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1,012 plain-English pages. 21 calculators. A chart tool that works on your phone. A 4-lesson course by email. You don't have to sign up to read any of it — here's the whole map.

Four things to grab first

• The free 4-lesson courseFour short emails, one every few days. Read a chart, size a trade, practice on past charts, keep your head. Each one ends with a 10-minute exercise.
• The StructureX chart tool — freeIt marks the places price actually turned on any TradingView chart. Free to use, and it works in the TradingView phone app.
• 21 free calculatorsHow big a trade should be, what one pip or tick is worth, what it takes to win back a loss. They run in your browser — nothing you type is sent anywhere.
• A trading journal templateA plain spreadsheet to log your trades. No macros, no sign-up — download it and open it in Excel, Numbers or Sheets.

The free library

• 278 guidesOne idea per page, in plain English: reading charts, patterns, indicators, risk, practice, mindset, the economy, prop firms, bots and AI.
• 395 glossary termsEvery trading word you'll meet, A–Z, explained with a simple example. No jargon used to explain the jargon.
• 147 market pagesEvery market has a personality. What moves it, when it's busiest, and what one pip or tick is worth — forex, futures, crypto, stocks and indexes.
• 114 side-by-side comparisonsTwo choices, one page, a plain answer: day trading or swing trading, forex or stocks, market order or limit order.
• 57 stories from market historyThe legends, the blow-ups and the crashes — Livermore, Buffett, Soros, 1929, 1987, 2008 — and the one lesson each one leaves behind.
• 21 calculatorsPosition size, risk and reward, pip and tick value, break-even, compounding, market hours. Do the math before the trade, not after.

Never traded before? Start here

• Day trading for beginners: a simple routine, start to finishOpen and close the same day, with a calm routine and 4 simple risk rules.
• Forex trading for beginners: 4 words that make it clickPip, lot, spread, leverage: learn 4 words and forex starts to make sense.
• How long does it take to learn trading?An honest answer: months of practice. Here's the 4-stage path and what sets your pace.
• How much money do you need to start trading? Less than you thinkPractice is $0. After that, risk per trade matters more than account size.
• How the stock market works, explained in plain EnglishShares, prices, orders, hours and indexes: the whole market in one plain page.
• How to read stock charts in 5 steps5 steps, same order every time, and the chart stops looking like noise.
• How to start trading: 6 steps from your first chart to your first tradeThe 6 steps in order, from your first chart to your first small trade.
• Is trading gambling? What separates a plan from a betWithout rules it can be. Here are the 4 things that turn a bet into a plan.
• Swing trading for beginners: a 20-minute routine, once a dayHold for days, not minutes, with a 20-minute routine once a day.
• Trading with a full-time job: a 20-minute routineSwing trade on end-of-day charts with one short evening routine. No screen-watching.
• Why most traders lose money: 5 causes and the fix for eachIt's rarely the strategy. 5 common causes, and the simple fix for each one.

All 21 calculators

• Position size calculator: how big should this trade be?How big to make a trade so a loss costs only what you chose.
• Risk/reward calculator: is this trade worth it?Your ratio, and the win rate you'd need just to break even.
• Pip value calculator: what is one pip really worth?What one pip is worth on any major pair, in US dollars.
• Forex lot size calculator: the right size, every timeThe right lot size from your account, risk % and stop in pips.
• Futures tick value calculator: what does one tick cost you?Tick values for ES, NQ, CL, GC and micros — and how many contracts fit your risk.
• Lose 50%, need 100% to get back. See any number.Why a 50% drop needs a 100% gain to get back to even.
• Expectancy calculator: do your trades actually add up?What your win rate and average win/loss add up to, per trade.
• Forex and stock market hours, in your time zoneWhich forex sessions and stock markets are open right now, in your time.
• What does $200 a month turn into?What monthly saving turns into, year by year — and when growth takes over.
• How long until your money doubles?The 5-second trick that tells you how long money takes to double.
• The exact month you reach your goalThe month you reach your goal — and how to pull that date closer.
• What will $1,000 really be worth in 20 years?What your money will buy in 10, 20 or 30 years.
• Average down calculator: what's your real break-even?Your true average price after several buys — and the climb back to even.
• Forex margin calculator: how much do you need to open a trade?The deposit your broker holds for any pair, size and leverage.
• Crypto liquidation price calculator: where does your trade get wiped?Where a leveraged crypto trade gets closed for you — and whether your stop comes first.
• Dividend calculator: what would your stocks pay you each year?Dividends paid each year — with and without reinvesting.
• Percent change calculator: why −20% needs +25% to get backThe % change between two numbers — and the surprise going the other way.
• CAGR calculator: the honest yearly growth rateTurn any big total return into the honest yearly rate.
• Debt payoff calculator: the month you're debt-freeYour debt-free month — and how a bigger payment pulls it closer.
• Losing streak calculator: how many losses in a row should you expect?The losing run to plan for at your win rate — and what it costs at your risk %.
• Options profit calculator: what happens at expiry?Break-even, worst case and the result at expiry for any call or put.