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Learning path

Trading (education only)

9 steps, 26 courses. Take the steps in order: each one builds on the one before.

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  1. Step 1

    Start here: what trading is and the risks

    Education only: what trading is, why most beginners lose money, and how to stay calm.

    1. 5.5 Trading Basics: charts, risk, psychology (education only, no signals) Beginner
    2. 5.17 Calm in Uncertain Markets: prepare, protect and plan (education only) Beginner
  2. Step 2

    How markets move

    Supply and demand, news, politics and conflict, and how currencies and gold are priced.

    1. 5.13 Why Markets Move: supply, demand, expectations and surprises (education only) Beginner
    2. 5.16 Market-Moving News: data releases, earnings and events (education only) Beginner
    3. 5.15 Politics and Markets: elections, policy and central banks (education only) Beginner
    4. 5.14 Wars, Conflict and Markets: what history shows (education only) Beginner
    5. 5.6.1 Currencies & Gold: how they are priced Beginner
  3. Step 3

    Charts and trading styles

    Read candlesticks, trends and support and resistance, and compare trading styles.

    1. 5.10 Reading Price Charts: candlesticks, trends, support and resistance (education only) Beginner
    2. 5.11 Types of Trading: day, swing, position, scalping and more (education only) Beginner
  4. Step 4

    Practice safely

    Practise on charts and demo tools only, never with real money first.

    1. 5.18 How to Use TradingView: charts, tools and practice (education only) Beginner
  5. Step 5

    Strategies and risk

    Position size, stops and risk rules, and how forex and gold markets work.

    1. 5.12 Trading Strategies and Risk Management (education only) Intermediate
    2. 5.6 Forex & Gold Market Basics (education only) Intermediate
  6. Step 6

    Brokers, costs and orders

    How brokers are regulated, what trading costs, how orders work, then the full checklist (5.22).

    1. 5.19 Brokers Explained: what they do, how they are regulated and how to check one (education only) Beginner
    2. 5.20 Trading Costs: spreads, commissions, swaps, rebates and cashback (education only) Beginner
    3. 5.21 Orders, Lots and Margin: how a trade actually works (education only) Beginner
    4. 5.22 Trading Essentials: everything to know before your first trade (education only) Beginner
  7. Step 7

    Intermediate: indicators and styles in depth

    Indicators and their limits, and the time, capital and psychology each style needs.

    1. 5.10.2 Technical Analysis in Depth: indicators and their limits Intermediate
    2. 5.11.2 Trading Styles Compared: time, capital and psychology Intermediate
  8. Step 8

    Advanced: testing, plans and statistics

    Backtests, drawdowns, written plans and market structure.

    1. 5.5.3 Risk & Performance Analysis: statistics, drawdowns and journaling Advanced
    2. 5.6.3 Macro & Market Structure: rates, flows and liquidity Advanced
    3. 5.10.3 Testing Chart Ideas: backtests and statistics Advanced
    4. 5.11.3 Trading Plans & Psychology: rules and discipline Advanced
  9. Step 9

    Expert: research, regulation and ethics

    Professional risk, research method, regulation and mentoring.

    1. 5.5.4 Professional Risk & Regulation: institutional risk and research methods Expert
    2. 5.6.4 Professional Markets Study: risk, regulation and ethics Expert
    3. 5.10.4 Market Research Methods: evidence-based analysis Expert
    4. 5.11.4 Trading Professionalism: ethics, regulation and mentoring Expert