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The TradeSchool Trading School: 13 levels in two parts, from what trading is to indicators, chart patterns, fundamentals and advanced risk management. Free, no account needed.

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Level 1: What Is Trading?

Start from zero: what trading is, who you trade against, which markets exist and how money is made and lost.

What trading actually is4 min read Who is on the other side of your trade4 min read The markets you can trade5 min read How traders make (and lose) money5 min read Brokers, accounts and practising for free4 min read

Level 2: How Prices Move

Why prices change, what bid, ask and spread really mean, and when markets are most active.

Supply, demand and the auction4 min read Bid, ask and the spread4 min read Liquidity and volatility4 min read Market hours and trading sessions5 min read

Level 3: Forex Essentials

Currency pairs, pips, lots and leverage: the language of the world's largest market.

How currency pairs work5 min read Pips and pipettes4 min read Lots and what a pip is worth5 min read Leverage and margin5 min read

Level 4: Reading Charts

Candlesticks, timeframes, trends and the price levels every trader watches.

Line, bar and candlestick charts4 min read Anatomy of a candlestick5 min read Timeframes4 min read Trends: higher highs and lower lows5 min read Support and resistance5 min read

Level 5: Placing Smart Trades

Order types, stop-losses, risk-reward and the position-size formula that keeps you in the game.

Order types5 min read Stop-loss and take-profit5 min read The risk-reward ratio5 min read Position sizing: the 1% rule6 min read

Level 6: Mindset, Plan and Next Steps

The psychology, written plan and habits that separate consistent traders from gamblers.

Trading psychology5 min read Writing your trading plan6 min read Keeping a trading journal4 min read Your next steps4 min read

Level 7: Technical Indicators

What the most popular indicators measure, how to read them and how to avoid drowning your chart in them.

What indicators really do4 min read Moving averages: SMA and EMA5 min read RSI and momentum oscillators5 min read MACD4 min read Volatility tools: Bollinger Bands and ATR5 min read

Level 8: Chart Patterns

Recognise the shapes price makes before trends continue or reverse, and learn how to trade them without being fooled.

Why chart patterns work (sometimes)4 min read Flags, pennants and triangles5 min read Double tops and double bottoms4 min read Head and shoulders5 min read Breakouts and false breakouts5 min read

Level 9: Key Levels and Multiple Timeframes

Trendlines, Fibonacci, pivot points and top-down analysis: the tools traders use to decide exactly where to act.

Trendlines and channels4 min read Fibonacci retracements and extensions5 min read Pivot points4 min read Round numbers and psychological levels3 min read Multiple timeframe analysis5 min read

Level 10: Fundamentals and the News

How interest rates, economic data and company results move markets, and how to trade around news without getting hurt.

What really moves markets4 min read Central banks and interest rates5 min read The economic reports that matter5 min read Company earnings and fundamentals5 min read Trading around news safely4 min read

Level 11: Sentiment, Intermarket and Divergence

Read the mood of the market, understand how markets influence each other and spot momentum fading before price turns.

Risk-on and risk-off4 min read Measuring sentiment5 min read Intermarket correlations5 min read The carry trade and swaps4 min read Divergence: when momentum disagrees with price5 min read

Level 12: Advanced Risk, Testing and Going Live

The maths of survival, how to prove a strategy works before risking money and how to grow an account responsibly.

Drawdowns and the maths of recovery4 min read Expectancy: does your strategy have an edge?5 min read Total exposure and correlated risk4 min read Backtesting and forward testing5 min read Going live and scaling up4 min read

Level 13: Trading Different Markets

What changes when you trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, futures or options, and how to pick the market that suits you.

Trading stocks5 min read ETFs and index trading4 min read Trading crypto5 min read Futures and commodities5 min read Options: the basics6 min read