Found it useful for a refresher. Not sure it would be the best starting point for a complete beginner, tbh.
Trading Fundamentals: Build Your Own Trading Strategy
Master the essentials of financial markets, learn technical analysis, and develop a systematic, risk-managed trading strategy designed for beginners.
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About this course
Entering the world of trading can feel overwhelming with endless charts, complex terminology, and constant market noise. Navigating financial markets successfully requires a structured, disciplined approach rather than relying on guesswork.
This text-based course guides you from the absolute basics of market mechanics to designing your first personalized trading strategy. You will develop the analytical skills and psychological discipline needed to make informed, rule-based trading decisions in modern markets.
What you'll learn:
- Understand foundational market concepts, order types, and how different financial assets operate.
- Analyze price action and market trends using essential technical analysis principles and chart patterns.
- Develop a structured, rule-based trading strategy tailored to your risk tolerance and personal goals.
- Apply modern risk management frameworks to protect your capital and size your positions effectively.
- Identify common psychological pitfalls in trading and establish a disciplined routine to avoid emotional decision-making.
The course begins with fundamental definitions of financial markets and trading mechanics before progressing to technical analysis, risk management, and step-by-step strategy construction. Through clear written explanations and practical scenarios, you will learn how to plan, execute, and evaluate your trades systematically.
This course is designed specifically for beginners with no prior trading experience who want to build a solid, realistic foundation in market analysis. There are no prerequisites required to begin.
Start reading today to build a disciplined foundation and design your personal trading plan.
Course contents
6 modules · 28 lessons · 3h
1
Market Basics and Mechanics
Understand how markets work and how to place your first orders.
- What Trading Really Is
Trading is a probability management activity, not a gamble.6 min - Market Mechanics: Supply and Demand
Prices move based on the imbalance between buyers and sellers.6 min - Financial Assets: What to Trade
Key differences between stocks, forex, and cryptocurrencies.6 min - Order Types: Market vs. Limit
Choosing between immediate execution and a specific desired price.6 min - Stop Loss and Take Profit
The fundamental tools for automating trade exits.6 min
2
Technical Analysis and Price Action
Learn to read charts and identify visual opportunities.
- Reading Japanese Candlesticks
Each candle tells the story of the battle between bulls and bears over a given timeframe.7 min - Support and Resistance
Identifying price levels where the market tends to stall.7 min - Identifying the Trend
Recognizing whether the market is in a bullish, bearish, or sideways phase.7 min - Reversal Patterns
Recognizing signals like 'Head and Shoulders' to predict direction changes.7 min - Continuation Patterns
Identifying flags and triangles to follow the existing trend.7 min - Basic Technical Indicators
Using moving averages and RSI as confirmation for price action.7 min
3
Risk and Capital Management
Protecting your money through precise mathematical calculations.
- Defining Risk Tolerance
Determining how much capital you are willing to lose per trade.6 min - Calculating Position Sizing
Determining the exact amount to buy based on the stop loss distance.7 min - Risk/Reward Ratio (R:R)
Aiming to always earn more than what is being risked.6 min - Diversification and Correlation
Avoiding overexposure to assets that move in the same way.6 min - Capital Protection Rules
Never risk more than 1-2% of the account on a single trade.6 min
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Psychology and Discipline
Controlling emotions to avoid costly mistakes.
- Fear and Greed
How these two primary emotions destroy beginner accounts.6 min - Cognitive Biases in Trading
Recognizing mental traps like overtrading and 'revenge trading'.6 min - Building a Daily Routine
Preparing the trading day with a repeatable process.6 min - Maintaining Emotional Discipline
Accepting losses as an integral part of the business.6 min
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Building Your Strategy
Combining all the pieces into a coherent operating system.
- Defining Your Goals
Aligning the strategy with available time and expectations.6 min - Entry Rules (Setup)
Defining exactly which conditions must occur to enter a trade.7 min - Exit Rules (Management)
Knowing in advance when to close for a profit or a loss.7 min - Adapting the Strategy to Your Style
Choosing between scalping, day trading, or swing trading.6 min
6
Execution and Evaluation
Putting the strategy into practice and improving it over time.
- The Written Trading Plan
Documenting every rule to eliminate improvisation.7 min - Executing a Trade Step-by-Step
From chart analysis to order confirmation.7 min - The Importance of a Trading Journal
Recording every trade to analyze your mistakes.7 min - Evaluating and Optimizing Performance
Analyzing journal data to improve the strategy.6 min
Final project
Your Trading Manifesto
Create your first complete, written Trading Plan, including technical analysis, risk management, and psychological rules.
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Practice questions
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Assignments submitted
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Capstone project
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Reviews (5)
It's a good course if you have some prior knowledge. For absolute beginners, some concepts might be a bit challenging. The structure is logical, though.
It's a solid course. The structure is logical and most of the examples were helpful. Could use a few more real-world scenarios though.
Overall a good experience. The structure was mostly clear, though a few sections could have used more practical examples.
Good foundational material. I appreciated the structured approach, although I wish there had been a few more real-world case studies.
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