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The full programme.

15 tracks, 222 lessons. Here is the exact map — titles, level, written-content marker.

Foundations · × 14

Markets & forex — the basics

The vocabulary and mechanics before you touch a chart. 14 lessons.

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  1. 01
    What is forex?Written content

    Brief excerpt · Forex (foreign exchange) is the market where currencies are traded. When you buy EUR/USD, you buy euros by selling dollars — always in pairs.

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  2. 02
    Why trade forex?Written content

    Brief excerpt · Three reasons make forex attractive. First, liquidity: on majors, you can enter and exit without moving price, even with a few hundred thousand euros.

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  3. 03

    Brief excerpt · Major pairs all include the US dollar. The seven classic majors: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD, NZD/USD.

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  4. 04
    Minors and exoticsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Minor pairs ("crosses") do not include the USD: EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY, AUD/NZD, etc. Wider spreads, lower liquidity, but often more personality than majors.

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  5. 05
    Pip, pipette, pointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A pip is the fourth decimal of a pair’s price (except JPY pairs where it is the second). On EUR/USD = 1.0850, moving to 1.0851 = +1 pip.

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  6. 06

    Brief excerpt · A standard lot = 100,000 units of the base currency. On EUR/USD, 1 lot = €100,000. Too much for most retail traders.

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  7. 07
    Leverage and marginWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Leverage is a broker-provided multiplier. With 30:1 leverage, depositing €1,000 lets you open a €30,000 position. Margin is the slice of your capital "locked" to hold the position.

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  8. 08
    Bid, ask and spreadWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The bid is the price at which the market buys from you (so where you sell). The ask (or offer) is where the market sells to you (so where you buy). Bid is always lower than ask.

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  9. 09
    Long vs shortWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Long = buying, betting on a rise. Short = selling, betting on a fall. On forex, short-selling needs no authorisation: the pair mechanics let you short as easily as long.

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  10. 10
    Computing P&LWritten content

    Brief excerpt · P&L = (Exit price − Entry price) × Size × Pip value. For a long: profit if exit > entry. For a short: profit if exit < entry.

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  11. 11
    Base vs quote currencyWritten content

    Brief excerpt · In a pair X/Y, X is the base currency, Y the quote currency. The price shows how many Y equal 1 X. EUR/USD = 1.0850 ⇒ €1 = $1.0850.

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  12. 12
    Market participantsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Five big categories drive forex. Central banks (FED, ECB) set rates and intervene rarely but heavily. Commercial banks handle most volume — the interbank market.

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  13. 13
    Drill: compute 5 P&LsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Hands-on drill: turn five moves into P&L. Work each one out by hand before peeking at the answer — the gesture is what locks the mechanic in.

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  14. 14
    Basics checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Checkpoint for the "basics" track. Three things to lock in before moving on: vocabulary (pip, lot, leverage, spread), mechanics (long/short, P&L computation), and guardrails (why max leverage is rarely a good idea).

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Foundations · × 10

Brokers & platforms

Pick a regulated broker and set up your tools. 10 lessons.

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  1. 01

    Brief excerpt · A regulated broker is supervised by a market authority (FCA in the UK, ASIC in Australia, CySEC in Cyprus, AMF in France). Regulation enforces client-fund segregation, audits, and partial compensation in case of bankruptcy.

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  2. 02
    Account typesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Three account families: Standard (spread includes broker mark-up, no commission), ECN/Raw (near-zero spread, per-lot commission), and Cent (cent-denominated account for micro tests).

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  3. 03
    Funding methodsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Common deposit methods: bank transfer (slow but traceable), card (instant but often capped), Skrill/Neteller (fast, variable fees), crypto (fast, watch network fees).

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  4. 04
    MetaTrader 4 / 5Written content

    Brief excerpt · MetaTrader 4 (MT4) is still the retail forex reference: charts, indicators, scripts, expert advisors. Dated UI but ultra-stable. MetaTrader 5 (MT5) adds timeframes, order types, and access to stocks/futures — less universal but more modern.

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  5. 05
    TradingView basicsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · TradingView has become the standard charting tool. Free: 1 chart, 3 indicators, 1 alert. Pro: 4 charts, 5 alerts. Pro+: 8 charts. Premium: 10 charts, intrabar replays, second-by-second data.

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  6. 06
    Order typesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Four order types to know. Market: instant buy/sell at best available price. Limit: triggers only at a set price or better. Stop: triggers at a set price, then becomes a market order. Stop-limit: combines — triggers at the stop, executes at the limit.

