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Charting Basics

Reading a chart properly — candle anatomy, chart types and scales, trend structure, and the levels traders watch.

4 units · 16 lessons · 61 min read · plus hands-on practice, at your pace

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What does a single candle actually encode?

Anatomy of a Chart · 4 min read · foundations

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Unit 1 Anatomy of a Chart

  1. What does a single candle actually encode? 4 min
  2. Why does the same candle shape mean different things? 3 min
  3. Which chart type is showing you the most? 4 min
  4. Why do long histories mislead on a linear scale? 3 min
Practice Check · Unit 1 A short check · cannot be failed Start

Unit 2 Trend Structure

  1. How do you find the swing points that define a trend? 5 min
  2. What makes a trend a trend, structurally? 4 min
  3. How do traders actually draw a trendline? 4 min
  4. What happens when timeframes disagree? 4 min
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Unit 3 Support and Resistance

  1. Why does price seem to remember certain levels? 3 min
  2. Where do you actually find support and resistance? 4 min
  3. Why do round numbers show up so often? 3 min
  4. What actually happens when a level breaks? 4 min
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Unit 4 Putting a Chart Together

  1. Why are levels zones rather than lines? 4 min
  2. What does a disciplined chart-reading routine look like? 4 min
  3. How can an honest chart still mislead you? 4 min
  4. Charting basics — course checkpoint 4 min
Practice Check · Unit 4 A short check · cannot be failed Start

Last Course exam

One exam, the whole course Unlocks when you have read all 16 lessons

Passing it earns the course certificate. It also counts toward the Trader track (course 1 of 9): pass every course exam in a track to earn its track certificate.