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Module 01 · Trading Academy
Foundations of Market Structure
Before any options strategy or quant signal works, you need to read the tape. This module builds your visual vocabulary of price — how candles encode buyer/seller fights, how volume confirms or rejects moves, and how chart patterns repeat across timeframes. By the end, you will pre-market routine like a desk trader.
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1.1
Market Structure Basics
How auctions, order books, and time-of-day flows shape every chart you read. Higher highs, lower lows, the pivots that institutions actually defend.
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12 min
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1.2
Reading Candlesticks
Each candle is a fight between buyers and sellers. Learn the pin bars, engulfings, and dojis that signal exhaustion or continuation.
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14 min
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1.3
Volume Analysis
Price tells you what; volume tells you how loud. Use volume profile, RVOL, and accumulation/distribution to verify any breakout.
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13 min
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1.4
Chart Patterns That Actually Work
Flags, wedges, double tops, head-and-shoulders — with the volume signature each one needs to be tradeable, not just pretty.
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15 min
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1.5
Trend Identification & Moving Averages
SMA, EMA, WMA differences. Slope vs price. The 8/21/50/200 stack as a regime filter. Why the 50/200 cross is confirmation, not a trigger.
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9 min
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1.6
Sector Rotation Maps
Money is always somewhere. Track XLK/XLF/XLE/XLV/XLY/XLP rotation to know which themes have the wind at their back.
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11 min
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1.7
The Pre-Market Routine
A 30-minute checklist: futures, dollar, yields, VIX term structure, gap scanner, earnings calendar, news. Walk in knowing the day’s setup.
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10 min
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1.8
Technical Analysis Synthesis
Bring it all together: structure + candles + volume + patterns + MAs + sector context = a reproducible checklist for any chart.
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16 min
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