Course 02 · Trading Foundations
Orders, leverage, margin, and spreads: the mechanics every trade runs on.
Trader Faculty Course
Trading Foundations
8 lessons
This is the plumbing most brokers skip because they assume you already know it. You will learn how orders fill, what leverage really does to your risk, and the costs that quietly drain beginner accounts.
The practical first steps, from choosing a market to placing a first trade safely.
The hidden costs that quietly eat returns, starting with the spread.
What a market order is, and when speed matters more than price.
Decide your exit before you enter, and let the stop do its job.
Leverage magnifies your position, and your risk. Respect it.
The deposit that backs a leveraged trade, and what happens when it runs low.
How easily an asset can be bought or sold without moving its price.
The smallest standard price move in a currency pair, and how it measures profit and loss.
After all 8 lessons
Best taken after you've finished all 8 lessons.
New traders who understand the markets but freeze when it's time to place a trade.
Anyone who hasn't covered what markets and instruments are yet.
Recommended afterWhat is Trading?
Begin with the first lesson and work through the course at your own pace.
8 lessons
100 questions