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Anyone opening a chart or a research workspace for the first time.
Explain how markets, prices and orders work, read a candle and an indicator, and set up a calm, rules-first research habit.
- 17 lessons
- 53 min of reading
- Beginner
Foundations
- 1
What a market is, and who is on the other side
What a market is and who takes the other side
- Beginner
- Explainer
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 2
Technical, fundamental, quant: three lenses
The three lenses every later path builds on
- Beginner
- Visual guide
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 3
Stocks, forex and crypto: three markets compared
How stocks, forex and crypto differ
- Beginner
- Visual guide
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 4
Bid, ask and spread: the cost of crossing
Bid, ask and spread: the cost of every trade
- Beginner
- Visual guide
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 5
Order types in one picture: market, limit, stop
Order types before any chart reading
- Beginner
- Visual guide
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 6
Market hours and the 24/7 crypto clock
Sessions and the 24/7 crypto clock
- Beginner
- Visual guide
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 7
Volatility in plain words
Volatility in plain words
- Beginner
- Explainer
- 3 min
- Coming soon
Core
- 8
The five numbers behind every price bar
The five numbers behind every bar
- Beginner
- Visual guide
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 9
How to read a candlestick in 60 seconds
Read a candlestick in a minute
- Beginner
- Visual guide
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 10
What an indicator is: a formula, not a forecast
An indicator is a formula, not a forecast
- Beginner
- Explainer
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 11
Research first: what a research workspace is for
What a research workspace is for
- Beginner
- Explainer
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 12
What moves markets: news, flows and expectations
News, flows and expectations
- Beginner
- Explainer
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 13
How to read a market headline without being misled
Read a headline without being misled
- Beginner
- Explainer
- 3 min
- Coming soon
Habits
- 14
Risk first: define the loss before the idea
Define the loss before the idea
- Beginner
- Explainer
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 15
Process vs outcome: judging decisions fairly
Judge decisions by process, not outcome
- Beginner
- Explainer
- 3 min
- Coming soon
- 16
Analysis, not advice: why we describe, not predict
Why the hub describes and never predicts
- Beginner
- Field note or build note
- 5 min
- Coming soon
- 17Capstone
Market foundations quiz: 12 quick questions
Twelve quick questions to check the basics
- Beginner
- Quiz or challenge
- 3 min
- Coming soon
Optional reading: 7
- Indices and ETFs: baskets you can chart
- Crypto market basics: pairs, venues and stablecoins
- Market mechanics cheat sheet
- World market clock: sessions and overlaps
- Your first week of market research: a calm plan
- Timeframes: zoom in without losing the plot
- What a screener does: filters, not picks
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