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Beginner Track / Free Academy lessons

Reading the Chart for Beginners

Candlesticks, support/resistance, trend, MAs, volume, RSI, VWAP, patterns.

Beginner Track8 visible lessons

Candlesticks, support/resistance, trend, MAs, volume, RSI, VWAP, patterns.

01Lesson cover: The Candle Never Lies: How to Read a Single Bar of Price

The Candle Never Lies: How to Read a Single Bar of Price

A complete beginner's guide to candlesticks — open, high, low, close, bodies, wicks, and the three patterns worth learning first

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4,488 words20 min
02Lesson cover: The Floor and the Ceiling: Support & Resistance for Absolute Beginners

The Floor and the Ceiling: Support & Resistance for Absolute Beginners

The two lines that explain why price stops, turns, and moves — and how to trade the bounce instead of guessing it

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3,930 words18 min
03Lesson cover: The Trend Is Your Friend: A Complete Beginner's Guide to Reading Market Direction

The Trend Is Your Friend: A Complete Beginner's Guide to Reading Market Direction

Learn to see which way price is really moving — and why trading with it is the first edge you'll ever earn

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4,143 words19 min
04Lesson cover: The Moving Average: Your First Line on the Chart

The Moving Average: Your First Line on the Chart

A complete beginner's guide to the one tool that turns a wall of candles into a story you can actually read

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4,775 words22 min
05Lesson cover: Volume: The Fuel Behind Every Move a Stock Makes

Volume: The Fuel Behind Every Move a Stock Makes

A complete beginner's guide to reading the one number that tells you whether a price move is real

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3,909 words18 min
06Lesson cover: RSI: The Momentum Gauge That Tells You When a Move Is Running Out of Breath

RSI: The Momentum Gauge That Tells You When a Move Is Running Out of Breath

A complete beginner's guide to reading the market's speedometer — without getting fooled by it

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4,622 words21 min
07Lesson cover: VWAP for Beginners: The One Line the Big Money Actually Watches

VWAP for Beginners: The One Line the Big Money Actually Watches

A plain-English guide to the volume-weighted average price — what it is, why institutions live by it, and how you can use it as a fair-value line on your very first Monday.

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4,066 words19 min
08Lesson cover: The Shapes the Market Draws Before It Moves

The Shapes the Market Draws Before It Moves

A complete beginner's guide to chart patterns — flags, triangles, double tops and bottoms, head & shoulders, the measured move, and the volume story underneath them all

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4,411 words20 min