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Trading Basics

Markets, charts, orders and brokers

Start from zero: what a financial market is, how to read charts and timeframes, trading styles, order types, working with a platform, and choosing a broker and an account.

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What you'll learn

Units and lessons

  1. Unit 1: Market Basics

    1. What Is Trading?
    2. Buyers, Sellers and the Spread
    3. Order Types

  2. Unit 2: Charts and Timeframes

    1. Chart Types: Line, Bar, Candlestick
    2. Timeframes and Picking the Right One
    3. Long and Short: Profit Both Ways

  3. Unit 3: Styles and Your Learning Path

    1. Trading Styles: Scalp, Day, Swing, Position
    2. Brokers, Exchanges and Demo Accounts
    3. Technical vs Fundamental Analysis

  4. Unit 4: Order Types

    1. Market and Limit Orders
    2. Buy Stop, Sell Stop and Pending Orders
    3. OCO and Trailing Stops

  5. Unit 5: Using a Platform

    1. MetaTrader and TradingView: The Basics
    2. Opening and Managing a Position
    3. Slippage and Price Gaps

  6. Unit 6: Accounts and Brokers

    1. Account Types and Demo Accounts
    2. Choosing a Safe Broker or Exchange
    3. Balance, Equity and Free Margin

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Five minutes a day with Shamak: short lessons on real charts, practice with $10,000 of virtual money at live prices, and duels with your friends. Nothing to install: it runs in your phone or computer browser, and the Android app is coming soon.

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