COMPLETE FOREX TRADING CURRICULUM
Build from market basics to an independent trading plan.
A structured learning path across Smart Money Concepts, Waves, proprietary SBT models, execution, risk, psychology and performance review.
13Progressive modules
10Proprietary SBT models
1Rules-based final plan
THE COMPLETE PATH
Each module ends with work you can review.
Lessons move into chart practice, written checklists and concrete deliverables. Open a module below to see its outcome, core lessons, practical work and completion requirements.
01MODULE 01Complete BasicsBuild the base before placing real trades.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students understand the trading environment, can use MT5 confidently and can follow a simple trade process without confusion.
Core lessons
- How forex, gold and index markets move: sessions, spreads, volatility and basic order flow.
- MT5 setup: charts, symbols, lot size, pending orders, stop loss, take profit and trade history.
- Candlesticks, support and resistance, trend lines, liquidity zones and basic market structure.
- The difference between analysis, signal, execution and trade review.
Practical work
- Set up a clean MT5 workspace for M1, M5, M15, H1 and D1.
- Place demo market and pending orders with stop loss and take profit.
- Capture screenshots before entry, during management and after closure.
- Complete a first journal entry with reasoning, result and lesson learned.
Student deliverables
MT5 installed and readyThree documented demo tradesOne-page personal trading routine
02MODULE 02Institutional Market StructureUnderstand how planned institutional moves shape price.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students learn how to prepare for the trading day, read institutional market structure and execute planned trades from a written setup.
Core lessons
- Liquidity concepts, order flow and the logic behind institutional movement.
- Higher highs, higher lows, lower highs, lower lows, ranges and breakouts.
- Daily preparation using the economic calendar, sessions, key levels and instrument selection.
- Position sizing, account rules, maximum exposure and when to avoid adding trades.
Practical work
- Prepare a daily watchlist before the live session.
- Mark support, resistance, liquidity areas and session highs and lows.
- Execute only when a written checklist is complete.
- Save every trade with chart screenshots and short reasoning.
Student deliverables
Daily market preparation sheetFirst live-market execution logCompleted entry checklists
03MODULE 03Smart Money Concepts (SMC)Improve selectivity and stop chasing random moves.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students learn to separate weak signals from higher-quality opportunities using a practical Smart Money Concepts toolkit.
Core lessons
- Break of Structure, Change of Character, order blocks and fair value gaps.
- Meaningful support and resistance: recent reactions, clean rejections and untouched levels.
- Rejection, engulfing, momentum and failed-break candlestick confirmations.
- Confluence across structure, level, session timing, volatility and entry trigger.
- Trade invalidation and recognising when a setup is no longer valid.
Practical work
- Build a pass-or-fail pre-entry scoring sheet.
- Mark ten clean historical entries and ten examples to avoid.
- Classify live markets as trending, ranging or transitioning.
- Practise waiting for confirmation instead of entering on first touch.
Student deliverables
Confluence checklist for every tradeTwenty-example chartbookPersonal list of avoidable mistakes
04MODULE 04WavesRead market rhythm before it becomes obvious.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students can apply the proprietary Waves method to identify trend direction, momentum shifts and higher-probability turning points.
Core lessons
- Identifying trend direction through wave structure.
- Reading momentum shifts within a wave sequence.
- Spotting potential turning points before they become obvious on lower timeframes.
Practical work
- Apply wave counts to live and historical charts.
- Mark wave turning points and compare them with actual price outcomes.
Student deliverables
Annotated wave-chart setPersonal wave-reading reference sheet
05MODULE 05SBT Models 1–10Rules-based models designed to remove guesswork.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students can execute each SBT model with clear entry and exit logic and identify which model fits each market condition.
Core lessons
- Trend continuation and confirmed pullbacks into clean levels.
- Breakout and retest entries without chasing the initial spike.
- Range reversal from the edge using rejection or a liquidity sweep.
- Higher-timeframe direction with lower-timeframe pullback confirmation.
- Liquidity sweep, reclaim and invalidation rules.
- News reaction using prepared levels and the confirmed second move.
- Mean reversion after stretched price slows, fails or reclaims a level.
- Models 8–10 completed through the live SBT model workbook.
Practical work
- Back-test ten historical examples for each model family.
- Execute one model at a time during live practice.
- Compare rule-following trades with entries taken too early.
Student deliverables
Strategy cards for each SBT modelBefore-and-after screenshots for every live attemptPersonal shortlist of best-performing models
06MODULE 06Fibonacci Extensions & RetracementsUse Fibonacci for precision rather than decoration.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students can use Fibonacci with SMC confluence to plan stop-loss and take-profit levels and forecast targets accurately.
