Module I - Introduction
8 Interactive Lessons
Weekly Assignments + Fun Quizzes
If you miss a lesson, you can always view the recordings later.
Lesson
1 - The Opening Bell
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When studying any subject matter, it is first necessary to ask the questions of "who", "what", "when", "where" and "why". In our introductory lesson, we will plan our educational journey while learning the basics of what we need to know to become profitable traders.
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2 - Leverage, Margin & all the Jargon
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In lesson 2, we will learn to talk like trading professionals. Whether its running with bulls or winners, we need to know the terms used in the trading world, to both trade effectively and get to the point. You will learn all the key terms and concepts that you need to begin in the world of trading.
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3 - Let the Trading Begin
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Text books will only get you so far and you will reach a point where there is no better way to learn than “to do”. In this lesson, we will show you how to navigate your very own demo trading platform and to start practicing with no risk immediately. This is where your dynamic really kicks in and makes for a fun and educational experience.
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4 - Candlesticks – Shedding Light on Opportunities
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In order find opportunities we need an efficient way of measuring price - right? Well, charts allow us to do just that. As technical traders, we use Japanese Candlesticks, a very simple and effective style of charting. This lesson will introduce you to price action, reading candlestick charts, doji, engulfing pattern formations, counter retail trading and many other tools you will need to learn to trade successfully.
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5 - Technical Charting 101
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Expanding upon lesson 3, you will learn to develop your technical skills like, finding and utilizing channels and trend trading techniques; highlighting breakouts, support and resistance, with counter retail strategic entry and exit techniques for each trade made. This is very much where the ‘how to’ begins.
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6 - Becoming a Counter Retail Trader
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This lesson brings together all the previous Technical Analysis lessons, focusing on methods of finding Counter Retail Trading opportunities - our speciality. This includes an examination of moving averages, simple & exponential; all focused on attempting to find that confirmation we need to trade profitably. This lesson is not to be missed.
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7 - Psychology of Real World Trading
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Often overlooked in other trading courses, we do not ignore the importance of a good mental state that is required to trade successfully. Real life explanations and examples of the difficulties which real traders face each day are discussed. Practical steps are illustrated to reduce the psychological difficulties faced by real traders and how you will mitigate those using our own in-house developed software. This is when everything really comes together.
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8 - Return on Investment & Protecting Your Capital
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Trading, like all other forms of investing, carries risk. It is through that very risk that profits may flow. An understanding of the interconnected and inseparable nature of risk and return is fundamental to profitable trading. Making money is one thing, keeping it is another.
How Advanced Modules Work
Theory Lesson
Tuesdays
Learn New Skills
Practical Lesson
Thursdays
Application Webinars
The Thursday webinars are very interactive and are often student led. As long as you’re a member, you will be registered for them indefinitely, so you can log in anywhere in the world to share your work with fellow students.
Module II - Risk and Opportunity Management
Week 1: Risk management and Position Sizing
We start Module 2 by exploring position sizing techniques, and the implementation of these on individual trades. Being a big reason why most new traders fail we shall elaborately cover both the theory and practicality of individual trade management
Week 2: Overall Risk Exposure
Week 2 carries on the topic of risk management, covering overall risk exposure in managing multiple positions. As one of the critical areas of trading, this week will be key in gaining a solid foundation in understanding how to maneuver the world of financial trading.
Week 3: Trade Sizer
In week 3 we introduce our proprietary trade sizer. Trading, especially risk management can sometimes be mistakenly complex, especially when it involves numeric and calculations. The trade sizer makes the process of calculating trade sizes seamless.
Week 4: Finding Opportunities in Financial markets
There will always be opportunities in the world of Financial Trading, regardless of the market. However what do we look for when validating these opportunities? How do we ensure we aren’t gambling? How do we remain realistic in the eye of a potential profitable trade? Week 4 aims to answers these questions.
Module III - Entries and Exits
Week 1: Entries - EWT
We start Module 3 looking at the first form of entries within our counter retail trading strategy. This week gives us a hands on feel for trade execution using the first of our methodologies.
Week 2: Entries - SMS
Week 2 of entries looks at entering developed trends in a established trade. This is known as scaling in and hoping to profit of the second wave of a given trade.
Week 3: Exits- EWT
EWT Exits, week 3 looks to provide a understanding at how and when to exit a early warning trade. This would be a market we would have entered at the earliest point, and seen mature up until a point we are ready to accept profits.
Week 4: Exits- SMS
Closing exits and Module 3, week 4 examines the SMS form of exits. This may be the most difficult exit to understand as it acts as a bonus position from our initial EWT trades.
Module IV - Diversification and Brokerage selection
Week 1: Building a portfolio
The final module of this series sees us examine diversification, which is a critical part of trading and also risk management. Week 1 of module 4 offers a insight into the process and landscape of asset and portfolio selection.
Week 2: Asset classes
There are 100s/1000s of markets in which we can potentially trade, we look at the process of understanding the most liquid and the foundations of getting acquainted with a new market in which you may not historically had confidence trading.
Week 3: Broker Selection
Choosing a broker will be the most challenging aspect of our trading. The wrong choice could see us losing even before we place a single trade. We aim to go through the requirements in making this difficult but essential choice.
Week 4: Conclusion and steps forward
4 modules, 16 weeks , now over , so what is next? This week aims to lay the path to our futures in the world of financial trading.
