All courses📐 Technical · Level 1.2
📊 Chart Basics
Candlesticks, support & resistance, trend direction and timeframes. Your first tools for actually seeing what price is doing.
4 lessons ~20 min read
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Candlesticks decoded
Read a candle as open, high, low and close rather than as a named pattern Interpret the body-to-wick relationship as a record of who won the period Distinguish momentum, rejection and indecision candles and what each implies Explain why the same candle carries different weight on different timeframes
Support & resistance — the market's memory
Explain why levels hold in terms of the positions people actually hold Argue why repeated tests weaken a level rather than strengthen it Draw zones from higher-timeframe reversals instead of single lines Identify a level flip and explain why the retest, not the break, is the evidence
Trend: the market's direction
Define trend structurally as higher highs and higher lows Identify the exact point at which a trend is broken, and resist calling it early Explain why the pullback, not the breakout high, is where risk-reward lives Reconcile conflicting trends across two timeframes without treating it as an error
Timeframes — choosing your lens
Explain what changes with timeframe: noise, holding time, cost ratio and decision count Calculate why lower timeframes surrender a larger share of each move to costs Choose a home timeframe from honest constraints on screen time and temperament Apply the two-timeframe method and avoid consulting a lower one mid-trade
Final challenge
Answer all 13 questions. You need 11 of 13 correct to unlock the certificate — 2 can be wrong. Retakes are unlimited, so take your time.