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  7. 07
    Slippage and latencyWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Slippage = gap between the requested price and the obtained price. On EUR/USD during London session: nearly zero. On GBP/JPY during an ECB statement: 5 to 15 pips, frequent.

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  8. 08

    Brief excerpt · Three hidden fees that will bleed you if you don’t look. Swap (rollover): daily interest paid/credited each night based on the rate differential between the two currencies in the pair. Held a few days = ignorable. Held 3 months = can be 5 % of P&L.

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  9. 09
    Demo vs live mindsetWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A demo account is not a "for fun" account. It is your real training ground. Everything is technically identical to live — except emotion. The shaky hand does not shake on demo.

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  10. 10
    Brokers checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Checkpoint for Brokers & platforms. Three things to lock in: pick a regulated broker (serious jurisdiction, segregated funds), master basic orders (market, limit, stop, OCO), know the hidden costs (swap, commission, variable spread).

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Foundations · × 18

Japanese candles

Read what a candle tells. Recognise the basic patterns. 18 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Anatomy of a candleWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A Japanese candle condenses four data points over a given period: open, high, low, close.

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  2. 02
    Body, wicks, ratioWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A candle is read by its body/wick ratio. Not its absolute size, not its colour — its proportion.

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  3. 03

    Brief excerpt · A filled candle (coloured body, often red) signals a close below the open. A hollow (or green) candle signals a close above.

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  4. 04
    The marubozuWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A marubozu is a candle with virtually no wicks. The body fills (almost) the full high‑low range of the session.

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  5. 05
    The dojiWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A doji is a candle where open and close are nearly identical. The body is tiny — sometimes just a horizontal bar.

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  6. 06

    Brief excerpt · A hammer has a small body at the top and a long lower wick — at least twice the body. Hammer shape, handle down.

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  7. 07

    Brief excerpt · The morning star is a 3‑candle bullish reversal: a bearish candle, a small one (the star, often a doji) with a gap, then a bullish candle that recovers more than half of the first.

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  8. 08
    Bullish engulfingWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A bullish engulfing candle: a green candle whose body fully engulfs the body of the previous red candle.

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  9. 09
    Bearish engulfingWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The bearish engulfing is the mirror: a red candle whose body engulfs the previous green candle’s body.

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  10. 10

    Brief excerpt · Three white soldiers: three consecutive bullish candles, each with a meaningful body and closing near its high.

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  11. 11

    Brief excerpt · A candle never stands alone. Context — prior trend, level tested, volume, timeframe — decides 80% of the signal.

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  12. 12
    Tweezer tops & bottomsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Candles track checkpoint. Five questions, no going back. You can retake.

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  13. 13

    Brief excerpt · The harami is a two-candle reversal pattern. A large candle one way, then a small candle the other way entirely engulfed by the prior body. "Harami" means "pregnant" in Japanese — the small candle is the baby.

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  14. 14
    Three inside up / downWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Piercing line: two candles. In a downtrend, a large red candle, then a green candle that opens below the red’s low and closes above the midpoint of the red body.

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  15. 15

    Brief excerpt · Tweezer tops: two candles (sometimes more) forming exactly the same high. Appears at the top of an uptrend. Signal of rejection of a level tested twice.

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  16. 16
    Spinning topsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Three inside up: bearish harami followed by a bullish candle that closes above the high of the first large candle. Confirmation of the bullish reversal in three candles.

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  17. 17
    Candles in contextWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Three outside up: bullish engulfing (large green candle covers the prior red) followed by a third green candle closing above the second. Bullish reversal signal reinforced by confirmation.

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  18. 18
    Candles checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Candles checkpoint. Three things to lock in: the mechanics of a candle (anatomy, body, wicks, context), the key reversals (hammer, doji, star, engulfing, harami), and multi-candle confirmations (three inside, three outside).

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Foundations · × 18

Market structure

Trend, range, levels. The skeleton of every analysis. 18 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Defining a trendWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A trend is defined by the sequence of highs and lows. Not by your opinion, not by the news, not by a moving average.

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  2. 02

    Brief excerpt · A "higher high" (HH) followed by a "higher low" (HL) confirms an uptrend is in place. That is the minimum grammar.

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  3. 03

    Brief excerpt · A range is a zone where price oscillates between a defined support and resistance. No clear HH/HL/LL/LH sequence — just back and forth.

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  4. 04
    Structure breaksWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A Break of Structure (BoS) happens when price exceeds the last key point of the ongoing sequence. A broken HH on the upside confirms continuation, a broken HL on the downside signals a change.

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  5. 05
    Pivot pointsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A pivot is an inflection point: a high where price falls back, or a low where price bounces. Connect two major pivots and you have a level.

