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Intermediate15 papers75 minCertificate$11

Finding Your Style and Your Market

Four speeds, four ideas, and the three ways of trading that empty accounts — ending with the style and the symbols that fit the hours you actually have.

Who it is for
A reader who has learned the tools and has not yet chosen how to use them.
Before you start
Stops, Targets and Exits.
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You will be able to

  • Tell scalping, day trading, swing trading and position trading apart by holding time and by cost
  • Say what trend following, mean reversion, breakout and range trading each assume about the market
  • Explain why grid and martingale eventually empty an account
  • Say why averaging down is not the same as scaling in
  • Choose the market that suits the hours you are free
  • Name the style that fits your schedule, and say why the others do not

15 papers

A short quiz after every paper; the next paper opens when you pass it.

  1. Unit 1

    The four speeds

    1. 01What Is Scalping5 min
    2. 02What Is Day Trading5 min
    3. 03What Is Swing Trading5 min
    4. 04What Is Position Trading5 min
    5. 05Scalping vs Day Trading vs Swing Trading5 min

  2. Unit 2

    The four ideas

    1. 06What Is Trend Following5 min
    2. 07What Is Mean Reversion5 min
    3. 08What Is Breakout Trading5 min
    4. 09What Is Range Trading5 min

  3. Unit 3

    The three that empty accounts

    1. 10What Is Grid Trading5 min
    2. 11What Is Martingale, and Why It Empties Accounts5 min
    3. 12Why Averaging Down Is Dangerous5 min

  4. Unit 4

    Finding yours

    1. 13Which Market Suits a Beginner5 min
    2. 14How to Choose Which Symbols to Trade5 min
    3. 15How to Choose a Strategy for Your Schedule5 min