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Learn to trade, one level at a time.
A structured path from your first pip to your first strategy — not a blog dump. Pick a track, work through the lessons, and use the glossary whenever a term trips you up.
Learning paths
Choose your starting point
Each track builds on the last.
Beginner
What a pip, lot and leverage are; placing your first demo trade; reading a quote.
Intermediate
Order types, risk-per-trade, technical vs. fundamental analysis, and reading an economic calendar.
Advanced
Building a trading plan, position sizing across correlated instruments, and platform automation (EAs).
Featured lessons
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A first set of lessons across the curriculum. [Placeholder titles — full lesson content to be confirmed.]
[Placeholder: what is a pip, and why does it matter?]
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[Placeholder: reading the economic calendar like a trader]
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[Placeholder: position sizing across correlated pairs]
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Glossary
Forex & CFD terms, explained
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The smallest standardized price move for a currency pair — typically the fourth decimal place (or second, for pairs quoted in yen). Spreads and profit/loss are usually measured in pips.
A standardized trade size. A standard lot is typically 100,000 units of the base currency; mini (10,000) and micro (1,000) lots let smaller accounts size positions precisely.
Borrowed capital that lets you control a larger position than your deposited margin alone would allow. Leverage magnifies both gains and losses.
The portion of your account balance set aside as collateral to open and hold a leveraged position, calculated from trade size, price and leverage.
The difference between the bid (sell) and ask (buy) price of an instrument, usually measured in pips. Spreads from 0.0 pips.
The difference between the price you requested and the price at which your order actually fills, most common during fast-moving markets or news events.
An execution model where orders fill at the best available market price with no dealing-desk intervention, as opposed to instant execution with requotes.
When a broker rejects your requested price and offers a new one before filling your order — typical of instant-execution models, and something market execution is designed to avoid.
A warning that your account's margin level has fallen close to the minimum required to keep positions open, prompting you to deposit funds or reduce exposure.
The margin level at which the platform automatically closes open positions to prevent your account balance from going further negative.
A safeguard intended to ensure retail client losses cannot exceed the funds deposited in their account, even in extreme market moves.
The interest charge or credit applied for holding a leveraged position overnight, reflecting the interest-rate differential between the two currencies (or financing cost for other CFDs).
The two most widely used third-party trading platforms; MT4 is classic and EA-friendly, MT5 adds more timeframes, order types and asset classes. See Platforms.
An automated trading script that runs on MT4/MT5, executing trades based on programmed rules without manual intervention. See VPS Hosting for 24/7 EA uptime.
A remote server that keeps your trading platform and EAs running 24/7 with low latency, independent of your own computer or internet connection. See VPS Hosting.
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