The Candleread School
225 free lessons in ten grades. Go in order, pass the quick checks, win a badge for every grade and graduate knowing how the market works.
Your path
Grade 1 · 10 lessons · about 30 min
Market Basics
What a market is, how a currency pair works, and what pips, lots and spreads mean. Plus a first look at crypto and stocks.
Badge: Market Rookie
0/10Start Grade 1Grade 2 · 9 lessons · about 25 min
How Prices Move
Why price goes up and down: buyers, sellers, big players and the news.
Badge: Price Detective
Grade 3 · 17 lessons · about 50 min
Chart Class
How to read a chart: candles, timeframes and the patterns candles make. Charts work the same way for forex, crypto and stocks.
Badge: Candle Reader
0/17Start Grade 3Grade 4 · 9 lessons · about 25 min
Risk Camp
How to protect your account before you learn a single strategy. The same risk math works in every market.
Badge: Risk Keeper
Grade 5 · 19 lessons · about 55 min
Map the Market
Draw the big picture on any chart: trends, highs and lows, support and resistance.
Badge: Map Maker
0/19Start Grade 5Grade 6 · 39 lessons · about 115 min
Indicator Lab
The four indicators everyone talks about, and what they can and cannot tell you on any chart.
Badge: Indicator Whiz
0/39Start Grade 6Grade 7 · 57 lessons · about 170 min
Price Action Lab
Read the chart itself: timeframes, Fibonacci, volume, patterns and zones.
Badge: Pattern Spotter
0/57Start Grade 7Grade 8 · 19 lessons · about 55 min
Mind and Journal
The part most people skip in every market: your feelings, demo practice and keeping a journal.
Badge: Cool Head
0/19Start Grade 8Grade 9 · 28 lessons · about 85 min
Broker Smarts
How brokers work, what they charge, who regulates them and how to check one.
Badge: Broker Checker
0/28Start Grade 9Grade 10 · 18 lessons · about 55 min
Graduation
Put it together: a pre-trade checklist, sizing in detail and moving from demo to live.
Badge: Graduate
0/18Start Grade 10
How the game works
- XP
- +25 for every lesson you finish. +10 more when you pass its check on the first try. Every 100 XP is a new level.
- Streaks
- Finish a lesson on back-to-back days to grow your streak. Miss a day and it starts over.
- Badges
- Finish every lesson in a grade to win its badge. Progress saves on this device, no account needed.
Rewards are for learning only. Candleread never rewards trading, depositing or opening an account.
Electives
Optional clubs for after the core grades. Same plain English, different markets.
- Crypto ClubTake what you learned to crypto: why it never closes, Bitcoin, keeping coins safe and spot versus perpetuals.
- Stocks ClubTake what you learned to stocks: what a share is, ETFs, earnings and why stocks can gap overnight.
- Futures ClubFutures, index futures, metals, energy and an honest look at prop firms.
- Options ClubOptions from the ground up, the Greeks and simple spreads.
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Demo first. Trading has risk of loss. Education, not financial advice.