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These topics are available to everyone – ideal for absolute beginners to build a solid base.
In this topic you learn what the Forex market is, why it exists, and who participates (banks, institutions, corporates, and retail traders). We cover the concept of a decentralised OTC market and why FX is different from stocks.
- Definition of Forex and how currencies are exchanged.
- Real economy use vs speculative trading.
- Main participants and their objectives.
Here we go into base vs quote currency, types of pairs (majors, minors, exotics), and how to read quotes. We also explain bid/ask, spreads, and how brokers display prices.
- Base and quote currency structure.
- What is a pip and a pipette.
- How spreads impact cost per trade.
This topic introduces London, New York, and Asia sessions, volatility behaviour, and how to place basic orders (market, limit, stop) in MT4/MT5.
- Session overlaps and best trading windows.
- Market, limit, and stop orders in practice.
- Very basic MT4/MT5 walkthrough (placing and closing a trade).
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Free summary and practice
Use these tasks to make sure you truly understood the free content.
- List 5 major pairs and 3 minor pairs with base and quote correctly labelled.
- On a demo account, place one market order, one limit order, and one stop order.
- Observe spreads at different times of day and note when they widen or tighten.