Learn to trade

Short, practical lessons from first principles to a written trading plan. Every lesson has key takeaways, a diagram and a quick quiz, and your progress is saved in this browser.

⚠️ Risk warning: CFDs and leveraged forex are complex instruments with a high risk of losing money rapidly. Most retail accounts lose money. This content is education only, not investment advice or a recommendation.

Beginner

Beginner

Ten short lessons: markets, pips and lots, leverage and margin, order types, candlesticks, support and resistance, risk, regulated brokers, swap-free accounts and scams.

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Intermediate

Intermediate

Fundamentals and the economic calendar; how gold, oil and indices move; share CFDs versus real shares.

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Advanced

Advanced

Building a written trading plan, correlation and portfolio risk. Indicators, journaling and psychology are in the technical analysis track.

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📖 Trading glossary →

Professional technical analysis

A four-level track, from reading market structure to planning and reviewing a complete trade. Worked examples on gold, EUR/USD and Saudi Aramco (2222), a practice task and a “mark this chart” exercise in every lesson. Education only: no signals.

🕯️ New to charts? Start with “How to use the chart” →

Technical analysis

TA 1: Beginner

Market structure (HH/HL, BOS, CHoCH), support and resistance, supply and demand zones, trendlines and channels, and candlestick patterns in context.

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Technical analysis

TA 2: Intermediate

Chart patterns, volume, moving averages, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands and ATR, including how each one is commonly misused.

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Technical analysis

TA 3: Advanced

Fibonacci retracements, multi-timeframe analysis, confluence, and the indicator mistakes that cost traders money.

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Technical analysis

TA 4: Pro

Building and backtesting a setup, planning entry, stop and target with risk:reward and position size, a trading journal, and psychology.

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Platform guides

How to install, log in and trade on the platforms Gulf brokers offer. Menu names are checked against each platform's official help, and every screen is our own drawing.

How to use the chart

Hands-on guide to charts on Invvex, TradingView and MT5: chart types, timeframes, zoom, trendlines, Fibonacci, indicators, layouts and price alerts.

4 guides

MetaTrader 5 (MT5)

Complete MT5 tutorial: install and log in, Market Watch, orders, charts and templates, indicators, alerts and push notifications, history and reports, Expert Advisors and the Strategy Tester, and common errors.

10 guides

cTrader

Spotware's platform: interface, orders and cBots basics.

3 guides

TradingView

Charts, alerts and connecting a supported broker.

3 guides

Broker apps

What to look for in a broker's own trading app.

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