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Build understanding from first principles.
A structured path through market mechanics, analysis and risk. Read in order, or start with the area you want to strengthen.
Curriculum
Four tracks, one foundation.
Each track is self-contained but designed to fit together. The aim is a durable mental model of how markets work and how risk is managed.
How to use this hub
Read a module, then apply the questions to a market you follow. Understanding compounds when it is used.
- What a market is and how prices form
- Orders, spreads and execution
- Leverage, margin and funding
- Session times and liquidity
- Trend, range and market structure
- Support, resistance and liquidity
- Volume and momentum
- Why patterns fail
- Defining risk per position
- Position sizing and invalidation
- Correlation and portfolio risk
- Gap, slippage and event risk
- Cognitive biases in markets
- Building a decision journal
- Handling drawdowns
- Reviewing decisions, not outcomes
Glossary
Terms worth knowing.
Spread
The difference between the bid and the ask price.
Leverage
Exposure larger than the capital committed; it magnifies gains and losses.
Margin
The capital required to hold a leveraged position.
Liquidity
How easily an instrument can be traded without moving its price.
Slippage
The difference between expected and executed price.
Drawdown
The decline from a peak in account value.
Volatility
The degree of price variation over time.
Invalidation
The level at which a thesis is no longer valid.
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Apply what you have learned.
Explore the market overview pages, or send us a question if something is unclear.