Free trading course · 12 lessons and a final test

Learn to trade, step by step.

From your first candle to your first plan, with risk in dollars from day one. Made for complete beginners: plain words, drawn charts and a test at the end of every lesson.

About 2 hours in total. Your progress is saved in this browser.

How it works

Every lesson has two parts.

Learn it

Short steps in plain words, each with a drawn chart. Every new word is explained.

Test it

Six questions at the end, half of them on a chart. Every answer is explained, and you can retry.

The course

Twelve lessons, in order.

Each one builds on the last. Passed lessons are marked, so you can always see where you are.

What trading is

Buyers and sellers, why prices move, buying and selling first, and how size turns a move into dollars.

8 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Reading candles

The four prices in every candle, what bodies and wicks say, timeframes and the spread.

8 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Trend

Up, down or sideways from the highs and lows, pullbacks, and how a trend turns.

9 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Support and resistance

The floor and the ceiling: zones, breakouts, false breakouts and which levels are strong.

10 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Big picture, then detail

Daily for direction, 4 hour for levels, 1 hour for the moment, and a five minute routine.

10 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

The trade plan

Entry, stop loss and take profit, decided before the trade, and the risk to reward.

10 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

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Risk in dollars

Pick the dollars you accept to lose, then let the size follow. Lots, pips and leverage.

10 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Win rate, honestly

Why a high win rate is no promise: break-even, result per trade and losing streaks.

9 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Strategies and backtests

Rules you can write down, tested on past prices, and why live results come in lower.

10 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

News and volatility

The economic calendar, spreads around news, whipsaws and gaps that skip your stop.

9 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Psychology and your plan

Fear, greed and revenge trading, daily limits, a one-page plan and a journal.

9 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Brokers, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader

What a broker does, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader, real costs, and connecting your broker to AiTradely.

10 min · drawn charts · 6-question test

Final test

Twelve questions from across the course. Pass with 10 and the course is yours.

12 min · 12 questions · pass with 10

Risk warning. Trading financial markets involves a high risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. This course is education, not financial, investment or tax advice. The charts are drawn examples, not real prices or predictions. Past behaviour of a market does not guarantee what it does next. You make your own trading decisions.