Zero to Trader

Course syllabus

Every lesson has worked examples, diagrams, key terms, common mistakes and a practice check.

1. 1

   Chapter 1

   Market foundations

   • Your Roadmap: From Zero to Trader 8 min

     Five chapters take you from what a share is to a written trading plan. Here's the route, and the rules for the journey.

   • What the Stock Market Is 9 min

     A marketplace where buyers and sellers meet through exchanges. Price is simply where they agree.

   • Company, Share and Investor 9 min

     A share is a slice of a business. Its long-term price follows what the business earns.

   • Exchanges and Indices 9 min

     NSE and BSE are where trades happen. Nifty and Sensex are scoreboards that summarise the market.

   • Demat, Trading Account and Orders 10 min

     Your broker places orders; your demat holds shares. Learn the accounts, the order types and what happens after you click buy.

2. 2

   Chapter 2

   Reading a chart

   • Reading Candlesticks 10 min

     Each candle tells the story of a time period: where price opened, closed and how far it travelled.

   • Charts and Timeframes 9 min

     The same stock can be rising on the daily chart and falling on the 15-minute. Choose timeframes deliberately.

   • Market Structure: Highs and Lows 10 min

     Trends are just patterns of swing highs and lows. Learn to label them and you'll always know the trend.

   • Support and Resistance 10 min

     Support is where buying has appeared before; resistance is where selling has. These zones are where decisions happen.

   • Trends and Trendlines 9 min

     A trendline connects swing lows in an uptrend or highs in a downtrend. It shows the angle and health of a trend.

3. 3

   Chapter 3

   How price behaves

   • Breakouts and Retests 10 min

     Many breakouts fail. Waiting for a retest trades a little upside for much better odds and a clearer stop.

   • Volume: The Fuel Behind Moves 9 min

     Price tells you what happened; volume tells you how many cared. Moves with volume are more trustworthy.

   • Demand and Supply Zones 10 min

     Sharp moves leave behind zones where big orders were filled. Price often reacts when it returns to them.

   • Liquidity and Stop Hunts 9 min

     Obvious levels attract clusters of stop-losses. Price often dips below them before turning, a 'sweep'.

   • Classic Chart Patterns 10 min

     Double tops, head and shoulders, flags and triangles are maps of buyers and sellers. Learn what each one means.

4. 4

   Chapter 4

   Tools and advanced ideas

   • Indicators: Helpers, Not Bosses 10 min

     Moving averages, RSI and MACD summarise price. Used lightly, they help; stacked up, they confuse.

   • Break of Structure and Change of Character 10 min

     BOS confirms a trend is continuing; CHoCH is the first sign it may be turning. Two labels, one skill: reading swings.

   • Smart-Money Concepts, Simply 10 min

     SMC combines structure, liquidity and supply-demand zones into one view of how large orders move price. Useful framing, not magic.

5. 5

   Chapter 5

   The trader's process

   • Planning Entries and Exits 10 min

     A trade has three prices decided in advance. Exits matter more than entries for your results.

   • Risk per Trade and Position Size 10 min

     The single most important skill: losing small. Size every position from your stop and a fixed % risk.

   • Building a Simple Strategy 10 min

     A strategy is a written set of rules: market, setup, entry, stop, target, size. Start with one and test it.

   • Trading Psychology 10 min

     Most trading mistakes are emotional, not technical. Build routines that make good behaviour automatic.

   • Your Trading Plan and Journal 10 min

     Bring it all together: a written trading plan and a journal that tells you what to improve.

A look inside: “Your Roadmap: From Zero to Trader”

Paper trading

Practising with virtual money at real prices.

Process

A repeatable set of rules for finding, sizing and managing trades.