Introduction to Forex and the MT4 Platform

Heard about the exciting world of forex trading but have no idea where to start?

This is the webinar for you. In one hour you’ll get a thorough understanding of what foreign exchange trading is all about and understand the technical terms involved.

Our practical based teaching is on the universal MT4 trading platform so you’ll be learning in the actual environment you’ll be trading in.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the what, where, why and how of the FX market
• Get a handle on the technical terminology like bid, ask, spread, long, short, lot, pip, majors, crosses, exotics, leverage, margin etc.
• Learn to trade using the MT4 platform
• Open, modify, close and delete orders.

Trading – The Fundamental Analyst’s Approach

There are major fundamental forces at work that drive the financial markets.

Learn to make the most of geo-political events and gain a deeper understanding of the global economy.

Find out which are the key macroeconomic indicators used to monitor a nation’s economic activity.

Particular emphasis will be placed on the fundamental approach to trading the markets and understanding what drives demand and supply.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify key macroeconomic news events
• Understand what drives demand and supply
• Identify the key fundamentals in the markets to follow
• Understand how interest rate differentials affect currencies.

Trading – The Technical Analyst’s Approach

Technical analysts predict future price movements based on past price action of a particular stock or currency.

In this webinar you’ll learn the logic behind technical analysis and why it works.

You’ll get a basic introduction to Dow Theory, understand the technical approach to trading the markets and gain insights into the psychology behind price patterns.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the philosophy of technical analysis
• Identify key technical trading styles.
• Come to appreciate the importance of trends
• Discuss the differences between intraday, swing, long term and range trading styles.

Chart Construction

This is your first step to mastering the all-important price charts.

You’ll discover the different ways to view charts and their construction.

By the end of this webinar, you’ll become familiar with reading a variety chart types and understand how data and information is available to traders in the markets.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand different type of price charts
• Read the price action through Candlesticks and Bar charts.
• Identify key price information
• Choose your preferred type of chart.

Basic Concepts of Trends

You’ve heard the phrase “The trend is your friend”.

During this session we will identify key components which make “good friends”.

This is a must for beginners and good revision for seasoned traders.

The seminar will focus on trend identification – the best way to make money in the markets.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand crowd psychology
• Identify uptrends, downtrends
• Identify ranges or sideways movements
• Learn to spot the opportunities in time to action them.

Trend Lines, Speed lines and Channels

It’s time to learn how to use your technical tools correctly so you can identify the strength and speed of trends in the market.

Learn to draw trend lines directly on charts and use a variety of different technical tools to assist you in identifying strong trending markets.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply trend lines to identify trends
• Use speed lines and channels on price charts
• Identify early signals when a trend is weakening
• Determine the strength of a trend.

Introduction to Trend Reversal Patterns

Add more tools to your technical toolkit during this webinar when you learn the major trend reversal patterns that have been identified throughout history.

From Dow’s Head and Shoulder or Double Top to Elliot’s ABC to Gann’s Swing, you’ll get a unique perspective on how and when markets reverse.

Learning Outcomes

• Determine different types of major reversal formations
• Apply measuring techniques to identify targets
• Identify market turning points, major patterns and their key levels
• Grow your skills in identifying price patterns.

Trend Reversals

In this webinar we will combine all previous trend reversal (failure swing) patterns we’ve learnt into one price formation signaling short term trend reversals in the market.

The ability to spot an upcoming trend reversal is a huge advantage to trading the markets.

We’ll be looking at live market examples using Tradepedia’s automated software, the Avramis Swing, to help you practice identifying trend reversal patterns in real-time.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the price action under study
• Determine the highest and lowest price under study
• Identify when the market is changing direction
• Enhance your ability to trade market reversals.

Major Continuation Patterns

A strong trend is more likely to continue rather than to reverse.

During this webinar, we’ll be looking at trend continuation patterns in order to take full advantage of strong trending markets and avoid false reversal signals.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the need for a trend correction
• Identify major continuation patterns in the markets
• Apply measuring techniques to identify targets
• Enhance your confidence to follow the right trend.

Trend Indicators

By now we know that identifying trends is vital to successful trading.

In this webinar, you’ll learn the most effective indicators to help you identify trends.

You’ll get a thorough understanding of how to use Moving Averages (MA) which, as a trend following indicator, smoothens out price irregularities giving you a clearer picture of a trend.

