Free · Beginner · 12 Lessons + Capstone

Forex trading as a profession.

Most courses treat you like a warning label. This one treats you like an apprentice. Twelve focused lessons, a live-ish interactive widget in every one, and a capstone where you journal your first ten demo trades with R-multiples.

12 Lessons + Capstone3–4 hours totalMT5 demo practice

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Name 7 major pairs and say what one tick of EURUSD is worth on a 0.01 lot
  • Identify the 5 key MT5 panels and place a market order on demo
  • Read an OHLC candle and identify which two sessions overlap in real time
  • Choose the right order type (market / limit / stop / stop-limit) for any situation
  • Compute $ at risk for a given lot size and SL distance
  • Explain whether your broker runs netting or hedging and what it means
  • Spot a basic trend, range, or breakout on a chart
  • Match three common strategies to three market regimes
  • Size a position for a defined % risk on any pair
  • Describe what an Expert Advisor does and why a clean backtest can still lose live
  • Write and keep a one-page personal trading plan
  • Run a 5-criteria broker due-diligence checklist
  • Journal 10 demo trades with R-multiples and write a self-review

The course is a story, not a list

Each group of lessons builds on the previous one. You're not collecting facts — you're building a craft.

L1–L4
What is this world?

What FX is, where the cockpit is, what you're looking at, and what the verbs are.

L5–L6
How does money flow?

The economics of one ticket and how brokers organise your account.

L7–L8
How do traders read?

How price is read and what kinds of strategies live in those readings.

L9–L12 + Capstone
The professional layer

Risk engine, automation, your plan, your broker, and 10 journalled demo trades.

Course curriculum

12 lessons + a capstone. Every lesson has a hero widget that makes you do something, not just read.

L1Welcome to forex — a real profession

Name 7 major pairs and explain what one tick of EURUSD means in dollars.

12–15 min
L2MT5 — your professional cockpit

Identify the 5 key MT5 panels and place a market order on demo.

10–12 min
L3Reading the market — candles, time, sessions

Read an OHLC candle and tell which two sessions overlap right now.

12–15 min
L4Speaking in orders — buy, sell, stop, take

Choose the right order type for four common trading situations.

12–15 min
L5The economics of one trade — pips, lots, leverage

Compute $ at risk for a given lot size and stop-loss distance.

15 min
L6Account models — netting, hedging, broker tiers

Tell whether your broker runs netting or hedging and what that means for one ticket.

10–12 min
L7How traders read price — technical, fundamental, news

Spot a basic trend, range, or breakout on a chart.

12–15 min
L8Strategy families — trend, range, breakout

Match three strategies to three market regimes.

12–15 min
L9The risk engine — what professionals actually do

Size a position for 0.5 % risk on any pair and SL distance.

12–15 min
L10Hello, automation — how Expert Advisors really work

Describe what an EA does, what a backtest is, and why a clean backtest still loses live.

12–15 min
L11Your personal plan — the contract you make with yourself

Produce a one-page trading plan with 7 explicit rules.

15–18 min
L12From demo to live — broker, journal, scaling

Run a 5-criteria broker due-diligence checklist.

12–15 min
Capstone — your first 10 demo trades

Journal 10 demo trades with R-multiples, write a self-review, get your certificate hash.

Capstone

Every lesson includes

  • A concrete outcome — what you will be able to DO
  • A Zoomer-tier 60-second scan (bullets + one memorable line)
  • A Standard body with worked examples, a 2020-2025 story, and a mini-quiz
  • A Pro deep dive with math, microstructure, and bibliography
  • One interactive widget (calculator, simulator, or quiz)
  • A ReflectionJournal prompt that feeds your capstone
  • A RecallCard you can add to a spaced-repetition deck

Materials are for educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Forex trading involves risk of capital loss. Always start on a demo account.

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