Beginner course

Forex Foundations

Start from zero. Learn how the currency market works, how trades are measured, and how to size a position so one loss can never sink your account.

11 lessons · 92 minutes · Free

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Mark every lesson complete and pass the final quiz with 70% or more to get a certificate of completion. You can download it as a PDF or share it on LinkedIn.

This course assumes no prior knowledge, uses worked examples instead of jargon, and finishes with position sizing: deciding how much to risk on each trade.

Take the lessons in order. Each one builds on the last and takes under ten minutes.

Lessons

1What is forex?What the foreign exchange market is, who trades in it, and why it never seems to sleep.
2Currency pairs and quotesHow to read a price like EUR/USD 1.0850 and know exactly what you are buying and selling.
3Bid, ask and spreadWhy there are two prices for every pair, and what the gap between them costs you.
4Pips and lotsHow price moves are measured, how trade sizes are measured, and how the two combine into money.
5Leverage and marginWhat leverage really does, how margin works, and why it magnifies losses exactly as much as gains.
6Order typesMarket, limit and stop orders, plus the two orders that protect every trade.
7Market sessionsThe four trading sessions, why the overlaps matter, and how to pick hours that suit you and your pairs.
8How brokers workWhat a broker does with your order, the two main broker models, and the three ways they get paid.
9Position sizingHow to choose a trade size so that no single loss can hurt you badly, starting from the stop loss.
10Your first demo tradePut the whole course together on a practice account, from reading the chart to managing the open trade.
11Course check: test yourselfTen questions across the whole course, and flashcards for every term you have met.