Trading costs, worked out.
Every guide answers one real cost question with worked math and exact numbers. No market calls, no signals, no forecasts — costs are the only variable in trading you fully control, so costs are all we write about.
How forex rebates work — and why at-source beats cashback
Where the rebate money actually comes from, the two routes it can take back to you, and the exact per-lot math: $7.00 standard, $5.50 with the discount applied at the source.
Read the guideAre forex rebates worth it? The math by account size
At $1.50 per lot, 2 lots a month is $36 a year and 100 lots is $1,800. The honest scale, worked out — including the account sizes where the rebate is just coffee money.
Read the guideWhat a round-turn lot really costs: spread, commission, swap
The whole bill for one EURUSD lot: ~$1.00 of spread, $7.00 of commission ($5.50 through Forexnese), and a swap line that only exists overnight. Only one line is negotiable.
Read the guidePepperstone Razor vs Standard: the full cost math
Standard has no commission but a 1-pip markup — about $10.00 a lot. Razor bills $7.00 on raw spreads, $6.00 through Forexnese. The same raw feed underneath both; the difference, worked out.
Read the guideIC Markets commission explained: Raw vs Standard
Raw Spread bills $3.50 per side — $7.00 a lot, $5.50 through Forexnese. Standard hides about $8.00 in the spread. The honest per-lot math, including the pairs where Standard wins.
Read the guideIC Markets vs Pepperstone: which costs less per lot?
Both list $7.00 on MetaTrader raw accounts — a dead tie. The real differences: platform billing, the no-commission markups, and the Forexnese rates, $5.50 vs $6.00. Both are partners; this is arithmetic, not a review.
Read the guideDo you need a VPS for forex? An honest answer
A VPS is bought for uptime, not speed. If an EA runs 24/5 it earns its cost; if you trade manually it's $360 a year for latency you never use. The verdict, case by case.
Read the guideFXVM vs ForexVPS.net: which forex VPS to pick?
Both are partners. FXVM is the value pick (cheapest VPS ~$21/mo, 15% off); ForexVPS.net is the premium brand — more cores, ~1 ms latency (20% off) — and cheaper at a matched 4 GB. Value vs premium, not cheap vs expensive.
Read the guideWhy we only list two brokers
Most rebate portals list forty. We list two we trade with ourselves — the four tests every partner has to pass, what those tests have already vetoed, and exactly how we get paid.
Read the guideWhat is an introducing broker — and how IBs get paid
An IB refers you to a broker and is paid by the broker, never by you. The four payment models — CPA, per-lot, spread markup, hybrid — and which one is quietly on your side.
Read the guidePrefer your own numbers?
The rebate calculator does the same math with your monthly volume — see what a lower commission is worth to you per year.
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