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If your stop loss is small then it's clearly low risk strategies. However during high volatility large streak of losses can be really painful experience.

Clearly you have to look for more complicated stuff. I see this as criteria for working strategies. Obviously as retail trader you are disadvantaged because of speed, access to proper data, etc. it means you have to be double smart and get your feet in unexpected areas

Markets are getting more efficient because hunt for price inefficiencies is gaining momentum as more and more firms are getting involved in trading. Clearly basic approaches won't work anymore.

Well you can choose max leverage and then adjust lot size to reflect preferable risk per position. Or am I missing something?

I guess they come random and are equal however I simply try to take rest and try something new, spend more time on education.

The one that's worth to try in my view is Hotforex since it offers wide range of instruments and very low spreads on major pairs which is ideal for scalping and news trading.

Learning programming languages and starting to write my own bots. Speed is always an edge.

Buy on pullbacks when there is high volatility with short profit targets and short stops, this often happens after new information hits the market. Avoid trading during times when the market is in equilibrium i.e. all major information is priced in.

One way to cut losses is to make investment-style trades. Focus on trades that have high expected returns and longer horizon on investments. You will also have more time for analysis as well which should be plus

It is impossible to avoid broker fees because it's their business. However you may choose particular type of trading account like zero spread which is better for scalping.

Exotic pairs are better for medium-term trading they are more predictable if you have good grasp on idiosyncratic factors that affect them

This is medium-term argument so use correct position size as well as stop loss and take profit targets if you want to bet on that

They all get news info from Reuters including forecasts so basically there is no difference between FF calendar or Daily FX. Personally I prefer to use in-built calendar in Hotforex MT5 platform.

Market uncertainty is proportional to the time of investment, from this point of view scalping carries less risk. Also, managing a series of small losses are easier to manage than a couple of large drawdowns. This is especially true for rookie traders.

Spurring inflation is tougher than dampening due to this asymmetry increased government spending carries less risk than refusing to smooth economic shocks which would have much more detrimental impact on economic activity. It's all about this simple tradeoff

I have zero spreads on major pairs like EURUSD at Hotforex and Tickmill however for other pairs spreads can be higher, also don't forget about commission.

I trade USDRUB but don't use leverage. Simply wait for some shock hitting the currency then take long position and carry traders will do the rest.

It's very sophisticated Ponzi scheme but well what isn't Ponzi scheme? Fiat money or stock market? Crypto is the space of redistribution of wealth but well if it works, why not? Take it just a space of competition, beauty contest as Keynes said.

Do you think these pieces of fundamental data will cause so large shift in expectations? I doubt so however hold same view on CADJPY (should be weaker short-term)

Hedging means entering in a position to mitigate risk from some other positions. Like if you will need dollars in 3 months you can lock exchange rate by entering into a futures contract. However you will lose opportunity to benefit from a favourable exchange rate move.