The Trading Track · 12 free lessons
Crypto trading for beginners
Read a chart and trade with a process: structure, momentum, risk and discipline. The chart skills the desk uses on every call.
Trading for Beginners: Where to Start
What trading really is, what you need, and how to begin without blowing up.
Trading vs Investing: What Is the Difference
Two different games with different time frames, tools and mindsets.
How to Read a Candlestick Chart
What every candle tells you, and how to read price at a glance.
Support, Resistance and Market Structure
The levels that matter, why price reacts to them, and how to mark them.
Trends, Ranges and Timeframes
How to read what the market is doing and pick the right timeframe.
Risk Management and Position Sizing
The maths that keeps one losing trade from sinking the account.
Reading Momentum and Divergence
How to tell whether a move has fuel left before you act on it.
How to Trade Breakouts Without Getting Faked Out
Telling real breakouts from traps, and managing the trade once in.
What Is an Order Block? Smart Money Concepts
What order blocks are, why price reacts to them, and how to use them as a location tool.
Fair Value Gaps Explained
What a fair value gap is, why price returns to fill it, and how to trade around it.
Trading Psychology and Discipline
Why most trading mistakes are emotional, and how to build discipline.
Building a Trading Plan
Turning everything you have learned into a written plan you can follow.
Start the trading track
Begin with lesson one and work through in order. It is free, and written for people new to this.
Start lesson 1Questions readers ask
Before you start
How do I start trading as a beginner?
Learn to read a chart, understand support and resistance, and master risk management before you risk real money. This track walks through each skill in order, then shows how to combine them into a trading plan.
Is trading risky for beginners?
Yes. Most beginners lose money by trading too big and with no plan. The single most important lesson is risk management and position sizing, which is why it sits at the heart of this track.
Do these chart skills work on crypto?
Yes. Reading structure, momentum and risk works on any liquid market, and crypto trades around the clock, so the same levels and rules apply on every timeframe. The Derivatives track adds the positioning data specific to crypto perpetuals.