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Founding Story
Why We Built MarketPath Consulting in Dubai
The trading education industry has a trust problem. Here's the actual thesis behind why we started MPC here, and who it's built for.
Jul 2026·7 min read
Trust & Regulation
CMA, DFSA & ADGM: What Actually Protects You as a UAE Trader (2026)
The SCA just got renamed to the CMA. Most broker sites haven't updated. Here's what changed, and how to verify any broker in under 5 minutes.
Jul 2026·9 min read
Trust & Regulation
How Brokers and "Free" Trading Education Actually Make Money
Every free webinar and free course has to be paid for by someone. Here's the business model, and why we're telling you ours.
Jul 2026·8 min read
Trust & Regulation
How to Spot a Fake Guru or Signal-Seller Scam
Rented cars and screenshotted balances are the obvious tell. Here's the subtler checklist that actually predicts a scam.
Jul 2026·8 min read
Trust & Regulation
Why Regulation Alone Doesn't Protect You
A regulated broker is a real, necessary baseline. Here's what it actually guarantees, and the gaps it was never designed to cover.
Jul 2026·7 min read
Trading Reality
What It Actually Takes to Make It as a Trader
74-89% of retail accounts lose money, per regulator disclosures. Here's what realistic returns look like, and what separates the minority who make it.
Jul 2026·10 min read
Trading Reality
Realistic Income Expectations: Why Most People Won't Get Rich Trading
Not to discourage you — to recalibrate what "good" actually looks like, so you don't quit a working process too early.
Jul 2026·8 min read
Trading Reality
Why Journaling Changes Outcomes, Even Before You're Profitable
Journaling doesn't feel like it does anything in the moment. It's one of the only habits with a genuine, repeatable link to improvement.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Trading Reality
Gambling vs. Trading: How to Tell Which One You're Actually Doing
They can look identical from the outside. The difference is entirely in the process behind the click.
Jul 2026·7 min read
Risk & Psychology
Position Sizing: The Silent Account Killer Nobody Talks About
Most blown accounts weren't a bad strategy. They were a fine strategy, sized way too large for what the account could survive.
Jul 2026·7 min read
Risk & Psychology
Revenge Trading, FOMO & Overtrading: Why Discipline Beats Strategy
Three names for the same underlying failure: trading in response to an emotion instead of a plan.
Jul 2026·7 min read
Risk & Psychology
Why Losing Streaks Are Normal (and What Separates Pros From Amateurs)
Even a genuinely good strategy loses money in stretches. The difference isn't avoiding streaks — it's what you do during one.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Risk & Psychology
The Trading Discipline Data Nobody Checks
Win rate gets all the attention. The data that actually predicts long-term survival almost nobody looks at.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Industry & Broker Truths
Why Your Broker's Execution Speed Actually Matters
Two brokers can quote the same spread and still cost you very differently. Here's the part almost nobody markets.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Industry & Broker Truths
The Real Cost of "Zero Commission" Trading
Zero commission doesn't mean zero cost — it means the cost moved somewhere less visible.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Industry & Broker Truths
Why Most Traders Never Ask About Slippage — And Should
One of the few genuinely important questions a broker would rather you didn't ask — mostly because almost nobody does.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Prop Firms
Why Most Prop Firm Challenges Are Built for You to Fail
Industry pass rates sit at 5-10%. Here's how the model actually makes money, and what to check before you pay for an evaluation.
Jul 2026·10 min read
Prop Firms
How to Actually Read a Prop Firm's Rules Before You Pay for an Evaluation
The rulebook is where a challenge is actually won or lost, long before the first trade.
Jul 2026·7 min read
Prop Firms
Prop Firm vs. Funding Your Own Account: An Honest Comparison
Neither is objectively better — they trade off differently against your actual situation.
Jul 2026·7 min read
Markets, Reconsidered
Why Most Traders Get the Economic Calendar Wrong
Not by ignoring it — by overreacting to it. Here's the more useful way to actually use scheduled news events.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Markets, Reconsidered
Technical vs. Fundamental Analysis: The Debate That Matters Less Than You Think
A genuinely old argument treated as a permanent tribal choice. Consistency in either beats picking the "superior" one.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Using Your Coach
What Your AI Coach Can (and Can't) Do for You
Set the right expectation upfront and you'll get real value out of it. An honest account of the Coach's actual boundaries.
Jul 2026·6 min read
Using Your Coach
Why Trading Discipline Data Matters More Than Win Rate
If there's one number your Coach cares about more than your win rate, it's this one — and here's why.
Jul 2026·6 min read
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