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  6. 06
    Psychological levelsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Psychological levels are round numbers: 100, 1.10, 1.20, 10,000, etc. They rely on no technical logic — only collective psychology.

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  7. 07
    Multi‑timeframeWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Multi‑timeframe analysis: read the big frame before the detail. Simple rule: trend defined on the higher TF, entry refined on the lower TF.

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  8. 08
    Trend within trendWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A trend can contain an opposite trend at a smaller scale. A 6‑month D uptrend can contain a 2‑week bearish pullback on 4H.

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  9. 09
    False breakoutsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A fakeout is a break that goes back into its cage: price moves beyond the level, then returns inside.

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  10. 10

    Brief excerpt · Telling reversal from continuation is central. Reversal changes the trend; continuation resumes the trend after a pause.

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  11. 11
    Reading a clean chartWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A clean chart is a readable chart — not an empty one. Too many indicators = noise. No markup = blind.

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  12. 12
    Marking up a chartWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Marking up a chart = annotations that make future decisions faster. Key levels, zones of interest, current scenario.

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  13. 13
    Wyckoff (intro)Written content

    Brief excerpt · Five charts a day, picked across five different assets. You mark trend, levels, zones of interest. You note the likely scenario and its alternative.

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  14. 14
    Accumulation phasesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Market structure checkpoint. Five questions to validate the whole track.

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  15. 15
    Distribution phasesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Richard Wyckoff (1873-1934) formalised a market reading based on the interaction of price and volume. His central thesis: markets cycle through four successive phases — accumulation, markup, distribution, markdown. Identifying the current phase is worth more than predicting the next candle.

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  16. 16

    Brief excerpt · Wyckoff accumulation unfolds in five sub-phases (A→E) on a sideways zone. Phase A: stopping the downtrend (preliminary support + selling climax). Phase B: the slow build where smart money absorbs. Phase C: the final test, often a false breakdown (spring) that traps sellers.

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  17. 17
    Drill: 5 chartsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Wyckoff distribution is the mirror of accumulation, at the top of an uptrend. Sub-phases A→E. Phase A: preliminary supply, slowing rally. Phase B: lateral construction, smart money distributes. Phase C: false breakout above ("upthrust") that traps late buyers.

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  18. 18
    Structure checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Smart Money Concepts (SMC) takes the Wyckoffian idea and dresses it in modern vocabulary. Key notions: order block (zone where smart money placed orders), liquidity (cluster of stops visible above/below highs/lows), break of structure (BOS, the market breaks a structure to confirm a new direction).

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Foundations · × 16

Risk management

The module that separates those who stay from those who quit. 16 lessons.

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  1. 01
    The 1% ruleWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The 1% rule: never risk more than 1% of your capital on a single trade. Not notional — actual risk down to the stop.

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  2. 02
    Position sizingWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Position size depends on three variables: your capital, your per‑trade risk (in %), and the distance to the stop (in price units).

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  3. 03
    Stop placementWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Stop placement is not chosen by comfort. It goes where, if price hits it, your reason to be in the trade is gone.

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  4. 04

    Brief excerpt · Expectancy = (win rate × avg win) − (loss rate × avg loss). A profitable trader can lose the majority of their trades.

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  5. 05
    Risk/reward ratioWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Risk/Reward (R:R) is the ratio between what you risk and what you can earn. The mathematical promise of a trade.

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  6. 06
    Risk of ruinWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Risk of ruin is the probability of going to zero. It depends on % per trade, R:R, and hit rate.

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  7. 07
    Psychological drawdownWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Psychological drawdown is the pain felt during a loss, not the loss itself. The second is mechanical, the first eats traders.

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  8. 08
    Trailing stopsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A trailing stop follows price in the favourable direction without ever moving back. It locks in gains without capping upside.

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  9. 09

    Brief excerpt · Pyramiding: add to a winning position, never a losing one. Each addition has its own stop and must respect the global 1%.

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  10. 10
    Pair correlationsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Drill: simulate 100 paper trades with your tested strategy. Log every entry, stop, exit, R earned. No real money.

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  11. 11
    Hedging basicsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Risk track checkpoint. Five questions, no going back. You can retake.

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  12. 12
    Kelly criterionWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The Kelly criterion is a formula that computes the "optimal" fraction of capital to risk per trade to maximise compounded growth. Formula: f = (p × b − q) / b where p = win prob, q = 1 − p, b = gain/loss ratio.

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  13. 13
    Weekly risk budgetWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Hedging: opening an opposite position to neutralise part of the risk. Example: you are long 1 lot EUR/USD, you short 1 lot DXY to protect against the dollar.