And, you’ll see how the momentum indicator, Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD), reveals changes in the direction, duration and strength of a trend.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the theory and construction behind MA and MACD
• Learn the different types of MAs and their application
• Understand the theory of MACD construction
• Interpret the MACD “grandfather” signal

Momentum Indicators/Oscillators

In this session you will learn the theory of momentum indicators and how they are constructed.

These indicators (or oscillators) are your best ally when the markets are moving sideways with no clear direction.

However, their use is not limited to range trading but also extends to trending markets as well.

You’ll learn how to analyse and interpret their signals in three separate ways.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the theory and construction of momentum indicators
• Recognise the workings of IMI, RSI and Price ROC
• Appreciate the value of indicators during sideways market movements
• Analyse indicators in three dimensions.

ADX and Parabolic SAR

Today you’ll add these two key indicators to your analysis of the markets.

Understanding the mechanics behind the construction of these indicators is paramount to analysing the markets.

We’ll search for the ideal scenarios in which they can be used to add a different dimension to your understanding of price patterns.

Learning Outcomes

• Determine the best types of market to use them in
• Know when the market is in range
• Identify when the market reaches an extreme
• Use trailing techniques.

Support and Resistance – Part I

Knowing how to identify support and resistance points on your charts is priceless!

In this webinar you’ll learn what they mean and what causes these points.

You’ll be able to identify key levels across a multitude of timeframes and develop the foundations to technically analyse markets.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the importance of support and resistance levels
• Know what is happening behind support and resistance levels
• Determine key price levels on any chart
• Identify which levels are more important than others.

Support and Resistance – Part 2: Projection (Fibonacci Magic)

Whether Fibonacci works because it’s magic or because everyone is using it is not for us to wonder.

During this webinar we will build on the foundations of part 1 and see how we can use Fibonacci retracements, projections, fans and arcs to spot future support and resistance levels.

You’ll learn to apply professional techniques to identify key levels with high probability.

Learning Outcomes

• Enhance your knowledge of support and resistance
• Understand the secrets of using Fibonacci
• Outline key levels on any timeframe
• Determine key future levels of support and resistance.

Introduction to Japanese Candlesticks Patterns

Japanese Candlestick charts are the heart and soul of trading using technical analysis.

If you know candles you can find ‘tops’ and ‘bottoms’ in the market allowing you to identify at which price level to enter the market and at which to exit.

In this webinar you’ll learn the fundamental concepts of candlestick charts and how they can be used for successful trading of the markets.

Learning Outcomes

• Recognise the major Candlestick patterns formations
• Identify reversal and continuation candles
• Enhance your chart reading ability
• Determine the correct market tops and bottoms.

Harnessing Volatility (Bollinger Bands)

What does a ‘volatile’ market look like? Is it a problem or an opportunity?

Is there a way to measure it and if so how?

In this webinar you’ll learn how to take advantage of volatile markets and how to manage the risks involved.

Learning Outcomes

• Successfully use volatility to trade
• Recognise potential market reversals
• Interpret bullish and bearish signals
• Learn to use volatility tools
• Spot changes in market volatility.

Trading the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo translates into “one look equilibrium chart”.

At first glance, this technical indicator can seem daunting but we’ll teach you how easy it is to use this all-in-one, versatile Japanese indicator.

You’ll appreciate how one indicator can define support and resistance, identify trend direction, gauge momentum and provide buy and sell signals.

Learning Outcomes

• Look at a chart and know at a glance whether to buy or sell
• Appreciate the importance of Kumo
• Identify weak buy and sell signals
• Identify strong buy and sell signals.

Introduction to Avramis River

Moving averages work very well as an indicator when the markets are trending but are very dangerous in a ranging one.

Using our proprietary MT4 indicator, the Avramis River, you’ll learn when the market is trending and when it is in a range and how to trade under both conditions.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the Avramis River to find the best instruments to trade
• Identify strong and weak trending instruments
• Easily spot support and resistance levels
• Understand when a market is ranging, clearly and objectively

Money Management

Good money management is the best way to survive market turbulences.

To minimize risk and increase profits, successful traders develop a trading plan and stick to it.

This plan helps you calculate what leverage to use, the position size and the amount of money that you are willing to commit.

Where there is profit to be made, there is also risk, learn to plan your way around it.

Learning Outcomes

• Be aware of ‘drawdown’ and its positive correlation to risk
• Realize the pros and cons of leverage
• Calculate the correct position size
• Know the optimum amount to risk per trade.

Trader Psychology

You have a profitable trading system and solid money management rules.

