Trading 101

InsideFutures provides you with an ever-growing number of online educational courses to improve your trading knowledge.

• General Trading
  • 50 Tips From Pro Traders - Well-known futures industry educator John Walsh interviewed 500 experienced futures brokers, pit traders, and Commodity Trading Advisors, and asked them why they believe most futures traders lose money. Read their 50 top tips, from XPRESSTRADE.
  
  
  
• Charts
  • Chart Reading 101 - A brief and simplistic review of some basic charting concepts are provided for reference only and to stimulate further study, by Derek Dobrowolski of Orion Futures.
    
    
  • Continuation Patterns - Maybe the term continuation patterns is unfamiliar to some, but perhaps triangles, flags, pennants, and rectangles are more recognizable to most. Learn more about these continuation patterns, from Investopedia.com.
    
    
  • The Art of Candlestick Charting - This charting technique has become very popular among traders, learn why, from Investopedia.com.
  
  
  
  
• Forex
  • Forex 101 - An Introduction to Foreign Exchange Trading. Topics include understanding of prices, Forex vs. equities and futures, understanding currency pairs, margin, fundamental analysis, and technical analysis, and more from Interbank FX.
  
  
  
  • A Primer on the Forex Market - Learn how this massive international market can work to the benefit of the individual trader, from Investopedia.com.
  
  
  
  • An Introduction to the Forex Market - The purpose of this ebook is to introduce the forex market to you, from Surefire Forex Trading.
  
  
  
  • Forex Online Learning Program - An interactive, self-directed program designed to help individuals understand the retail off-exchange foreign currency (forex) market from The National Futures Association.
  
  
  
  • Forex vs. Futures - No other market can come close to the amount of monetary volume and participation as the Forex market, making it a haven for traders not having to deal with choppy market conditions more commonly experienced in the futures markets. From GFT Forex Trading.
  
  
  
  • Forex vs. Stocks - Former securities day traders have an excellent home in spot foreign exchange.market. Read more, from GFT Forex Trading.
  
  
  
  • Getting Started in Forex - The forex (FX) market has many similarities to the equity markets; however, there are some key differences. This article will show you those differences and help you get started in forex trading. Read more, from Investopedia.com.
  
  
  
  • How to Get Started Trading Currencies - Many futures and stock traders are aware of the excitement surrounding the currency market. Learn how to get started. from XPRESSTRADE
  
  
  
  • How to Read Forex Prices - Unravel the symbology of forex pricing, from World Link Futures.
  
  
  
  • The Benefits of Forex Trading - Read about the many benefits of trading the Foreign Exchange market, from World Link Futures
  
  
  
  • The History of Forex - Learn how trading in the Foreign Exchange market came about, from GFT Forex.
  
  
  
• Fundamental Analysis
  • Fundamental Analysis 101 - Learn about the fundamental analysis of commodity futures markets, from XPRESSTRADE.
  
  
  
• Futures
  • Futures 101 - An introduction to commodities, futures and options trading from The National Futures Association.
    
    
  • Order Type Definitions - Describes how and when to use various types of orders, from XPRESSTRADE.
  
  
  
• Options
  • Options 101 - Reasons for trading options, terminology, motives for buying and selling options, and how they are valued, from The National Futures Association.
    
    
  • Introduction to Options - This course teaches the ABCs of option market, from XPRESSTRADE.
  
  
  
• Technical Analysis
  • Technical Analysis 101 - Describes widely-used technical indicators along with practical uses, applications, chart examples, and calculations, from Interbank FX.