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  14. 14
    Drawdown recovery mathWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Weekly risk budget: decide at the start of the week how much you are willing to lose in total. Example: 3 % of capital max. Once reached, you stop trading until next Monday. No discussion.

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  15. 15

    Brief excerpt · Recovery math: losing N % requires a gain of N / (1 − N) to recover. Lose 10 % → +11 % to come back. Lose 30 % → +43 %. Lose 50 % → +100 %. Lose 80 % → +400 %.

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  16. 16
    Risk checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Risk checkpoint. Three things to lock in: the 1 % rule (position size matching your per-trade risk), positive expectancy (rate × R:R compounds your curve), recovery math (asymmetric drawdown).

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Intermediate · × 14

Support & resistance

The levels that matter and the ones that lie. 14 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Defining a levelWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A support/resistance level is not a line — it is a zone. Price is not a fixed point: there is a bid, an ask, slippage, and latent orders. Systematically draw bands of a few pips/dollars, not pixel-perfect lines.

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  2. 02
    Strength of a levelWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A level’s strength depends on three things: number of historical tests (more = stronger, up to a point), magnitude of reactions (large bounces = respected level), and age (a 2008 level still active today is extremely strong).

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  3. 03

    Brief excerpt · The "flip" phenomenon: once a support breaks cleanly, it becomes resistance. And vice versa. Mechanics: buyers trapped at the broken support sell as soon as price returns — they turn their loss into break-even.

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  4. 04

    Brief excerpt · A supply zone is a zone where price dropped sharply after sitting there — sellers placed a big offer, the market flipped. A demand zone is the inverse: a zone from which price launched higher.

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  5. 05
    Order blocks (intro)Written content

    Brief excerpt · An order block is a candle (or cluster) that marks the smart money’s last engagement before a strong directional move. Concretely: the last bearish candle before an explosive rally, or vice versa.

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  6. 06
    ConfluenceWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Confluence = several technical reasons aligned on the same level. Example: classic support drawn on 1D + a demand zone + 61.8% Fibonacci retracement + a round psychological level. Four arguments in one = high-probability trade.

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  7. 07
    Liquidity at extremesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Liquidity at extremes: stops accumulate just above recent highs (for sellers) and just below recent lows (for buyers). Smart money knows where those stops are. It sometimes pushes price deliberately to hunt them.

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  8. 08
    Stop huntsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A stop hunt is the event where price temporarily exceeds an obvious level (support, resistance, high, low) to trigger stops, then quickly returns to the other side. The market has consumed the accumulated liquidity.

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  9. 09
    Fibonacci retracementWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Fibonacci retracement splits a bullish (or bearish) move into key ratios: 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8%, 78.6%. The market tends to respect these levels in intermediate pullbacks.

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  10. 10
    Fibonacci extensionsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Fibonacci extensions project the next leg after a pullback. Standard ratios: 1.272, 1.414, 1.618, 2.618. The 1.618 is the "natural" target of most trending impulses.

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  11. 11
    Camarilla pivotsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Camarilla pivots are a specific set of pivots computed from the previous day’s high, low, close. H3/L3 and H4/L4 are most used intraday — they target statistically reliable reversal zones.

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  12. 12
    Liquidity grabsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Liquidity grab: a particularly clean stop hunt where the market deliberately creates a fake signal to harvest resting orders. Appears near super-obvious levels (round numbers, weekly highs/lows).

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  13. 13
    Drill: draw 5 levelsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Practical drill: open 5 daily charts of major pairs (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, USD/CAD). On each, draw 3 levels: a clear support, a clear resistance, a demand or supply zone.

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  14. 14
    S&R checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · S&R checkpoint. Three things to lock in: drawing a real level (zone, multi-timeframe, two tests minimum), reading the flip (clean break + retest = excellent entry), understanding liquidity (stop hunts + grab + Fib extension + confluence).

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Intermediate · × 12

Volume & order flow

See who pushes, who defends, who capitulates. 12 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Volume: why it mattersWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Volume is the number of contracts/lots traded over a given period. The only metric that shows real engagement — price can rise by default (few buyers, even fewer sellers) or by conviction (huge volume).

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  2. 02

    Brief excerpt · Volume profile shows the volume traded at each price level over a given period. Instead of looking at time (X axis), you look at price (Y axis).

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  3. 03
    Point of Control (POC)Written content

    Brief excerpt · Point of Control (POC) is the price level with the highest traded volume over the period. The market’s "center of gravity" for that period.

