Complete guide to trading education from scratch 🚀

Introduction to Trading

Trading is the art of buying and selling financial assets for profit. Unlike investing, the focus here is on short and medium-term periods. The markets now, as of September 2025, seem quite generous with opportunities for newcomers 📈.

Main types of markets:

• Forex — currency pairs, a huge market
• Stock market — shares of companies
• Futures — contracts for the future
• Cryptocurrencies — Bitcoin, Ethereum, other digital things 🌕

Technical Analysis - Your First Tool

Types of Charts

• Linear — just closing prices
• Bars — OHLC data
• Candles - the same thing, but somehow more visual

Key Indicators

1. RSI — overbought or oversold
2. MACD — convergence/divergence of averages
3. Moving Averages — SMA and EMA

Trend Definition

• Up — higher and higher
• Down — lower and lower
• Box — doesn't really move anywhere

Fundamental Analysis

Here we look at:

• Company Reports — profits, losses, and more
• Economy — employment, inflation, GDP
• Policy — decisions, conflicts, elements

Trading Strategies 🔥

Basic Strategies

1. Trendy — going with the flow
2. Range — from edge to edge
3. Swing — holding for several days

Example of strategy

"Buy and Hold":

• Finding something promising
• Buying. Waiting. Nervous.

Risk management is the foundation of success

Golden rules

• Risk — no more than 1-2% of capital per trade
• Stop-losses — always set them, no exceptions
• Position size — calculate from risk

Trading Psychology 🧠

Emotions

• Calm down. No panic.
• No fear. No greed.

Discipline and Patience

• A plan is a plan. We do not retreat.
• There will be losses. This is normal.

Beginner Mistakes

• Too many transactions
• Ignore risk management
• "What if it turns around?"

Platforms and Tools

Popular Platforms

• MetaTrader 4/5 — classic
• TradingView — beautiful and social

Useful Tools

• Price alerts
• Economic calendars

Modern Market Trends

Trends of 2025

• Algorithmic trading — robots trade better than humans, it seems.
• NFT and crypto — where would we be without them in 2025? 🚀

Tips for Beginners

Avoid mistakes

• Don't start without a plan. At all.
• Risk management is paramount.
• Demo. Then money.

Education

• The books of Douglas and Murphy
• Online courses seem to help

Analysis of examples

Look at others' trades. Learn from mistakes. Better to learn from others'.

Trading is not a lottery. It's more of a job. A difficult one. Constant learning, discipline, adaptation. Nothing is guaranteed. But it's interesting! 🔥