Beginner · 6 min read
Reading a currency pair
Identify base and quote currencies and explain a price change without confusing direction.
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Trading foundations
86 lessons across technical analysis, risk, market mechanics and trading routines. Browse topics, practise with examples and check your understanding.
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Trading foundations
Beginner · 8 min read
Pips, ticks and position units
Convert a price change into pips and a cash result using explicit contract assumptions.
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Beginner · 7 min read
Market, limit and stop orders
Distinguish price control from execution certainty and recognise stop-order risk.
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Beginner · 8 min read
Spread, commission and execution costs
Build a cost estimate without double-counting the spread already included in fills.
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Intermediate · 10 min read
A repeatable demo-platform workflow
Rehearse connection, sizing, orders and review without confusing demo with live execution.
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Intermediate · 10 min read
Bid, ask, midpoint and apparently different candles
Explain why a chart and an executable price may differ.
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