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  4. 04
    Value Area High / LowWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Value area is the zone containing 70% of traded volume (one standard deviation on a normal distribution). Bounded by Value Area High (VAH) and Value Area Low (VAL).

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  5. 05
    Volume climaxWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Climax volume is an abnormally high volume spike, often 3-5x recent average. Appears at major turning points or at the end of strong moves.

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  6. 06

    Brief excerpt · Price-volume divergence: price makes a new high (or low) but volume decreases. The move is losing strength.

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  7. 07
    Order book (intro)Written content

    Brief excerpt · The order book displays resting limit orders by price level. Bid side (waiting buyers), ask side (waiting sellers). The market’s "depth".

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  8. 08
    Spoofing and icebergsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Spoofing: displaying large orders to influence market perception, then cancelling them before execution. Illegal in the US since 2010 (Dodd-Frank), still practised on some crypto markets.

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  9. 09
    VWAPWritten content

    Brief excerpt · VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price): volume-weighted average price over a period, typically the day. Major reference for institutional traders.

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  10. 10
    Time and SalesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Time and Sales (Tape): raw stream of executed trades, in real time. Shows price, size, and side (buy/sell) of each trade.

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  11. 11
    Drill: EUR/USD profileWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Practical drill: open TradingView, select EUR/USD on 1H, and display the volume profile over the last 5 sessions.

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  12. 12
    Volume checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Volume checkpoint. Three things to lock in: reading volume (tick vs real, price-volume divergence), decoding the profile (POC, VAH, VAL, transit zones), understanding advanced tools (order book, VWAP, Tape).

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Intermediate · × 18

Chart patterns

The patterns that still mean something — classic and harmonic. 18 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Symmetrical trianglesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · A symmetrical triangle is a consolidation pattern where descending highs and ascending lows converge. Price compresses — expect a breakout in the direction of the preceding trend.

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  2. 02
    Ascending trianglesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Ascending triangle: horizontal resistance + ascending lows. Buyers push higher and higher while resistance holds. Strong bullish pattern.

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  3. 03
    Descending trianglesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Descending triangle: horizontal support + descending highs. Mirror of ascending triangle. Sellers in control, buyers exhaust defending the support.

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  4. 04
    Head and shouldersWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Head and shoulders: major reversal pattern at the top of an uptrend. Three peaks: left shoulder, head (highest), right shoulder (lower than head). The neckline connects the two troughs between shoulders.

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  5. 05

    Brief excerpt · Inverse head and shoulders: perfect mirror at the bottom of a downtrend. Three troughs: left shoulder, head (lowest), right shoulder (less low). Neckline above.

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  6. 06
    Bull flagsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Bull flag: consolidation pause in an uptrend. After a vertical move ("pole"), price consolidates slightly down or flat ("flag") before resuming.

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  7. 07
    Bear flagsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Bear flag: perfect mirror of bull flag in a downtrend. Bearish pole + slightly bullish or flat flag + bearish break.

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  8. 08
    WedgesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Wedge: two converging trendlines but sloped the same direction. Rising wedge (both ascending) = bearish signal. Falling wedge (both descending) = bullish signal.

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  9. 09
    Double tops/bottomsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Double top: two near-identical peaks separated by a trough. Classic bearish reversal pattern. The market tests resistance twice and fails.

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  10. 10
    Cups and handlesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Cup and handle: bullish continuation pattern. The "cup" is a U-shape over weeks/months. The "handle" is a small bearish consolidation right of the cup, before breakout.

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  11. 11
    When a pattern failsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · When a pattern fails, it is often a more powerful signal than the pattern itself. A failed H&S (price climbs back above the head) = strong bullish signal.

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  12. 12
    GartleyWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The Gartley pattern is the first formalised harmonic figure (H.M. Gartley, 1935). Forms an "M" or "W" with precise Fibonacci ratios: AB = 0.618 XA, BC = 0.382-0.886 AB, CD = 1.272-1.618 BC, D at the 0.786 level of XA.

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  13. 13
    ButterflyWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The butterfly (Bryce Gilmore and Larry Pesavento) resembles the Gartley but point D extends FURTHER than X. Ratios: AB = 0.786 XA, CD = 1.618-2.618 BC, D at 1.27-1.618 of XA.

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  14. 14
    BatWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The bat pattern (Scott Carney) is another harmonic with specific ratios: AB = 0.382-0.5 XA, BC = 0.382-0.886 AB, CD = 1.618-2.618 BC, D at 0.886 of XA.

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  15. 15
    CrabWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The crab (Scott Carney) is the most extensive harmonic. D points far beyond X — at 1.618 of XA. Requires huge Fib extensions: CD = 2.618-3.618 BC.

