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  • Copy Trading Fees Explained Clearly

    Copy Trading Fees Explained Clearly

    Copy trading fees explained in plain English. Learn spreads, commissions, profit shares and hidden costs before you risk real money.

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    May 22, 2026
  • Best Copy Trading for Beginners in 2025

    Best Copy Trading for Beginners in 2025

    Looking for the best copy trading for beginners? Here’s what actually matters, which risks to watch, and how to avoid expensive mistakes.

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    May 21, 2026
  • 9 Copy Trading Scam Signs to Watch

    9 Copy Trading Scam Signs to Watch

    Spot copy trading scam signs before you deposit. Learn the red flags, pressure tactics and platform tricks that often catch UK retail investors out.

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    May 20, 2026
  • Copy Trading Risks Explained Clearly

    Copy Trading Risks Explained Clearly

    Copy trading risks explained in plain English – from drawdowns and false track records to platform issues, leverage, fees and regulation traps.

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    May 19, 2026
  • How Does Copy Trading Work in Practice?

    How Does Copy Trading Work in Practice?

    How does copy trading work? A clear, sceptical guide to how trades are copied, what fees apply, and where the real risks usually sit.

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    May 18, 2026
  • @jaygroupfx Jamie Rogers fx trading scam

    As of October 2025, Jamie Rogers has a Telegram group called @jaygroupfx where he posts his own successes (often from his Ferrari) and continually posts client success stories and is full of all the positivities you could possible imagine! He uses a broker called t4trade and he makes commission if you stay with them for…

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    October 10, 2025
  • Is Manyways LLC (Trading) a scam? – yes; absolutely!

    UPDATE: Looks like they’ve finally been shut down / stopped scamming – hopefully it stays this way! In a nutshell, Manyways LLC (Trading) requires you to commit to an investment amount (minimum $1,000) for a period of 7 days. Over this week, you can’t withdraw or anything and they say that there will always be…

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    November 26, 2024
  • Budget 2024 – Capital Gains Tax

    An increase in CGT was inevitable with Labour’s first Budget since 2010; however, the increase from 20% to 24% (10% to 18% for the lower rate) is smaller than a lot of people seemed to expect, which is a bit of a relief. As a small investor this won’t be a huge impact although still…

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    October 30, 2024
  • Alchemist Summary October 2024

    As a very brief summary; started well (back over a year ago), proceeded to be excellent, went downhill and then was essentially disastrous! In the current form it is not a viable EA as simply cannot handle a currency having continued strength and in October 2024 has had massive drawdowns and triggered the 40% stop-out…

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    October 21, 2024
  • Alchemist: Open positions finally closed

    The USDCAD positions have finally closed. Although with a loss which does go against what Alchemist claim. Looking at the details, it looks like it’s the swap which has added up and not been taken into account for closing the positions. However, just glad to see the massive drawdown and all the positions closed is…

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    September 10, 2024
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