r/Forex is a subreddit with 549k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses trading, looking for a, looking for, struggling, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review prop firm, trading platform, and platforms.
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Popular Themes in r/Forex
#1
Solution Requests
: "What broker/platform do you guys use for forex, gold or CFDs?"
2 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "My expectation. Keep your comments 🤐"
2 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I built the most advanced candlestick pattern detectors for cTrader"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Looking at how far I’ve come and coming to realize that you need to stop for a second, and thank yourself why you started and for never giving up… #stevecampell #trading #Investment #viralpost"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Forex
#1
Trading
: "Is Trading really that simple?"
71 posts
#2
Looking For A
44 posts
#3
Looking For
29 posts
#4
Struggling
24 posts
#5
Hate
20 posts
#6
Strategy
: "Buying many cheap prop firm accounts, expecting most to fail | real Strategy or gambling?"
19 posts
#7
Worst
17 posts
#8
Forex
: "how do you know you are good at Forex trading and not lucky?"
16 posts
#9
Gold
: "Risked a short on Gold before the news earlier"
15 posts
#10
Prop Firm
: "Are Prop Firms worth it"
14 posts
Products Discussed in r/Forex
Prop Firm
221 reviews
#1
FTMO
4.6★ from 47 reviews
#2
The5ers
4.6★ from 25 reviews
#3
5%ers
4.5★ from 23 reviews
Trading Platform
7 reviews
#1
MetaTrader
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
cTrader
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Ec
4.0★ from 1 review
Platforms
5 reviews
#1
MT4
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
EcMarkets
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
IG
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Forex
#1
Charts and Setups
: "Grabbed a good opportunityon XAUUSD as first trade of the week!"
29 posts
#2
Prop Firms
: "Are prop firms worth it"
16 posts
#3
Strategy Development
: "Let’s see how it turns out"
8 posts
#4
OTHER/META
: "What is going on USD/JPY!?"
6 posts
#5
Brokers
: "1.2 pips round trip is 24% of a 5 pip stop and 2% of a 50 pip one. same broker, different system"
5 posts
#6
Platforms & Tools
: "Free scalping algo"
4 posts
#7
Risk Management
: "I pulled realised vol, forwards and carry for USDMXN, USDJPY and four EM pairs and turned them into stop sizes. Numbers inside"
4 posts
#8
P/L Porn
: "5k to 100k challenge"
3 posts
#9
Fundamental Analysis
: "how do you know you are good at forex trading and not lucky?"
3 posts
#10
Psychology
: "Bad day"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Forex
Yearly
+67k members(13.8%)
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Last updated: September 13, 2026