Intermediate Path

For traders who know the basics. Learn to read structure and momentum, size positions from your risk, trade commodities and stock CFDs, and keep a plan and journal.

  1. Support and Resistance: Drawing Levels That Matter
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    How to find the support and resistance zones traders actually watch, judge how strong they are, handle breaks and retests, and turn a level into a plan with a defined risk.
  2. Trendlines, Channels and Market Structure (HH/HL/LH/LL)
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    Read a trend through its swing highs and lows, spot when market structure breaks, draw trendlines and channels that hold up, and use them to plan entries and stops.
  3. Moving Averages (SMA/EMA) and How Traders Use Them
    Intermediate · 8 min read
    How simple and exponential moving averages are calculated, how traders use them for trend, pullbacks and crossovers, and where they mislead.
  4. RSI, MACD and Stochastic: Momentum Indicators Explained
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    What RSI, MACD and the stochastic oscillator measure, how each is calculated, what overbought, crossovers and divergence really mean, and their limits.
  5. Volume and Volatility: ATR, Bollinger Bands
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    How to read volume, measure volatility with ATR and Bollinger Bands, and use both to set stop distances and position sizes that fit the market.
  6. Top Candlestick Patterns and Their Context
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    The candlestick patterns traders watch most, from doji and hammers to engulfing candles and morning stars, and the context that decides whether they matter.
  7. Chart Patterns: Triangles, Flags, Head & Shoulders, Double Tops
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    How to recognize triangles, flags, head and shoulders and double tops, what confirms them, how measured-move targets work, and how to trade them with pending orders.
  8. Multi-Timeframe Analysis
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    How to read a market top-down across three timeframes: the higher one for trend, the middle for setups and the lower for entries, with a worked example.
  9. Position Sizing: The 1–2% Rule and Calculating Lot Size
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    How to size every trade from the amount you are willing to lose: the 1–2% rule, the position size formula, and step-by-step lot sizes for Bitcoin and gold.
  10. Risk/Reward Ratio and Win Rate: The Math of Profitability
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    How the risk/reward ratio and win rate work together, the break-even win rate for any ratio, expectancy, and how trading costs shift the numbers.
  11. Building a Trading Plan and Journal
    Intermediate · 8 min read
    Write a one-page trading plan with clear risk, entry and exit rules, then keep a journal that turns your closed trades into numbers you can learn from.
  12. Trading Commodities CFDs: Gold, Oil, Silver
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    How gold, oil, silver and other commodity CFDs behave, what tends to move them, how contract size turns price moves into USDT, and the hours and costs to check.
  13. Trading Stock CFDs: Earnings, Gaps and Sessions
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    How stock CFDs work on a USDT account: exchange sessions, earnings season, overnight gaps and dividends, with worked examples of gap risk and sizing.
  14. Fundamental Drivers: CPI, Interest Rates, News and Crypto Events
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    Why inflation data, interest rate decisions, jobs reports and crypto events move prices, how markets trade surprises against forecasts, and how to plan around news.
  15. Funding/Overnight Fees, Swaps and Trading Costs
    Intermediate · 7 min read
    What a trade really costs: the spread, the trade fee, the daily swap and slippage, how swaps differ from crypto funding rates, and a worked cost example in USDT.

Trading CFDs and crypto involves a high risk of losing money quickly because of leverage. You can lose all the funds in your account. This article is for education only and is not financial advice; past performance does not indicate future results.