Beginner topics
Your first steps towards understanding the forex market.
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1. Forex trading essentials
Understand what forex is, how currency prices work and why risk comes first.
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2. Forex trading terminology
Get comfortable with pips, lots, spreads, leverage and the language of trading.
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3. Currency pairs explained
Meet the majors, minors and exotics, and learn how to read a currency quote.
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4. Find your trading style
Compare scalping, day trading, swing trading and position trading.
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5. How to read forex charts
Read candles, recognise chart patterns and make sense of price action.
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6. Trading psychology
Recognise fear, greed and FOMO before they take over your decisions.
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7. Risk management
Understand stop-losses, position sizing and the cost of getting a trade wrong.
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8. How to choose a forex broker
Check the legal entity, costs, platforms and withdrawal conditions.
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9. Build your trading plan
Turn your approach into written rules for entries, exits and reviews.
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10. Common trading mistakes
Spot overtrading, revenge trading and the habits that undermine a plan.
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