Learn to read markets,
manage risk and practise safely
42 illustrated lessons with step-by-step usage, common mistakes and how each idea works inside TradeDesk X. Crypto, forex, gold, indices and stocks.
Browse by topic
Nine categories, from first principles to complete playbooks.
Foundations
How markets, candles, orders and leverage work
🕯Candlestick patterns
Single and multi-candle signals and how to filter them
📈Price action & structure
Trend, levels, breakouts and ranges
🎯Liquidity & smart-money concepts
Sweeps, gaps, order blocks and value zones
📊Indicators
Averages, VWAP, volume profile, RSI, MACD, Bollinger
🌊Order flow
Order book, footprint, whales and liquidations
🛡Risk & money management
Sizing, reward-to-risk, expectancy, stops
ðŸ§Process & psychology
Journal, discipline, paper trading, checklists
♟Playbooks
Complete setups that combine the pieces
A learning path that starts with risk
Five steps. Do them in order.
Popular lessons
Where most traders spend their time.
Liquidity sweeps (stop hunts)
Price often runs beyond obvious highs and lows to trigger stops, then reverses.
📈Market structure: HH, HL, BoS and ChoCh
Trends are staircases of highs and lows. Breaks of that staircase tell you when control changes.
🛡Position sizing
Size every trade so the stop costs the same small fraction of your account.
📊VWAP (volume-weighted average price)
The average price paid today. Institutions benchmark to it; price tends to return to it.
🎯Fair value gaps (FVG and iFVG)
A three-candle imbalance. Price often returns to fill it before continuing.
♟Playbook: micro scalping (sweep, reclaim, flow)
Very short trades around liquidity sweeps, confirmed by real order flow.
Practise every idea in TradeDesk X
Scanner with 20 confluence checks, plans with entry, stop and three targets, and a paper account on real prices.
Open TradeDesk XTry the Micro scalping terminal
Live trade flow, whale prints, heat grid and one-tap paper execution with honest performance stats.
Open MicroQuestions
Is this financial advice?
No. Everything here is general education. It does not consider your situation and is not a recommendation to trade anything.
Do I need a TradeDesk X account?
No. The whole library is free to read. TradeDesk X and Micro are optional tools where you can practise each idea with paper money.
Where should a beginner start?
Follow the five-step learning path: language, structure, risk, paper practice, then a playbook. Risk topics come before strategies on purpose.
Do these methods guarantee profit?
No method does. Most traders lose money. The library teaches how to measure an edge, cut costs and limit losses, not how to get rich quickly.
How do I practise safely?
Open TradeDesk X in PAPER mode or the Micro terminal. Both use real market prices with simulated money and include fees and slippage.