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Most lessons take ten minutes or less, so you can fit one in before a practice session.
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Learn the craft before you risk a cent
Short, practical lessons from the basics to risk management and reading the AI analyzer. Take them in order or jump to what you need.
A suggested order14 lessons, about 135 minutes in all
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Lesson 01
Getting started on TradersFX
Set up your account, explore the terminal and place your first demo trade.
Beginner
6 min
Basics
Lesson 02
Reading candlestick charts
Learn what each candle tells you about price action and sentiment.
Beginner
10 min
Charting
Lesson 03
Position sizing & risk control
Decide how much to risk per trade and why it is the most important decision you make.
Intermediate
12 min
Risk
Lesson 04
How markets work and what moves prices
Bid and ask, spreads, liquidity, trading sessions and the news that moves crypto, currency pairs and gold.
Beginner
10 min
Basics
Lesson 05
Using the AI analyzer
Request an analysis, interpret the evidence and respect the invalidation levels.
Intermediate
8 min
AI
Lesson 06
Spotting scams and protecting your account
The tricks used on traders, how to check a message or an offer, and how to keep your account and your deposits safe.
Beginner
9 min
Safety
Lesson 07
Trends, support and resistance
How to describe a trend, draw levels as zones rather than lines, and what breakouts and false breakouts look like.
Beginner
10 min
Charting
Lesson 08
Choosing a timeframe and an expiry
Why very short expiries are dominated by noise, how to match your chart to your expiry and what each choice costs you.
Beginner
9 min
Charting
Lesson 09
Moving averages, RSI and volatility
What the most common indicators measure, how they are calculated and what they cannot tell you.
Intermediate
11 min
Indicators
Lesson 10
The maths of a fixed payout
Break-even win rate, expected result per trade, losing streaks and why a short run of results proves very little.
Intermediate
12 min
Risk
Lesson 11
Emotions, discipline and the urge to win it back
The habits of mind that cost traders the most, and simple rules that protect you from your own worst moments.
Intermediate
10 min
Psychology
Lesson 12
What AI and back-tests can and cannot tell you
Overfitting, base rates, small samples and why a confident output is not a probability of winning.
Advanced
10 min
AI
Lesson 13
Keeping a trading journal and reviewing your results
What to record for every trade, how to review it weekly and which numbers are worth tracking.
Intermediate
9 min
Process
Lesson 14
Before you risk real money
What practice accounts do and do not teach, and a checklist to work through before you put your own money at risk anywhere.
Advanced
9 min
Process
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- 1 Getting started on TradersFX Set up your account, explore the terminal and place your first demo trade.
- 2 Reading candlestick charts Learn what each candle tells you about price action and sentiment.
- 3 Position sizing & risk control Decide how much to risk per trade and why it is the most important decision you make.
- 4 How markets work and what moves prices Bid and ask, spreads, liquidity, trading sessions and the news that moves crypto, currency pairs and gold.
- 5 Using the AI analyzer Request an analysis, interpret the evidence and respect the invalidation levels.
- 6 Spotting scams and protecting your account The tricks used on traders, how to check a message or an offer, and how to keep your account and your deposits safe.
- 7 Trends, support and resistance How to describe a trend, draw levels as zones rather than lines, and what breakouts and false breakouts look like.
- 8 Choosing a timeframe and an expiry Why very short expiries are dominated by noise, how to match your chart to your expiry and what each choice costs you.
- 9 Moving averages, RSI and volatility What the most common indicators measure, how they are calculated and what they cannot tell you.
- 10 The maths of a fixed payout Break-even win rate, expected result per trade, losing streaks and why a short run of results proves very little.
- 11 Emotions, discipline and the urge to win it back The habits of mind that cost traders the most, and simple rules that protect you from your own worst moments.
- 12 What AI and back-tests can and cannot tell you Overfitting, base rates, small samples and why a confident output is not a probability of winning.
- 13 Keeping a trading journal and reviewing your results What to record for every trade, how to review it weekly and which numbers are worth tracking.
- 14 Before you risk real money What practice accounts do and do not teach, and a checklist to work through before you put your own money at risk anywhere.
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Lessons explain how things work. They are not recommendations, and trading always carries risk.
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