Core lessons
- Retracement levels and confluence with SMC zones.
- Extensions for setting take-profit targets.
- Using Fibonacci confluence to forecast price targets.
Practical work
- Apply Fibonacci tools to ten recent setups.
- Compare Fibonacci-confirmed and non-confirmed trades.
Student deliverables
Fibonacci confluence worksheetPersonal target-setting checklist
07MODULE 07Multiple Timeframe AnalysisWork from the big picture down to a precise entry.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students can run a full top-down analysis using higher timeframes for context and lower timeframes for precise execution.
Core lessons
- A disciplined higher-to-lower timeframe analysis process.
- Using H1 and D1 to establish market context and directional bias.
- Using M1 and M5 for execution after sufficient confirmation.
Practical work
- Apply top-down analysis to ten live setups.
- Journal higher-timeframe bias against lower-timeframe outcomes.
Student deliverables
Multiple-timeframe worksheetPersonal top-down checklist
08MODULE 08Scalping · Intraday · SwingThree trading styles, each with its own rulebook.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students understand the setup, rules and management approach for each trading style and can identify which one fits them best.
Core lessons
- Scalping setup criteria, entry rules and fast trade management.
- Intraday setup criteria, entry rules and same-day management.
- Swing setup criteria, entry rules and multi-day management.
Practical work
- Practise each style on demo across a full trading week.
- Evaluate each style against personal schedule and temperament.
Student deliverables
Three-style comparison logPersonal style decision with reasoning
09MODULE 09Trade & Risk ManagementUse professional rules to protect capital.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students can size positions correctly and manage open trades through a repeatable process instead of emotion.
Core lessons
- Position sizing, risk per trade and partial closes.
- Trailing stops and other capital-protection techniques.
- Fixed target, partial close, trailing stop, structure exit and manual exit.
- When to hold, reduce, close or leave a trade alone.
Practical work
- Apply position-sizing rules to ten trades.
- Practise each management style on demo.
Student deliverables
Personal risk-management rulesetTrade management log
10MODULE 10Trading PsychologyBuild the habits behind disciplined decisions.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students can recognise and interrupt behaviours that damage trading performance before they cost money.
Core lessons
- FOMO, revenge trading and fear: their causes and effect on decisions.
- Overtrading, hesitation, early exits and changing rules during a trade.
Practical work
- Build a personal mistake tracker from recent trades.
- Set a weekly improvement target from observed behaviour patterns.
Student deliverables
Completed mistake trackerPersonal psychology action plan
11MODULE 11Fundamental Analysis & COTUse macro data to confirm technical bias.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students can read news events, economic calendars and Commitment of Traders data as confirmation for technical analysis.
Core lessons
- Economic calendars and preparation for high-impact releases.
- Commitment of Traders data and its role in directional bias.
- Avoiding the first emotional spike and waiting for confirmation.
Practical work
- Track five news events and their price reactions.
- Cross-reference COT data with a live technical bias.
Student deliverables
News-event outcome logCOT-based bias worksheet
12MODULE 12Advanced Directional ToolsFind alignment before committing to a direction.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students can combine advanced directional tools with SMC and SBT confluence to identify the dominant market direction.
Core lessons
- High-level analytical tools used to find dominant market direction.
- Combining directional tools with SMC and SBT confluence.
Practical work
- Apply directional tools to ten live setups.
Student deliverables
Directional tool reference sheet
13MODULE 13Journaling, Review & Independent Trading PlanFinish with a plan you can follow independently.
MODULE OUTCOME
Students combine the strongest parts of the course into a written trading plan, complete a final evaluation and prepare for independent trading.
Core lessons
- Journal metrics for setup, session, entry, exit, result and mistake category.
- Win rate, average win and loss, drawdown periods and best sessions.
- Choosing primary and secondary strategies from actual performance data.
- A final plan covering instruments, sessions, setups, entries, exits and journal rules.
- Weekly review and rules for increasing, reducing or resetting activity.
Practical work
- Review and label every course trade by strategy.
- Separate rule-following losses from avoidable mistakes.
- Build a simple performance dashboard from journal data.
- Present three best and three worst trades with lessons learned.
- Complete a live chart walkthrough covering bias, level, entry and invalidation.
Student deliverables
Completed trade journal reviewPerformance summary by strategy and sessionFinal written trading plan30-day next-stage action plan
READY TO BEGIN?
Build the process behind every trade.
Apply for the next intake and progress through the curriculum in a structured sequence.