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  16. 16
    Three drivesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Three drives: three successive impulses forming peaks (or troughs) with progressive Fibonacci extensions. Each drive rises (or falls) slightly higher (or lower) than the previous, at precise ratios.

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  17. 17

    Brief excerpt · Practical drill: open a 4H chart of your favourite pair, last 6 months. Identify 5 different patterns: triangle, flag, double top/bottom, head & shoulders, and a harmonic (Gartley or butterfly).

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  18. 18
    Patterns checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Patterns checkpoint. Three things to lock in: classics (triangles, flags, doubles, head & shoulders), harmonics (Gartley, butterfly, bat, crab, three drives), and reading failures (failures = powerful counter-trend signals).

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Intermediate · × 16

Fundamental analysis

What moves price before the chart catches up. 16 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Macro vs microWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Fundamental analysis studies the economic, monetary, and geopolitical forces that move prices. The opposite of technical analysis — you look at the engine, not the dashboard.

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  2. 02

    Brief excerpt · Central banks are the most powerful actors in forex. The FED (US), ECB (eurozone), BoJ (Japan), BoE (UK) make the monetary-policy decisions that build or break trends.

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  3. 03

    Brief excerpt · A central bank’s policy interest rate is the main lever in forex. Rate differential between two currencies = main driver of their parity over medium-to-long term.

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  4. 04
    Inflation and CPIWritten content

    Brief excerpt · CPI (Consumer Price Index) measures inflation. High inflation pushes the CB to hike rates to cool it — so stronger currency. Low inflation = pressure to cut rates = weaker currency.

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  5. 05
    Employment: NFPWritten content

    Brief excerpt · NFP (Non-Farm Payrolls) is THE US employment report. Released the first Friday of the month at 08:30 EST. Measures non-farm jobs created/lost the previous month.

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  6. 06
    GDP and PMIWritten content

    Brief excerpt · GDP measures the wealth produced by a country. Released quarterly in three estimates (advance, second, final). Stronger-than-expected GDP strengthens the currency.

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  7. 07
    Trade balanceWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Trade balance = exports − imports. A net exporter (exports > imports) sees its currency strengthen because foreign buyers must buy the currency to pay.

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  8. 08

    Brief excerpt · Commodities and certain currencies are correlated. CAD ↔ oil (Canada exporter), AUD ↔ iron ore + gold (Australia producer), NZD ↔ dairy products, NOK ↔ oil, RUB ↔ oil + gas.

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  9. 09
    Geopolitics and riskWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Geopolitics is forex’s X-factor. A war, sanctions, a major political risk can move a currency 5-10% in days, regardless of economic data.

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  10. 10
    Economic calendarWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The economic calendar is the #1 tool of a fundamental trader. Lists all major economic releases, expected impact (low/medium/high), consensus, and previous value.

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  11. 11
    High‑impact eventsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Must-know high-impact events: NFP (1st Friday), FOMC (FED decision, ~8x/year), ECB Decision (~8x/year), BoE Decision (~8x/year), US GDP (quarterly), US CPI (monthly), Powell speech (variable).

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  12. 12

    Brief excerpt · Fundamental carry trade: borrow in a low-rate currency, invest in a high-rate currency. You earn the rate differential every day, on top of any potential pair movement.

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  13. 13

    Brief excerpt · Risk-on vs risk-off: the two global regimes. Risk-on = risk appetite, capital flows to stocks, EM currencies, crypto. Risk-off = risk aversion, capital flows to USD, CHF, JPY, gold, US bonds.

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  14. 14

    Brief excerpt · Reading a central bank statement is an art. Three things to dissect: the decision (rate held/changed), the official statement (hawkish/dovish tone), the press conference (signals for next decisions).

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  15. 15

    Brief excerpt · Practical drill: open ForexFactory and prep your week. Identify 3 three-star events, note the time, consensus, previous value.

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  16. 16

    Brief excerpt · Fundamentals checkpoint. Three things to lock in: understand rate and central-bank mechanics (differential + hawkish/dovish), read major indicators (CPI, NFP, GDP, PMI), master the economic calendar and anti-news hygiene.

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Intermediate · × 12

Sessions & instruments

When to trade, and what to trade. 12 lessons.

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  1. 01

    Brief excerpt · Forex trades 24/5 but every hour has different behaviour. Three main sessions: Asia (Tokyo, 00h-09h GMT), London (08h-17h GMT), New York (13h-22h GMT). These windows overlap at moments.

