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Free online courseForex basic course

Duration of the online course: 1 hours and 16 minutes

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Build real Forex trading skills with a free online course: read charts, manage risk, use leverage wisely, and trade with confidence—plus certificate option.

In this free course, learn about

  • How the Forex market works: brokers, liquidity, volatility, and how traders profit
  • Core Forex terms: currency pairs, pips/points, lots, and calculating profit/loss
  • Leverage mechanics: margin, equity, margin call, stop out, and related risks
  • Reading charts: candlesticks, chart types, and choosing suitable timeframes
  • Trading costs: spread, swap, commissions, and identifying hidden charges
  • Order management: pending orders plus using Stop Loss and Take Profit effectively
  • Risk management basics: position sizing, loss control, and the 2% rule
  • Fundamental analysis: trading news and key releases that move FX markets
  • Technical analysis: identifying trends (bullish/bearish) and market structure
  • Using price channels as part of a trading strategy and decision framework
  • Forecasting with chart patterns and understanding significant support/resistance levels

Course Description

Trading currencies can feel complex at first, but the right foundations make the Forex market far more approachable. This free online course helps you understand how Forex really works behind the scenes and what moves prices from one moment to the next. You will learn the practical concepts traders use every day, so you can go from guessing to making structured decisions based on clear rules and measurable risk.

Start by seeing how brokers, liquidity, and volatility shape the trading environment, then build a solid vocabulary of currency pairs, pips, lots, and basic profit calculation. You will also understand leverage and margin in a realistic way, including what margin calls and stop outs mean and how to avoid the mistakes that wipe out accounts. By connecting these ideas to how equity changes during trades, you will gain a clearer picture of what you can and cannot control.

The course then shifts to chart reading skills that support better timing and planning. You will learn how candlestick charts communicate market sentiment and why timeframe selection matters for different styles of trading. You will also learn to recognize common costs that affect performance, including spread, swap, and commissions, so you can evaluate trades with fewer surprises and more accurate expectations.

As you progress, you will explore tools that bring discipline to your approach, such as pending orders, Stop Loss, and Take Profit. Instead of relying on constant screen time, you will understand how to structure trades in advance and protect your downside. Risk management becomes a central theme, helping you think in probabilities and limits, not emotions and impulse.

To round out your foundation, you will be introduced to fundamental analysis and how news events can impact currencies, along with technical analysis for identifying trends, channels, patterns, and significant levels. By the end, you will have a grounded starting framework you can practice responsibly and build on as your experience grows.

Course content

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #1 – How Forex works: brokers, liquidity, volatility

    06m

  • Exercise: _What is Forex and how can you profit on it?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #2 – Forex concepts: currency pairs, pips and points, lots, profit calculator

    08m

  • Exercise: _What is a lot in Forex trading?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #3 – Earn more with leverage: margin, margin call, stop out, and equity

    10m

  • Exercise: _What is leverage in forex trading?

  • Video class: [ENGLISH] Lesson #4 How candlestick charts work and what timeframe to choose

    04m

  • Exercise: _What are the two basic types of charts available in Forex?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #5 – Trading costs: spread, swap, volume commission, and hidden charges

    08m

  • Exercise: _What is the spread in forex trading?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #6 – How pending orders, Stop Loss and Take Profit save your time

    07m

  • Exercise: _What are the benefits of using Stop Loss and Take Profit when trading in Forex?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #7 – How to reduce losses by applying risk management to your trading

    08m

  • Exercise: _What is the Two-Percent Rule in risk management?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #8 – How to use fundamental analysis and earn on news

    09m

  • Exercise: _What are the four most important types of news that have the most significant influence on the forex market?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #9 – How to use technical analysis and determine price trends

    03m

  • Exercise: _What is a bullish trend?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #10 – How to use channels in your trading strategy

    05m

  • Exercise: _What is a channel in trading strategy?

  • Video class: [English] Lesson #11 – How to predict price behaviour using chart patterns

    03m

  • Exercise: _What do significant levels signify in technical analysis?

This free course includes:

1 hours and 16 minutes of online video course

Digital certificate of course completion (Free)

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