Build a setup you can actually test.
Learn the vocabulary, risk math, price-action setups, pair behavior and review process behind a written trading plan. These guides explain a framework—not a promise of profit or a substitute for demo testing.
Start in order
A four-step learning path
A chart pattern alone is not a complete plan. Learn the units and risk limits first, then test one setup with consistent rules.
Learn the units
Understand pips, points, lot size and how symbol specifications differ by broker before sizing any order.
Pips and lots guideDefine risk first
Choose a maximum loss, then calculate size from the entry-to-stop distance instead of copying a fixed lot blindly.
Position sizing guideWrite one setup
Document the context, trigger, invalidation and exit. A setup is testable only when its rules are specific.
Explore a setupTest and journal
Use historical samples, paper trading or demo execution, then review results by setup instead of judging one trade.
See the journalSetup library
Eight price-action frameworks
Each guide covers identification, entry rules, invalidation, common mistakes and the market conditions where the idea may be easier—or harder—to test.
Order Block
Identify a potential reaction zone before planning entry, invalidation and target.
Fair Value Gap (FVG)
Mark a three-candle imbalance, then test how price behaves when it revisits the zone.
Break of Structure
Use a confirmed swing break as context instead of treating every wick as a trend change.
Support / Resistance
Build a repeatable plan around horizontal zones, confirmation and invalidation.
Trend Continuation
Study pullbacks in the dominant direction with defined risk and exit rules.
Breakout
Separate a confirmed range break from a false break and late entry.
Counter-Trend
Understand why fading momentum needs stricter confirmation and smaller risk.
News Trade
Plan for spread expansion, slippage and uncertainty around scheduled events.
Market context
Pair and session guides
The same lot size, stop distance or session does not behave identically across every symbol. Check the contract specification in your own broker before trading.
Pip conventions for metals and indices vary. Use your platform's tick size, tick value and volume step rather than relying on a generic internet table.
Risk before entry
Decide the maximum loss and account-level limits before choosing order size.
Risk controlsEvidence after exit
Journal execution, costs, rule adherence and outcome so you can review a real sample.
Trading journalBroker-aware sizing
Use the stop distance and symbol specification to estimate volume, then verify it on demo.
Position sizer