Forex trading guides
Clear guides with no promises to understand forex, from the economic calendar to risk calculation.
Free courses
FREE BEGINNER COURSE · 18 LESSONS
Forex course for beginners: from zero to your first demo trade
A complete, free 18-lesson training: how forex works, pips, lots and leverage, brokers and orders, charts, patterns and indicators, fundamental analysis, risk management, psychology, journaling, strategy, backtesting and your trading plan. With worked numbers, real TradingView charts and quizzes.
FREE ADVANCED COURSE · 23 LESSONS
Complete trading course: market structure, ICT, SMC and algorithmic trading
A free, in-depth 23-lesson advanced training: market structure, liquidity, order blocks, fair value gaps, killzones and Power of 3, a trading model with yes/no rules, management, backtesting with statistics and error margins, a critical lesson on the real evidence behind ICT/SMC, and algorithmic trading in Python with complete code.
Reference
68 ENTRIES
Forex glossary: every trading term explained
A-Z forex glossary with definition, practical example and links to the courses: pip, lot, leverage, spread, order block, liquidity and more.
11 ENTRIES
Economic events that move the markets: a complete guide
NFP, CPI, Fed, ECB, BoE and BoJ decisions, GDP, PMI: what they are, when they come out and how the dollar, gold and indices react.
10 ENTRIES
Currency pairs and gold: a guide to the most traded instruments
EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, XAU/USD and the other main ones: what moves them, best hours, costs, pip value and correlations.
Practical guides
What is forex and how does it work: a beginner's guide
Forex is the currency market. Learn how it works, who trades it, how to read a pair like EUR/USD and what the risks are.
Pips, lots and leverage in forex: what they are and how to calculate them
The basics of every forex trade: what a pip is, how standard, mini and micro lots work and what financial leverage really means.
How to read the forex economic calendar
Impact, actual, forecast and previous values: how to read the economic calendar and use it so news releases don't catch you off guard.
NFP (Non-Farm Payrolls) explained: what it is and how to read it
The Non-Farm Payrolls report is the monthly US jobs report and one of the most watched events in forex. What it is, when it's released and what to look at beyond the headline.
Forex trading sessions: Tokyo, London and New York hours
Forex is open 24 hours a day but not every hour is the same. Approximate hours of the Asian, London and New York sessions and when volatility is highest.
Position size calculator: formula and worked example
How to work out how many lots to open from your maximum risk per trade. Formula, worked example and a free calculator.
A Forex Factory alternative: economic calendar, news and community
Looking for a Forex Factory alternative? GoForexHub offers a real-time economic calendar, forex news, a trader community and an AI assistant, in Italian and English.