The ShaFX Blog
In-depth education, cashback guides, broker comparisons, and risk frameworks for serious traders.
Gold (XAUUSD) Fundamentals: What Actually Moves the Price
XAUUSD is the most-traded retail instrument after EURUSD. Here are the four real drivers — real yields, USD strength, geopolitics, and central bank flows.
Why Most Traders Fail
Why Most Traders Fail explained with a transparent, risk-aware ShaFX framework for traders.
Best Risk/Ödül Ratios
Best Risk/Ödül Ratios explained with a transparent, risk-aware ShaFX framework for traders.
ECN vs Standard Hesaplar
Real cost math: when ECN saves you 40-50%, when Standard wins on simplicity, the crossover threshold, and how to spot fake "ECN" branding on retail accounts.
How Forex Rebates Work
How Forex Rebates Work explained with a transparent, risk-aware ShaFX framework for traders.
Gold İşlemde Risk Management
Gold İşlemde Risk Management explained with a transparent, risk-aware ShaFX framework for traders.
Best MT5 Brokerlar in 2026
Best MT5 Brokerlar in 2026 explained with a transparent, risk-aware ShaFX framework for traders.
How Lot Size Works
Position size formula, pip value across pair types, the 1% rule explained mathematically, and the relationship between lot size and leverage. The variable most traders get wrong.
Risk Management for Beginners
Risk Management for Beginners explained with a transparent, risk-aware ShaFX framework for traders.
Hidden Costs Forex Traders Ignore
Hidden Costs Forex Traders Ignore explained with a transparent, risk-aware ShaFX framework for traders.
What Is Forex Cashback?
What forex cashback actually is, how it's paid, who it benefits, and how to verify a program before committing. Plain-language explanation without profit promises.
Rollover & Swap: The Hidden Daily Cost of Holding Trades Overnight
Hold a position past 5pm NY time and you pay (or receive) swap. Uzun-side traders on negative-rate pairs lose money every single night. Here's the mechanics.
Risk Management 101: The 1% Rule, Position Sizing, and Why Sen Are Not the Exception
Most retail traders blow accounts not because they pick wrong direction — but because they size wrong. Here's the math behind position sizing.
How to Pick a Forex Broker in 2026: A Trader-First Checklist
Regulation, segregation, withdrawal speed, and execution quality matter daha than bonuses. Here's the 8-point checklist we use when adding brokers to ShaFX.
Forex Cashback Explained: How Traders Recover Cost on Every Lot
Cashback is rebated spread/commission paid to you per closed lot. We break down how it works, why brokers allow it, and how to calculate your real cost-per-trade.