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  2. 02
    Session overlapsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The London-NY overlap (13h-17h GMT) concentrates 50% of global forex volume. Over these 4 hours, you have the two largest market venues active simultaneously.

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  3. 03
    Best pairs per sessionWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Each session has its ideal pair. Asia: USD/JPY, AUD/JPY, NZD/JPY (Tokyo and Sydney). London: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, EUR/GBP, USD/CHF (European pairs). NY: anything with USD, especially EUR/USD, USD/CAD, USD/MXN.

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  4. 04

    Brief excerpt · Friday close (22h GMT) and Sunday open (22h GMT) create potential gaps. Over the weekend, geopolitical or economic events can move prices significantly.

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  5. 05
    Holiday liquidityWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Holidays crash forex liquidity. Thanksgiving (4th Thursday of November), July 4th, Christmas, New Year, Easter, Japanese Golden Week — moments when spreads widen and moves become erratic.

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  6. 06
    Gold (XAU/USD)Written content

    Brief excerpt · Gold (XAU/USD) is THE refuge instrument. Bought in risk-off, sold in risk-on. Very liquid, tight spread on reputable brokers, clean moves.

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  7. 07
    Indices (S&P, NAS100)Written content

    Brief excerpt · Indices: S&P 500 (SPX/SPY/ES), Nasdaq 100 (NDX/NQ), Dow Jones (DJI/YM). They represent large US caps. Traded very liquidly, especially during NY session (13:30-21:00 GMT).

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  8. 08
    OilWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Oil: WTI (West Texas Intermediate, US benchmark) and Brent (European benchmark). WTI-Brent spread usually $2-5/barrel. Traded on futures (CL for WTI, BZ for Brent).

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  9. 09
    Crypto vs forexWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Crypto vs forex: fundamental differences. Crypto 24/7 (never closed), 3-10x more volatile, no central bank (except via regulation), variable spreads by platform, leverage usually more limited at regulated brokers.

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  10. 10
    Bonds (intro)Written content

    Brief excerpt · Bonds are debt securities issued by governments or companies. In forex, we mostly watch US and German 10-year bonds because they signal rate expectations.

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  11. 11

    Brief excerpt · Practical drill: rank 5 instruments by expected daily volatility. For example: EUR/USD (low), USD/JPY (medium), gold (medium-high), Nasdaq (high), BTC (very high).

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  12. 12
    Sessions checkpointWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Sessions checkpoint. Three things to lock in: understand sessions and their associated pairs, manage high-impact windows (overlap, news, holidays), read correlations between instruments (gold, indices, bonds, oil, crypto).

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Advanced · × 16

Trend strategies

Enter with the market, without chasing. 16 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Moving averagesStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Moving averages.

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  2. 02
    Pullback to MAStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Pullback to MA.

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  3. 03
    20/50 crossStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: 20/50 cross.

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  4. 04
    Resistance breakoutStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Resistance breakout.

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  5. 05
    Retest and entryStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Retest and entry.

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  6. 06
    Trailing stop on trendStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Trailing stop on trend.

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  7. 07
    ATR for stopStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: ATR for stop.

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  8. 08
    Exiting a trendStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Exiting a trend.

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  9. 09
    Trend vs regimeStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Trend vs regime.

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  10. 10
    When not to tradeStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: When not to trade.

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  11. 11
    MACDStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: MACD.

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  12. 12
    Trend strength: ADXStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Trend strength: ADX.

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  13. 13
    Heikin AshiStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Heikin Ashi.

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  14. 14
    Ichimoku — introStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Ichimoku — intro.

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  15. 15
    Drill: 3 SPY setupsStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Drill: 3 SPY setups.

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  16. 16
    Trend checkpointStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Trend checkpoint.

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Range strategies

Buy the low, sell the high, or do nothing. 14 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Spotting a rangeStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Spotting a range.

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  2. 02
    Range vs trendStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Range vs trend.

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  3. 03
    Mean reversionStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Mean reversion.

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  4. 04
    RSI extremesStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: RSI extremes.

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  5. 05
    Bollinger bandsStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Bollinger bands.

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  6. 06
    Range exit: breakoutStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Range exit: breakout.

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  7. 07
    FakeoutsStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Fakeouts.

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  8. 08
    Heightened riskStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Heightened risk.

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  9. 09
    Carry trade (intro)Structured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Carry trade (intro).

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  10. 10
    Stochastic oscillatorStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Stochastic oscillator.

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  11. 11
    Keltner channelsStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Keltner channels.

