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Learn Forex from zero

Read the lessons in order. Each one is short, uses real MT5 charts where it helps, and links to the next. Lesson 1 starts with the simplest question: what is forex?

Start lesson 1: Forex

Chapter 1. How the forex market works

What forex is, what a currency pair means and who you trade with.

  1. 1.Forex
  2. 2.What Is Trading? How Buying and Selling for Profit Worksguide
  3. 3.What Is Forex? How the Currency Market Works, Explained From Zeroguide
  4. 4.MT5 for Forex Beginners: Quotes, Points, Lots and a First Demo Tradeguide
  5. 5.How the Forex Market Works: Who Trades, How Prices Form, When It Opensguide
  6. 6.What Is a Currency Pair? How to Read the Base, the Quote and the Priceguide
  7. 7.What Is the Purpose of Forex Trading? Hedging vs Speculation Explainedguide
  8. 8.How Forex Brokers Make Money: Spread, Commission, Swap and Client Lossesguide
  9. 9.Forex Trading for Beginners: How a Trade Works, From Pips to Riskguide
  10. 10.How to Learn Forex Trading Step by Step: A Beginner's Planguide
  11. 11.How to Start Forex Trading: A Step-by-Step Lesson for Beginnersguide
  12. 12.How Much Money Can You Start Forex With? The Real Minimum Explainedguide
  13. 13.What Is Technical Analysis? A Beginner's Guide to Reading Price Chartsguide
  14. 14.Minimum Capital to Start Forex Trading: The Real Number and the Mathsguide

Chapter 2. Prices, charts and candles

Bid and ask, the spread, and how to read a candlestick chart.

  1. 15.Volatility
  2. 16.Gap
  3. 17.Technical analysis
  4. 18.How to Read Forex Charts: Candlesticks, Trends and Timeframesguide
  5. 19.How to Read Candlestick Charts: Bodies, Wicks and Shapes Explainedguide
  6. 20.What Is a Fair Value Gap in Forex? How to Spot and Trade Oneguide
  7. 21.What Is Fundamental Analysis? How News and Data Move Currenciesguide
  8. 22.Fundamental analysis

Chapter 3. Orders, lots and risk

Going long and short, order types, pips, lot sizes, leverage and margin.

  1. 23.Short position
  2. 24.Going long and short
  3. 25.Pending order
  4. 26.What Is Risk Management in Trading? How to Limit Every Loss Before You Enterguide
  5. 27.What Is Trading Psychology? Fear, Greed and the Rules That Tame Themguide
  6. 28.What Is a Business Plan Template? A Beginner's Guide for Tradersguide
  7. 29.Buy limit
  8. 30.Sell limit
  9. 31.Buy stop
  10. 32.Sell stop
  11. 33.Pip
  12. 34.Lot size
  13. 35.Leverage
  14. 36.Margin
  15. 37.Free margin
  16. 38.Margin call
  17. 39.Slippage

Chapter 4. Indicators

Moving averages, oscillators and volatility tools, and what each one is for.

  1. 40.Moving average
  2. 41.MACD
  3. 42.Bollinger Bands

Chapter 5. Using MetaTrader 5

Demo account, placing trades, adding indicators and templates in MT5.

  1. 43.Demo account

Chapter 6. Expert Advisors

How EAs open and manage trades, and the risks behind each style.

  1. 44.What Is an Expert Advisor? How an EA Trades Forex for Youguide
  2. 45.Algo Trading in MT5 Meaning: How Expert Advisors Trade for Youguide

Chapter 7. Backtesting

Reading a Strategy Tester report before you trust an EA.

  1. 46.Backtest

Chapter 8. Prop firm challenges

The rules funded-account programmes use and how tools can break them.

  1. 47.Prop firm