Lessons
Work through the curriculum tier by tier — open a tier, then a group, to see its lessons. Your progress fills the rings as you go.
What Is a Futures Contract?Contract Specs: Tick Size, Tick Value & Point ValueMargin, Leverage & Overnight RequirementsPopular Futures Markets OverviewExpiration, Rollover & Contract MonthsFutures vs Stocks vs ForexChoosing a Broker & PlatformThe 24-Hour Market Isn't FlatThe Asian SessionThe London SessionThe New York SessionSession Overlaps & the Busiest HoursBuilding a Schedule Around Your LifeWhat Volume Actually MeasuresEffort vs ResultReading Volume Bars in ContextSpread: The Range of the BarThe Close and What It RevealsAnomalies: When Price and Volume DisagreeThe Three QuestionsAccumulationDistributionBuying & Selling ClimaxTests, Springs & ShakeoutsNo Demand & No Supply BarsStopping Volume & ReversalsPutting It TogetherWhat a Volume Profile Actually ShowsPoint of Control (POC)Value Area (VA)Profile ShapesSingle Prints & Poor Highs/LowsComposite & Session ProfilesPutting Volume Profile to WorkWhy a Written Plan ExistsDefining Your Edge in One SentenceEntry Rules & ConfirmationRisk Per Trade & Position SizingExit Rules — Both DirectionsThe Trading Journal & Reviewing Your PlanWhat a Technical Indicator Is — And Isn'tThe Simple Moving AverageThe Exponential Moving AveragePrice and the Moving AverageMoving Average CrossoversMeasuring Trend Strength: ADXPutting Trend Indicators to WorkWhat Momentum and Volatility MeasureThe Relative Strength Index (RSI)The Stochastic OscillatorThe MACDBollinger BandsAverage True Range (ATR)Putting Momentum and Volatility to WorkWhat a Chart Pattern Is — And Isn'tDouble Tops and Double BottomsThe Head and ShouldersTriple Tops and Rounding ReversalsV-Reversals and Climactic ReversalsNecklines, Confirmation and Measured MovesPutting Reversal Patterns to WorkWhat a Continuation Pattern IsFlags and PennantsTrianglesRectangles and RangesWedges and ChannelsBreaks, Fakeouts and Measured MovesPutting Continuation Patterns to WorkWhat Support and Resistance AreFinding Levels That MatterSupport and Resistance FlipRound Numbers, Highs, Lows and GapsZones, Clusters and ConfluenceTrading Around LevelsPutting Levels to WorkWhat a Trend Actually IsTrading With the TrendPullbacks and RetracementsTrendlines and ChannelsRiding a TrendWhen Trends EndPutting Trend Trading to WorkWhat Order Flow Actually ShowsThe Order Book and DepthReading the TapeAggressors and DeltaFootprint ChartsAbsorption and ExhaustionPutting Order Flow to WorkWhat a Range Actually IsFinding the EdgesTrading the EdgesThe Middle of a RangeFalse Breaks and TrapsWhen a Range EndsPutting Range Trading to WorkWhat a Breakout Actually IsThe Reference Being BrokenExpansion: Momentum in PriceParticipation at the BreakEntering a BreakoutWhen Breakouts FailPutting Breakouts to WorkWhat Risk Actually IsWhere the Idea Is WrongThe Size of One RLoss LimitsCorrelation and ConcentrationDrawdownPutting a Risk System to WorkWhat Discipline Actually IsDecision and OutcomeWhat the Record Says and What You RememberReading What You Want to SeeAfter a Loss, After a WinThe Rules That Survive PressurePutting Discipline to WorkWhat Trade Management IsMoving the StopTaking Part of It OffAdding to a PositionExits That Are Not StopsPutting Trade Management to WorkWhat Changes When You Change TimeframeChoosing the PairWhen the Charts DisagreeWhich Chart Owns the DecisionTimeframe ShoppingPutting Multi-Timeframe to WorkWhat a Record Is ForWhat to Write DownThe Arithmetic of a RecordHow Many Trades Is EnoughReading the CurvePutting Review to WorkWhat VWAP IsThe Anchor Decides the LinePrice and the AverageAnchored VWAP From an EventThe BandsVWAP and Volume ProfilePutting VWAP to WorkWhat a Backtest IsWriting an Idea Down So It Can Be TestedThe Ways a Backtest LiesWhat the Result Can and Cannot SupportForward TestingPutting Validation to Work
What a Wave Count IsImpulse AnatomyDegree and NestingThe Guideline LayerPrimary Count and AlternateFailure Modes and Self-AuditWhat a Correction IsZigzagsFlatsTrianglesDiagonalsLiving With AmbiguityWhere the Ratios Come FromWhat the Tool ComputesRetracements Within a CountExtensions and ProjectionsConfluence and the Cluster IllusionTesting a LevelThe Data Is a DecisionThe Index and Its FutureWhen the Two Contracts DisagreeChoosing the Degree You CountThe Right-Hand EdgeThe Count Record
What a Schematic IsThe Range and Its BoundariesThe PhasesThe Composite OperatorAccumulation or Distribution?Using a Schematic Without Believing ItWhat Actually HappenedThe One That Kept GoingHow Far, and How LongThe TestWhere the Refutation SitsA File of ExcursionsTwo NumbersVolume Has No DirectionThe Ratio Nobody StatesThe ScatterDivergence, and Its Failure ConditionA File of BarsWhat Balance NamesValue Is a ConstructionWhere You Cut the SessionMigration Is a ComparisonThe Claim, and Its Failure ConditionA File of Sessions
What the Ladder ShowsAn Order Is Not a CommitmentWhat Is Not DisplayedThe Snapshot ProblemThe Large OrderWhat the Ladder SettlesWhat Delta MeasuresThe Aggressor Is Not the BuyerHow Trades Get ClassifiedDelta and Price Move TogetherThe Footprint CellA File of BarsOne Observation, Two WordsAbsorption Names the Unseen SideExhaustion Is Named AfterwardsThe Pair That Cannot Be WrongWhat Is Left When the Names GoA File of DiscrepanciesA Running Total Is a TransformationWhere the Line StartsWhat a Divergence RequiresThe Rarity ArgumentA Defined DivergenceClosing the Group
The Formula Is Not a SecretA Share of Recent MovementThe Lookback Is Not the MemoryA Difference of Two AveragesA Defined Indicator ReadingOne Input, Two RenderingsWhat Confluence Actually ClaimsMeasuring Whether Two Signals Are the SameSorting Tools by What They ReadWhat a Genuinely Different Input Looks LikeWhat Every Added Condition CostsA Stack You Can Check