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  12. 12
    When mean reversion failsStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: When mean reversion fails.

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  13. 13
    Drill: GBP/USD rangeStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Drill: GBP/USD range.

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  14. 14
    Range checkpointStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Range checkpoint.

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Volatility regimes

Adapt your strategy to the regime. Not the reverse. 14 lessons.

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  1. 01
    Measuring volatilityStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Measuring volatility.

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  2. 02
    VIX and indicesStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: VIX and indices.

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  3. 03
    ATR as a barometerStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: ATR as a barometer.

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  4. 04
    Calm regimeStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Calm regime.

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  5. 05
    Nervous regimeStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Nervous regime.

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  6. 06
    Liquidity crisisStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Liquidity crisis.

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  7. 07
    Sizing by volatilityStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Sizing by volatility.

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  8. 08
    Dynamic stopsStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Dynamic stops.

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  9. 09
    Implied vs realized volStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Implied vs realized vol.

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  10. 10
    Volatility cyclesStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Volatility cycles.

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  11. 11

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Risk‑on / risk‑off transitions.

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  12. 12
    Stop chase under high volStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Stop chase under high vol.

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  13. 13
    Drill: classify 10 sessionsStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Drill: classify 10 sessions.

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  14. 14
    Volatility checkpointStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Volatility checkpoint.

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Mastery · × 16

Psychology & journal

The invisible work that decides everything. 16 lessons.

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  1. 01
    The trade journalWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Trading psychology is not a science of optimism. It is a science of silence: recognising what you feel without letting the feeling write the order for you.

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  2. 02

    Brief excerpt · FOMO — the fear of missing out — is the one bias that disguises itself as analysis. When you hear yourself say "it’s now or never", you no longer read the market: you write for it.

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  3. 03

    Brief excerpt · Revenge trading is the rite of impatient losers: lose fast to erase the prior loss. It announces itself with the phrase "I’ll win this one back".

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  4. 04
    Bias: FOMOWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Boredom is the work. Traders who last spend most of their time waiting for the pattern to form. Those who jump disappear.

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  5. 05
    Bias: revenge tradingWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Confirmation bias: seeing on the chart only what confirms the thesis already formed. Cure: before entering, write the sentence that would make you exit.

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  6. 06
    Bias: anchoringWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Sunk cost — the loss you refuse to book because it already cost. Holding a losing position "because it will come back" is the trader version of past addiction.

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  7. 07
    Premature exitWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Sleep predicts session quality better than market sentiment. A tired trader plays; a rested trader executes a method.

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  8. 08
    Holding the winnerWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Position size is the only lever you control with certainty. The market decides direction; you decide what may be lost.

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  9. 09
    Pre‑session routinesWritten content

    Brief excerpt · Risk/reward is not a number — it is a story. "I lose X if wrong, I make at least 2X if right" is a sentence written before the order, not a number read after.

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  10. 10
    Sleep and decisionsWritten content

    Brief excerpt · The trading journal is the only psychological gym. It is not for counting gains — it is for confronting today’s trader with yesterday’s.

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  11. 11

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Cognitive load and decisions.

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  12. 12
    Detecting tiltStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Detecting tilt.

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  13. 13
    Daily loss limitsStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Daily loss limits.

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  14. 14
    Visualization and rehearsalStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Visualization and rehearsal.

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  15. 15
    Drill: 5 journal entriesStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Drill: 5 journal entries.

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  16. 16
    Psychology checkpointStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Psychology checkpoint.

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Mastery · × 14

Live markets

From drills to the market. With a parachute. 14 lessons.

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  1. 01

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Choosing a broker (refresher).

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  2. 02
    Demo vs liveStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Demo vs live.

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  3. 03
    Small size firstStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Small size first.

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  4. 04
    Trade what you knowStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Trade what you know.

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  5. 05
    Real journalStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Real journal.

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  6. 06
    Weekly reviewStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Weekly review.

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  7. 07
    Plateau and patienceStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Plateau and patience.

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  8. 08
    When to scale upStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: When to scale up.

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  9. 09
    Taxes — overviewStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Taxes — overview.

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  10. 10
    Mental health and breaksStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Mental health and breaks.

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  11. 11
    Scaling capitalStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Scaling capital.

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  12. 12
    Knowing when to quitStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Knowing when to quit.

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  13. 13
    Drill: one‑month planStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: Drill: one‑month plan.

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  14. 14
    kNOWTrade diplomaStructured preview

    Brief excerpt · This lesson covers: kNOWTrade diploma.

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