Forex Education Center

A quick, friendly start to the world’s largest financial market.

• What is Forex?

  ± 3 min

  A simple explanation of the forex market and how currency trading works.

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  History of the Forex Market

  ± 2 min

  Key milestones that shaped modern currency markets.

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  Starting in the Forex Market

  ± 3 min

  The basics you should prepare before you begin trading.

Learn how forex is organized, traded, and accessed around the world.

• Centralized vs Decentralized Markets

  ± 3 min

  How forex differs from exchange-traded markets.

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  Currencies in Forex

  ± 1 min

  What currencies are traded and why they matter.

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  Currency Pairs in Forex

  ± 2 min

  How currencies are quoted and traded in pairs.

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  Currency Pair’s Nicknames

  ± 5 min

  Common nicknames traders use for popular currency pairs.

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  Types of Forex Markets

  ± 2 min

  Spot, forwards, futures, and other ways FX is traded.

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  Days of the Week to Trade Forex

  ± 3 min

  How trading conditions can change across the week.

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  Forex Market Hours

  ± 3 min

  Sessions, overlaps, and the best times to watch volatility.

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  Months of the Year to Trade Forex

  ± 2 min

  Seasonality basics and typical high/low activity periods.

Meet the major players that move the FX market.

• Commercial And Investment Banks

  ± 1 min

  How banks provide liquidity and drive large FX flows.

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  Businesses and Corporations

  ± 1 min

  Why companies hedge currency exposure and exchange internationally.

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  Fund Managers, Hedge Funds, and Sovereign Wealth Funds

  ± 1 min

  How institutional strategies affect currencies and trends.

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  Online Retail Broker-Dealers

  ± 1 min

  How brokers connect retail traders to the market.

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  Central Banks

  ± 1 min

  Policy, rates, and interventions that can reshape FX.

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  Internet-Based Trading Platforms

  ± 1 min

  The tools that deliver quotes, charts, and execution to traders.

Understand brokers, accounts, platforms, and the trading workflow.

• Forex Brokers

  ± 3 min

  What brokers do and how they provide access to FX markets.

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  Choosing a Forex Broker

  ± 3 min

  Key criteria: costs, execution, regulation, and support.

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  Forex Broker Regulations

  ± 3 min

  Why regulation matters and what it typically covers.

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  Forex Account Types

  ± 13 min

  Common account options and how to choose the right one.

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  Trading Platforms

  ± 4 min

  Charting, orders, risk tools, and platform essentials.

Master the language of forex so you can read charts and place orders confidently.

• Bear and Bull Markets

  ± 3 min

  Understand market direction and the psychology behind trends.

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  How to Read Currency Pairs

  ± 2 min

  Base/quote currency, pricing, and what a quote really means.

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  Bid, Ask Price and Spread

  ± 3 min

  How prices are quoted and how trading costs appear in spreads.

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  Pips, Pipettes and Pip Value

  ± 2 min

  How FX price movement is measured and valued.

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  Leverage

  ± 2 min

  How leverage amplifies returns and risk.

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  Equity

  ± 3 min

  How your account value changes with open positions.

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  Margin

  ± 2 min

  Required collateral, free margin, and margin calls.

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  Correlation

  ± 4 min

  How currency pairs can move together or against each other.

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  Exchange Rates

  ± 3 min

  What drives exchange rates in the short and long term.

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  Long and Short Positions

  ± 4 min

  Buying vs selling a currency pair and what each means.

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  Lot Sizes

  ± 3 min

  Standard, mini, micro lots — and why sizing matters.

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  Stop-Loss and Take-Profit

  ± 4 min

  Core risk controls to limit losses and lock in profits.

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  Forex Orders

  ± 4 min

  Market, limit, stop orders, and common order workflows.

Learn how traders analyze markets before entering a position.

• Fundamental Analysis

  ± 3 min

  How macroeconomics and policy shape currency values.

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  Economic Calendar

  ± 6 min

  How to read events, forecasts, and potential volatility.

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  Reading News for Trading Forex

  ± 6 min

  Practical tips for filtering news and avoiding noise.

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  Forex Sentiment Analysis

  ± 3 min

  Using positioning and sentiment signals to add context.

A structured overview of the most common indicator families.

• Technical Indicators

  ± 2 min

  What indicators are and how traders use them.

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  Trend Indicators

  ± 4 min

  Tools that help identify direction and trend strength.

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  Momentum Indicators

  ± 6 min

  Signals that track speed of movement and potential reversals.

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  Volume Indicators

  ± 2 min

  How volume-related tools can support trade decisions.

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  Volatility Indicators

  ± 4 min

  Indicators that help estimate expansion, contraction, and risk.

Recognize common price structures that appear across markets.

• Chart Patterns

  ± 4 min

  What patterns are and why they can repeat in price action.

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  Types of Chart Patterns

  ± 2 min

  A breakdown of continuation vs reversal pattern categories.

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  The Triangle Patterns

  ± 2 min

  Symmetrical, ascending, and descending triangles explained.

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  The Flag and Pennant Patterns

  ± 2 min

  Common continuation patterns and how traders validate them.

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  The Head and Shoulders Pattern

  ± 3 min

  A classic reversal pattern and what confirmation looks like.

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  The Double Top and Double Bottom Patterns

  ± 2 min

  How to identify and trade double reversal structures.

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  Island Reversal Pattern

  ± 3 min

  A rare gap-based reversal pattern and what it implies.

Learn what candles communicate about buying and selling pressure.

• Candlestick Patterns

  ± 4 min

  Candlestick anatomy and what the shapes can tell you.

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  Single Candlestick Patterns

  ± 8 min

  One-candle signals and the importance of trend context.

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  Dual Candlestick Patterns

  ± 5 min

  Two-candle setups and what they suggest about momentum.

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  Triple Candlestick Patterns

  ± 4 min

  Three-candle formations and how traders confirm reversals.