Recommended learning level progression (from simple to complex)

🟢 1. Basic level (absolute beginners)

Goal: understand how the market works and avoid harming yourself
Main focus: understanding and safety

• What the market, price, volume, and timeframes are

• Types of charts and basic candlestick elements

• Long, short, spot, futures — at the conceptual level

• Simple support and resistance levels

• Basic risk management rules

• Trading on a demo account.

🟡 2. Entry-level practical stage (beginning traders)

Goal: learn to make the first conscious trading decisions
Main focus: discipline and repeatability

• Simple trading strategies (trend-following, bounces from levels)

• Stop-loss and take-profit as mandatory elements of a trade

• Basic indicators (MA, RSI) and their practical application

• Understanding market types: trending and sideways

• Keeping a trade journal and initial self-analysis.

🟠 3. Advanced level (intermediate traders)

Goal: increase trading stability and adaptability
Main focus: decision quality and risk control

• Combining tools (levels + indicators + volume)

• Working with multiple timeframes

• Countertrend strategies and mean reversion

• Understanding market psychology and cognitive biases

• In-depth analysis of mistakes and drawdowns.

🔴 Advanced / professional level (experienced traders)

Goal: optimization, scaling, and specialization
Main focus: efficiency and systematization

• Algorithmic trading and automation

• Arbitrage strategies and working with APIs

• Optimization of fees, slippage, and infrastructure

• Portfolio management and asset correlation

• Development and testing of proprietary trading systems.

The trader’s path is a marathon, not a sprint. Spend time on building a solid foundational education before risking significant capital. Investing in knowledge is the most profitable investment you can make in your trading career.