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Teaching Trading 1 is the first course of our four course series in mastering the markets.

In this first course, students will be introduced to the basic lingo of trading. Students will be taught money management techniques (controlling commission and slippage). Japanese Candlestick Analysis will be taught. Candlestick Analysis is a technique that has been used by the Japanese for thousands of years, and will give traders the ability to foreshadow the movement of prices in the markets. Students will also be introduced to trading Futures and Commodities. Emphasis will be placed on paper trading.

Teaching Trading 1 Course Outline

1)     Candlestick Blending

2)     Candlestick Patterns

i)                    Abandoned Baby

ii)                  Bearish Engulfing

iii)                Bearish Up side Gap Two Crows

iv)                Bullish Engulfing

v)                  Concealing Baby Swallow

vi)                Dark Cloud Cover

vii)              Doji

viii)            Doji Star (In uptrend/downtrend)

ix)                Dragonfly Doji (aka Umbrella)

x)                  Evening Doji Star

xi)                Evening Star

xii)              Gravestone Doji (aka Inverted Umbrella)

xiii)            Hammer

xiv)             Hanging Man

xv)               Harami

xvi)             Harami Cross

xvii)           Inverted Hammer

xviii)         Kicking Pattern

xix)             Long Legged Doji

xx)               Long upper/lower shadow

xxi)             Long vs. Short Candlestick

xxii)           Marubozu

xxiii)         Morning Doji Star

xxiv)         Morning Star

xxv)           Piercing Line Pattern

xxvi)         Shooting Star

xxvii)       Spinning Tops

xxviii)     Star Position (Gap Up, Gap Down)

xxix)         Three Black Crows

xxx)           Three Inside Up/Down

xxxi)         Three Outside Up/Down

xxxii)       Three White Soldiers

3)     Candlestick Practice

4)     Candlestick Sequence

5)     Chart Types

i)        Bar Charts

ii)      Candlesticks

iii)    Line Charts

6)     Commission and Slippage

7)     Day vs. Swing Trading

8)     Fundamental vs Technical Analysis

i)        What is Fundamental Analysis?

ii)      What is Technical Analysis?

9)     History of Candlesticks

10) Introduction to Futures and Commodities

i)        Contract Month

ii)      Contract Specifications

iii)    Futures Margin Requirements

iv)    Futures Symbol

v)      Initial vs. Maintenance Margin

11) Open Interest

12) Stock vs. Commodities

13) Time Periods

i)        Intra-day

ii)      Intermediate Period

iii)    Long Term Period

iv)    Short Term Period

14) Trading Practice

15) Trends

i)        Downtrend

ii)      Sideways

iii)    Uptrend

16) Volume

All of our online trading courses includes:

• Hours of instructional streaming video taught by our Chief Technical Analyst.
• Downloadable lecture notes.
• Links to important internet resources.
• Downloadable charting software.
• 40 days of unlimited access to our streaming videos and website.