Beginners Course on Forex Trading

Our award winning, certified Beginners Course on Forex Trading is a one day event held in London, designed to teach you all of the key concepts involved in Forex Trading.  During this event you will understand how you can start your career as a Global Currency, Commodity or Stock Trader alongside your current work commitments or as a full-time income from anywhere in the world.

Module 1 — Forex Industry

In this unit we will be explaining the Forex Industry and how it operates including the main market participants and key market sessions. We will be sharing with you the major currency pairs that are traded and how they are measured in Pips. You will also learn how to profit in both a rising or falling market as well as how to interpret a currency chart.

Market Regulation

Key Trading Hours

The use of Leverage & Margin

Understanding Pips & Pipettes

The function of a broker and the spread

Module 2 — Analysis Methods

During this section we will be showing you the various Analysis Methods used by financial traders including fundamental and technical analysis. You will be taught the key concept of Support & Resistance and how it is used when identifying chart patterns in real market conditions. Finally we will introduce you to the four technical indicators used on Alpha Trading Floor and how to interpret them on a currency chart.

How to identify emerging trends

The concept of the Fibonacci indicator

How to interpret market sentiment

How to identify overvalued and undervalued markets

The process of combining multiple analysis techniques to obtain a higher probability

Module 3 — Trading Strategies

In this unit we will be sharing the five elements involved in any trading strategy as well as the only two entry techniques available when trading the markets. You will also be introduced to Alpha Markets four main trading strategies and how they are used to identify high probability, repeatable trading opportunities.

- How to build a trading strategy using the five core elements

Introduction to Alpha Trading Floor’s propitiatory trading strategies

Module 4 — Money Management

In this module you will learn the various features used that enable traders to limit their risk per trade to just 1% of their account. We will also explain the techniques used by traders that enable them to remove all risk from a trade at the correct time, as well as the power of compounding growth.

- The requirement of a Stop Loss for effective risk management

How Position Sizing can be used to limit risk to a predefined percentage

The concept of Risk / Reward ratios when trading the financial markets

The power of compounding growth

Module 5 — Trading Platforms & Accounts

During this section we will be explaining what a Forex Platform is as well as how to open up a live trading account. You will be shown a trading platform as well as the various features that can be used when trading in live market conditions. After the course you will have access to our Pro Chart Setup video series showing you how to download and configure your charting platform.

- The core elements of a Trading Platform

How to execute “at market” trades

How to execute “pending / automated trades”

Module 6 — Trader Psychology