Hello,
from my experience with many brokers, most important problem is removed profit, if it happens again and again with other clients too it start to make sense, in this case I support more regulation of brokers and maybe some unethical casinos will start to think to invest more money in technology and engineers not on advertising and exhausting marketing...I am here and read other forums too generally to identify these brokers (if they deserve this word) early to adjust my risk... most important rule for me is to diversify to multiple brokers...as we know there is no perfect broker...
Most important is a traders awareness about the range of movement and behaviour the market may display.
By understanding what is mostly normal in the market you can then indentify if theres a chance you have been treated unfairly.
-Aware of the news.
-Aware of prints.
-Technical analysis savvy.
-Knows what the ask price is.
-Understands what leverages does.
-Can calculate lots before the trade and not trading the first available after constantly reducing it on the New Order Screen while getting the message "Not Enough Money".
After all that the trader must go to war with himself.
Thoughts like :
-"Ah , why not , lets get in now".
-"I better take this off before it turns negative"
-"It will come around , im sitting tight"
-"What if its a loser?"
-"What if its a winner?"
-"Omg it COLLAPSED 2 pips!"
-"Yeaah theres the MASSIVE 3pip rally i was talking about!"