong technical skills but a fragile mindset, hoping their trades will carry them, unaware their psychology will likely break first. This blog is for every forex trader who's tired of cycling through evaluations, breaching their accounts, or shrinking under pressure. If that’s you, read on.

It’s not always about the charts. Sometimes, the real battle is with yourself. Many forex traders reach a breaking point and that is not not because they lack skill or knowledge, but because they’re tired. Tired of their own trading and self-sabotaging patterns on the charts. Tired of making the same emotional mistakes.

What Happens When the Battle Is Internal? Mental health in forex trading isn't just a buzzword. It's the unspoken war happening behind screens, inside the minds of countless traders. In this blog we will pull the curtain on what really happens when the charts become a battlefield. This is not about motivation or mindset hacks. It is about the truth. Real mental health of real traders. And what it actually feels like when your biggest obstacle isn’t the market but your own mind.

Explore FundingPips' Zero Evaluation, a no-evaluation trading program designed for fast access and simplified rules. See if it fits your trading style.

Understanding the Psychological Framework Behind Scalping and Day Trading. When traders struggle to stay consistent, the first instinct is to blame the system. But what if the system wasn’t the issue? What if the real mismatch was between the style of trading and who you are at your core? Today’s blog will detail the critical truth about your personality type that may be sabotaging your forex trading edge quietly, consistently, and without you realising it.

Losing a trading account doesn’t just affect your equity, it crushes your confidence, your identity, and your relationship with yourself as a trader. We are taking a deep dive into the emotions after an account loss as a forex trader and most importantly how to truly recover from it.

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Winning can destroy your edge faster than losing ever could - yes, you read that one right! This week we are exposing the truth about overconfidence when in profit. The sneaky, dopamine fuelled high that convinces traders they’ve cracked the code… right before they crash. If you’ve ever blown your challenge or master account after a winning streak, this one’s for you. 

Traders, prepare yourselves, the challenge is real, and the rewards are extraordinary!

Welcome to May at FundingPips where trading psychology takes the front seat.

Drawdown isn't just a dip in your equity curve, it's a psychological storm that, if misunderstood, can erode your confidence faster than your capital. While many traders obsess over their trading systems, it's the emotional system that usually breaks first.

Let’s go beyond the charts and look at what drawdown really reveals about you  and how to use it to your advantage.

Technical indicators are helpful for traders to analyze and predict the markets. Learn more about using indicators and avoiding common mistakes.

What are spreads and how to calculate them? What could be the impact of spreads on your trading? Find answers to these questions in this article.

Learn the difference between leverage and margin in forex trading. Understand how they work, the risks, and how to use them wisely to manage your trades.

Master support and resistance in Forex trading to boost your profits. Learn strategies, avoid mistakes, and level up your analysis skills

Master support and resistance in Forex trading to boost your profits. Learn strategies, avoid mistakes, and level up your analysis skills.

Let’s be real traders, losses are inevitable in trading -  but your reaction to them can either build your consistency or break your account. In this blog we will explore one of the most important and emotionally triggering topics in trading psychology: how to handle losses without sabotaging your trading future.

Here is your space to master the mental edge required to thrive in the markets. This week, we dive deep into the real reason most traders fail and it is not because of their strategy, but because of their emotional decision making. The truth is, your trading success lives and dies by the way you manage your mind. In this blog post, we will explore the 6 essential rules every trader must follow to win the mental game and build sustainable performance over time.

MT5 has different chart types. Each type is suitable for specific purposes. You can integrate indicators and customize charts to enhance your trading experience.

Consistent trading isn’t built on luck, talent, or even strategy alone. It’s built on habits. Invisible, boring, repetitive habits that shape your decisions, identity, and ultimately - your outcomes. Yet most traders don’t fail because of a lack of skill. They fail because they’re ruled by emotion and driven by subconscious habits that sabotage progress without them even noticing. This blog explores how your daily routines, thought patterns, and emotional reflexes affect your trading results - and how to rebuild them with intention.

FundingPips Trading Psychology Series and Blog, are your go-to spaces for mastering your mindset and developing the emotional control required to succeed as a trader. Whether this is your first time joining us or you’ve been following every session, you're here because you want to understand your psychology and elevate your trading game.

Different order types in MT5 can be advantageous for you. Understand the purpose of each order type and specific uses to create your edge in trading.

Analyze your MT5 trading history to refine strategies, improve risk management, and enhance decision-making. Join FundingPips for a seamless trading experience!

Learn to use Fibonacci retracement in Forex trading to identify key reversal zones, improve entries, and enhance your strategy. Master this tool with FundingPips!

Automate prop firm trading in MT5 with Expert Advisors (EAs). Improve consistency and control risk

Have you ever found yourself staring at the charts, second guessing your entries, chasing trades out of fear of missing out, or holding onto a losing position, hoping it will turn around? If so, you’re not alone.

MT5 is Back at FundingPips – Trade Smarter, Faster & Better!

Learn how to use MT5 trading platform and learn the ultimate benefits of the platform for forex trading

Candlestick patterns help you predict the markets with great accuracy. Learn popular patterns and the common mistakes regarding candlestick trading.

Learn the basics of Forex trading by understanding pips, lots, and leverage. Discover how these key terms impact your trades and improve your trading strategy.

Discover how much money you can make online with a funded trading account. Learn about profit splits, earning potential, top prop firms, and steps to start your funded trading journey.

If you’ve ever found yourself exiting trades too early, holding on to losses for too long, or avoiding taking opportunities out of fear, you might not be dealing with a strategy problem - you might be dealing with a limiting belief problem.

XAUUSD is a popular instrument. Learn key factors and strategies to effectively trade it. Join FundingPips to leverage your trading potential.

In this week's Live Trading Psychology Session, we explored the concept of balance in trading - why it's crucial and how over-obsessing over charts can be destructive rather than beneficial. Many traders mistakenly believe that more screen time equals more success when, in reality, excessive time on the charts can lead to burnout, emotional trading, and poor decision-making. Let's break down the key takeaways from this session, including practical strategies to maintain balance and achieve long-term success in trading.

Missed our latest live session? Watch the full discussion on YouTube and dive deep into how greed is silently destroying your trading success.

Scalping is an excellent trading style, which, if done with discipline, can be highly rewarding. Join FundingPips and level up your scalping experience.

Major currency pairs are the best to trade. Find out how they are helpful and tips to optimize your performance trading with FundingPips.

Are you looking to start your journey in Forex trading? Figure out a combination of strategies and platforms (cTrader, Match-Trader, TradeLocker) to help you take the first step.

This session we explored how the ancient philosophy of the great Greek thinkers can help traders master emotional control, make rational decisions, and cultivate resilience in the face of market uncertainty.