Category: Module 3 – Charting Basics
Lesson 55 — Beginner Chart Examples
Meet Beginner Chart Examples Imagine walking into a gym for the first time and seeing someone juggling kettlebells while balancing on a stability ball.Now imagine someone else doing a simple push-up. Beginner charts should feel like the push-up version of charting — simple, clean, and effective — not circus-level chaos. Charts don’t need decorations, neon…
Lesson 54 — Avoiding Overdrawing
Meet Avoiding Overdrawing Have you ever seen a chart so overloaded with lines that it looks like a toddler discovered crayons and caffeine at the same time?Yep — that’s overdrawing. Overdrawing happens when you mark everything: every swing, every touch, every diagonal, every possible maybe-sorta-kinda trendline. It’s chart analysis meets spaghetti art. Clean charting, on…
Lesson 53 — Clean Charting
Meet Clean Charting Imagine opening a trader’s chart and seeing 19 indicators, 47 diagonal lines, 6 oscillators, and a motivational quote squeezed into the corner.At that point, you’re not trading — you’re solving a Where’s Waldo puzzle. Clean charting is the opposite of that chaos. It’s the idea that your chart should be: A clean…
Lesson 52 — News Awareness
What Is News Awareness? Picture this: you’re casually sipping your morning coffee, watching EURUSD drift lazily…BAM! A huge candle erupts out of nowhere like the market just got struck by lightning. What happened?News. In trading, news awareness simply means knowing when major economic events are scheduled, how impactful they might be, and how they typically…
Lesson 51 — Sessions
What Is Sessions? Imagine the forex market as a giant global party that never stops—people just take turns hosting it.When one city goes to sleep, another wakes up and says, “Pass me the charts!” These hosting periods are called trading sessions, and the three major ones are: Each session has its own “personality,” rhythm, and…
Lesson 50 — Volatility
What Is Volatility? Ever watched price move so fast it felt like the market chugged three espressos and started vibrating?That’s volatility — the measure of how wildly (or calmly) price moves. At its simplest: Why does this matter?Because volatility affects everything: spreads, candle size, how fast price travels, and your ability to react. Let’s break…
Lesson 49 — Basic Market Structure
What Is Basic Market Structure? Ever tried reading a chart and felt like you were staring at a toddler’s crayon drawing? Lines everywhere, shapes that make no sense, sudden spikes like the kid sneezed mid-artwork?Market structure is what turns that chaos into a readable story. Basic market structure describes how price moves: up, down, or…
Lesson 48 — Resistance
What Is Resistance? Imagine price as a kid trying to jump and hit the ceiling. Every time they leap, they smack their head and fall back down.That “ceiling” is resistance — a level where upward movement has struggled before. Resistance is a price area where the market hesitates, slows down, or turns because sellers tend…
Lesson 47 — Support
Meet Support Imagine the market is a bouncing ball. Every time it smacks the floor, it tends to bounce back up — at least a little.That “floor” is what traders call support. Support is a price level where downward movement slows, pauses, or reacts because buyers become more active. It’s not magic. It’s just a…
Lesson 46 — Swing Points
Meet Swing Points Have you ever watched price wiggle around and wondered, “Okay… but what part of this squiggly mess actually matters?”Swing points are the market’s way of raising tiny flags that say, “Hey! Something happened here!” A swing high is a short-term turning point where price moves up, stalls, and then moves down.A swing…