Learn with Josh

Start with the market, then the risk.

A ten-lesson beginner path Josh hosts, then the deeper course already on this site. Risk still comes early, because it decides whether anything else matters. Education only: no signals, no certificate, and no promised results.

Josh waving with a friendly open hand, inviting you into the lessons, with soft ice-blue shapes behind him.

20 lessons published · 8 planned. Planned lessons are outlines and are not available yet. This is free self-study material, not an accredited course, and there is no certificate. Glossary · Practice lab · Lesson RSS

Beginner · hosted by Josh

Start with Josh

A ten-lesson path Josh hosts: what a market is, how to read a chart, then risk, psychology, a plan, and honest crypto basics. Education only — no signals and no promised results.

10 of 10 published
  1. 1.1 What a market is 2 minNot started
  2. 1.2 How to read a candlestick 2 minNot started
  3. 1.3 Trend and market structure 2 minNot started
  4. 1.4 Support and resistance 2 minNot started
  5. 1.5 Sizing from the stop 2 minNot started
  6. 1.6 Stops and accepting risk 2 minNot started
  7. 1.7 Thinking in R 2 minNot started
  8. 1.8 Psychology and the gambling mindset 2 minNot started
  9. 1.9 A plan and a journal 2 minNot started
  10. 1.10 Crypto basics and on-chain honesty 2 minNot started

Go deeper

The original course modules stay in order after the beginner path. Take them once the foundations feel familiar.

Beginner

Module 1 · Risk management

Decide what you can lose before you decide what to trade.

2 of 3 published
  1. 2.1 Risk, invalidation, and the stop 2 minNot started
  2. 2.2 Risk per trade, R-multiples, and expectancy 3 minNot started
  3. 2.3 Drawdowns and the math of recovery Planned

Beginner · builds on Module 1

Module 2 · Position sizing

Turn a stop and a risk budget into a size.

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  1. 3.1 Position sizing from first principles 4 minNot started
  2. 3.2 Stops, slippage, and gaps: why real losses run larger 2 minNot started
  3. 3.3 Leverage, margin, and liquidation Planned

Intermediate · builds on Modules 1–2

Module 3 · Technical analysis

Read price as a record of decisions, not a crystal ball.

Planned
  1. 4.1 Market structure: trends, ranges, and levels Planned
  2. 4.2 Indicators and their limits Planned
  3. 4.3 Liquidity sweeps and failed moves Planned

Advanced · builds on Modules 1–3

Module 4 · Process and psychology

Journaling, reviews, and sticking to the plan.

Planned
  1. 5.1 Building a trade journal that teaches you something Planned
  2. 5.2 Tilt, revenge trading, and circuit breakers Planned
  3. 5.3 Testing a strategy honestly Planned

Intermediate · builds on Modules 1–2

Module 5 · Trading psychology: Mark Douglas

Think in probabilities, accept risk before you enter, and grade process separately from outcome.

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  1. 6.1 Thinking in probabilities: the five truths about uncertainty 4 minNot started
  2. 6.2 Accepting risk and the four fears that break plans 3 minNot started
  3. 6.3 Consistency as a process: the seven principles and a fixed review batch 4 minNot started

Intermediate · builds on Modules 1–2

Module 6 · Classic principles: Jesse Livermore

Patience, no averaging down, and price over opinion, treated as ideas to test.

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  1. 7.1 Patience as a position: waiting for confirmation 4 minNot started
  2. 7.2 Never average down: why early is wrong 4 minNot started
  3. 7.3 Price is the evidence: opinions, regimes, and limits 4 minNot started