r/Forex rules, stats, and what to post

This is a community for people who trade foreign exchange. The description says it is the official subreddit of FXGears.com, a trading forum run by professional traders, and it is a place to talk about trading ideas, strategies, and trading psychology. The rules make clear it is about fiat currencies backed by governments, not crypto. The tone is set by a rule called “Keep It Professional and Friendly!”, so this is a room for serious discussion, not for selling.

The big one is “No Promotional Activity or Advertisements”, which says do not self promote and warns that your brand can get blacklisted by their spam filters. “No off-subreddit discussion (soliciting for DMs,) or promotion of your trader group or chatroom.” is zero tolerance and gets you a perma-ban with no appeal, so never invite anyone to a DM or an outside chat. “No external links or mentions to video sites (YouTube, etc.) Videos must use Reddit Video embeds.” is also zero tolerance, and it covers even telling people to look something up on YouTube. “No Promotion / Linking / Mentioning of your Social Media (IG, FB, Twitter, etc..) Accounts” bans dropping social links, period. “If you post a chart setup or trade idea. (Post Requirements)” says any chart or trade idea must come with your analysis and reasoning, or the post comes down. “No Signals / Signals Promotion” bans trade signals with any commercial intent. “No Gain / Loss (P/L) Porn” bans showing off profits or losses unless you give a detailed account of your strategy, account size, and risk tolerance. “NO CRYPTO - We are not a crypto sub.” keeps crypto topics out, even crypto CFDs from a forex broker. “MEMEs are for weekends only!” limits memes to the weekend window from late Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon EST. Finally, “Mods can remove posts, comments, or ban users at their discretion. Do not argue with mod decisions.” means the mods can remove things even when no rule was technically broken.

Post things that teach. A chart setup works if you annotate it and explain your reasoning in practical, tangible terms, because that is exactly what the chart rule demands. A written breakdown of a strategy or a lesson from trading psychology fits the stated purpose of the sub. If you show a profit or loss, pair it with a full account of the strategy, the account size, and the risk involved. If you post a video, use a Reddit video embed and keep any mention of outside sites out of it. Save memes for the weekend window. Ask genuine questions about strategy or psychology, because the description says conversation about those topics is welcome here.

The fastest bans come from promotion. Do not link your site, your tool, your YouTube, or any social account. Do not suggest moving the talk to DMs or an outside chatroom, because that rule is zero tolerance with no appeal. Do not post a bare chart with no explanation, and do not post signals with commercial intent. Do not post profit screenshots without full context on strategy, account size, and risk. Keep crypto out of it, and keep memes off the sub on weekdays. If a mod removes something, do not argue, because that can get you banned too.

This is one of the strictest rule sets I have read, and I mean that as a compliment. Two rules carry a zero tolerance perma-ban with no appeal, one for pulling people off the sub and one for video links, so there is no soft landing here. What I respect most is rule eight, which refuses profit screenshots unless you show account size and risk, because that single rule changes what honesty looks like in the room.