Free trading course
Forex and Gold
Currency pairs, gold, oil and economic news
- Beginner
- 9 units
- 28 lessons
- 161 questions
Everything you need to trade forex: currency pairs, pips and lots, costs and calculations; gold, oil and indices; and fundamental analysis: macroeconomics, the economic calendar and how markets move together.
What you'll learn
Units and lessons
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Unit 1: First Steps in Forex
- What's a currency pair?
- Pips and lots
- Leverage and margin
- Trading sessions
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Unit 2: Major Currencies and Correlation
- Majors, minors and exotics
- Currency personalities: USD, JPY, CHF, AUD…
- Currency correlation
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Unit 3: Costs and Calculations
- Spread, commission and swap
- Pip value and profit and loss
- Margin call and stop out
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Unit 4: Gold
- XAUUSD and what moves it
- Size and move value in gold
- Gold as a safe haven
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Unit 5: Oil and Commodities
- Oil and OPEC
- Oil inventory reports
- Commodity currencies: CAD and AUD
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Unit 6: Stock Indices
- Indices: S&P 500, Nasdaq and DAX
- Indices and crypto
- Trading hours and gaps
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Unit 7: Macroeconomics
- Interest rates and central banks
- Inflation and CPI
- Jobs and NFP
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Unit 8: The Economic Calendar
- Reading the economic calendar
- Trading the news and its risks
- Hawkish and dovish
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Unit 9: Intermarket Relationships
- The Dollar Index (DXY)
- Risk-on and risk-off
- Bonds and yields
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