Is that enough? The answer is simple.

If your psychology allows you to follow your system and abide to your money management rules then the answer is yes!

However, many traders allow fear and panic to take over.

In this webinar you’ll learn how to control your mind and ultimately your trading.

Learning Outcomes

• Appreciate the importance of discipline
• Understand the risks around negative psychology
• Have the courage to limit losses and let profits run
• Enjoy trading the markets.

Introduction to Forex and the MT4 Platform

Heard about the exciting world of forex trading but have no idea where to start?

This is the webinar for you. In one hour you’ll get a thorough understanding of what foreign exchange trading is all about and understand the technical terms involved.

Our practical based teaching is on the universal MT4 trading platform so you’ll be learning in the actual environment you’ll be trading in.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the what, where, why and how of the FX market
• Get a handle on the technical terminology like bid, ask, spread, long, short, lot, pip, majors, crosses, exotics, leverage, margin etc.
• Learn to trade using the MT4 platform
• Open, modify, close and delete orders.

The Fundamental Analyst’s Approach

There are major fundamental forces at work that drive the financial markets.

Learn to make the most of geo-political events and gain a deeper understanding of the global economy.

Find out which are the key macroeconomic indicators used to monitor a nation’s economic activity.

Particular emphasis will be placed on the fundamental approach to trading the markets and understanding what drives demand and supply.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify key macroeconomic news events
• Understand what drives demand and supply
• Identify the key fundamentals in the markets to follow
• Understand how interest rate differentials affect currencies.

The Technical Analyst’s Approach

Technical analysts predict future price movements based on past price action of a particular stock or currency.

In this webinar you’ll learn the logic behind technical analysis and why it works.

You’ll get a basic introduction to Dow Theory, understand the technical approach to trading the markets and gain insights into the psychology behind price patterns.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the philosophy of technical analysis
• Identify key technical trading styles.
• Come to appreciate the importance of trends
• Discuss the differences between intraday, swing, long term and range trading styles.

Chart Construction

This is your first step to mastering the all-important price charts.

You’ll discover the different ways to view charts and their construction.

By the end of this webinar, you’ll become familiar with reading a variety chart types and understand how data and information is available to traders in the markets.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand different type of price charts
• Read the price action through Candlesticks and Bar charts.
• Identify key price information
• Choose your preferred type of chart.

Basic Concepts of Trends

You’ve heard the phrase “The trend is your friend”.

During this session we will identify key components which make “good friends”.

This is a must for beginners and good revision for seasoned traders.

The seminar will focus on trend identification – the best way to make money in the markets.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand crowd psychology
• Identify uptrends, downtrends
• Identify ranges or sideways movements
• Learn to spot the opportunities in time to action them.

Trend Lines, Speed lines and Channels

It’s time to learn how to use your technical tools correctly so you can identify the strength and speed of trends in the market.

Learn to draw trend lines directly on charts and use a variety of different technical tools to assist you in identifying strong trending markets.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply trend lines to identify trends
• Use speed lines and channels on price charts
• Identify early signals when a trend is weakening
• Determine the strength of a trend.

Introduction to Trend Reversal Patterns

Add more tools to your technical toolkit during this webinar when you learn the major trend reversal patterns that have been identified throughout history.

From Dow’s Head and Shoulder or Double Top to Elliot’s ABC to Gann’s Swing, you’ll get a unique perspective on how and when markets reverse.

Learning Outcomes

• Determine different types of major reversal formations
• Apply measuring techniques to identify targets
• Identify market turning points, major patterns and their key levels
• Grow your skills in identifying price patterns.

Trend Reversals

In this webinar we will combine all previous trend reversal (failure swing) patterns we’ve learnt into one price formation signaling short term trend reversals in the market.

The ability to spot an upcoming trend reversal is a huge advantage to trading the markets.

We’ll be looking at live market examples using Tradepedia’s automated software, the Avramis Swing, to help you practice identifying trend reversal patterns in real-time.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the price action under study
• Determine the highest and lowest price under study
• Identify when the market is changing direction
• Enhance your ability to trade market reversals.

Major Continuation Patterns

A strong trend is more likely to continue rather than to reverse.

During this webinar, we’ll be looking at trend continuation patterns in order to take full advantage of strong trending markets and avoid false reversal signals.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the need for a trend correction
• Identify major continuation patterns in the markets
• Apply measuring techniques to identify targets
• Enhance your confidence to follow the right trend.