THE TRADE LOAD
The learning program

The Trade

Starting Practice + 12 Modules

86lessons

66 core · 20 elective

Starting Practice

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00

Before the Program

Starting Practice

ALL PREVIEW
4lessons

What becomes clear

Connect the four principles, understand risk readiness, explain a decision record and recognize the role of waiting.

00.01The Trade Load: Principles and Your Starting PointCore Preview00.02Risk & Readiness Before PracticeCore Preview00.03Guided Practice in Recording a DecisionCore Preview00.04Pause, State, and the Right to WaitCore Preview
01

Perception

Market Principles

Preview
6lessons

What becomes clear

Read price through participation, information, liquidity, market rhythm and a deliberate allocation of attention.

01.01Price, Participants and What Remains UnknownCore PreviewSign in required01.02Price as InformationCore Enrollment required01.03Liquidity, Volatility, and RangeCore Enrollment required01.04Sessions, Timing, and Market RhythmCore Enrollment required01.05Trend, Balance, and ImbalanceCore Enrollment required01.06Allocating Attention and Reducing Information InputsCore Enrollment required
02

Perception

Context and Catalysts

Preview
7lessons

What becomes clear

Connect market state and location with relevant catalysts, expectations and execution conditions.

02.01Why Context Comes Before SetupCore PreviewSign in required02.02Economic Calendar and Event RiskCore Enrollment required02.03Rates, Dollar, Bonds, and Risk AppetiteElective Enrollment required02.04Earnings, Guidance, and Stock CatalystsElective Enrollment required02.05Energy, Inventory, and Commodity CatalystsElective Enrollment required02.06News Reaction Versus Price ConfirmationCore Enrollment required02.07Building a Market Context BriefingCore Enrollment required
03

Structure

Chart Foundations

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7lessons

What becomes clear

Use charts, candles, volume and price references with clear data definitions and consistent conventions.

03.01Chart Types and Time HorizonsCore Preview03.02What a Candle Records and What It Leaves OutCore Enrollment required03.03Volume as ParticipationCore Enrollment required03.04Key Levels and Market MemoryCore Enrollment required03.05Reproducible Trendlines and ChannelsElective Enrollment required03.06Opening Dislocation and Price ResponseElective Enrollment required03.07Building Your Chart WorkspaceCore Enrollment required
04

Structure

Price Action

Preview
5lessons

What becomes clear

Explain price progress, acceptance, retests and compression within one continuous market sequence.

04.01Reading Price Progress and Follow-ThroughCore PreviewSign in required04.02Range Expansion, Acceptance and FailureCore Enrollment required04.03Retests and Price ResponseCore Enrollment required04.04Compression and Local ReleaseElective Enrollment required04.05Price Action Reading LabCore Enrollment required
05

Structure

Structure and Liquidity

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7lessons

What becomes clear

Connect directional structure, relative location and liquidity hypotheses across consistent time horizons.

05.01Highs, Lows, and Directional LogicCore PreviewSign in required05.02Pullbacks, Structural Integrity and ContinuationCore Enrollment required05.03Range Boundaries and Relative LocationCore Enrollment required05.04Structure Breaks and Transition DecisionsCore Enrollment required05.05Mapping Liquidity Candidates and Testing the HypothesisCore Enrollment required05.06Multi-Timeframe ContextCore Enrollment required05.07Structure & Liquidity Mapping LabCore Enrollment required
06

Architecture

Risk Architecture

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8lessons

What becomes clear

Connect unit risk and position sizing with account limits, shared exposures, drawdown and executable orders.

06.01Capital and the Right to ContinueCore Preview06.02Position Sizing and Account RiskCore Enrollment required06.03Stop Placement LogicCore Enrollment required06.04R-Multiple and Reward-to-RiskCore Enrollment required06.05Daily Loss Limits and Kill SwitchesCore Enrollment required06.06Concurrent Positions and Shared Shock ScenariosCore Enrollment required06.07Drawdown, Recovery and SurvivalCore Enrollment required06.08Risk Architecture WorksheetCore Enrollment required
07

Architecture

Tools and Execution

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10lessons

What becomes clear

Explain what each tool measures and connect its information to price behavior and order execution.

07.01Tools Are Filters, Not AnswersCore PreviewSign in required07.02Trend Context and Mean BehaviorElective Enrollment required07.03Volume-Based Reference PriceElective Enrollment required07.04Volatility Measurement and ComparabilityCore Enrollment required07.05Relative Volume and Confirmation QualityElective Enrollment required07.06Retracement, Extension and Measured MovementElective Enrollment required07.07Momentum Disagreement and Reversal RiskElective Enrollment required07.08Auction Acceptance ZonesElective Enrollment required07.09Order Flow and Real-Time ParticipationElective Enrollment required07.10Order Types, Workflow, and Execution ControlCore Enrollment required
08

Architecture

Strategy Design

Preview
7lessons

What becomes clear

Build and evaluate a coherent method linking opportunity, eligibility, execution, invalidation and management.

08.01From a Trade Idea to an Operational RuleCore PreviewSign in required08.02Market-State FiltersCore Enrollment required08.03Setup Eligibility and Execution TimingCore Enrollment required08.04Invalidation and Failure PointsCore Enrollment required08.05Testing Without Self-DeceptionCore Enrollment required08.06Forward Observation and Test DisciplineCore Enrollment required08.07Strategy Design and Playbook LabCore Enrollment required
09

Architecture

Trade Management

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6lessons

What becomes clear

Manage remaining opportunity and exposure with justified exits, then compare complete management policies.

09.01Managing the Trade After EntryCore Preview09.02Partial Profits and Scaling OutElective Enrollment required09.03Rule-Based Stop AdjustmentsCore Enrollment required09.04Target Reasoning and Exit PlanningCore Enrollment required09.05When Profit and Evidence DisagreeCore Enrollment required09.06Trade Management Review and Rules LabCore Enrollment required
10

Architecture

Professional Setups

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8lessons

What becomes clear

Follow complete setup examples that connect market conditions, entry geometry, actual orders and management.

10.01Range Expansion and Acceptance PlaybookCore PreviewSign in required10.02Failed Expansion and Return PlaybookElective Enrollment required10.03Pullback Continuation and Transition to BalanceElective Enrollment required10.04Opening Control PlaybookElective Enrollment required10.05Volume Reference Reclaim PlaybookElective Enrollment required10.06Imbalance Revisit and Observation CutoffsElective Enrollment required10.07Reversal Confirmation and ExecutionElective Enrollment required10.08Setup Selection and Execution Integration LabCore Enrollment required
11

Refinement

Temperament

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5lessons

What becomes clear

Understand how emotion, recent results, limited attention and practiced procedures affect decisions.

11.01Distinguishing Impulse, Avoidance, and CautionCore Preview11.02When Results and Ego Alter RiskCore Enrollment required11.03Waiting Within Time and Attention LimitsCore Enrollment required11.04Rehearsing Procedures Under PressureCore Enrollment required11.05Temperament and Daily PracticeCore Enrollment required
12

Refinement

Professional Review

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6lessons

What becomes clear

Use evidence to diagnose errors, compare outcomes, evaluate changes and maintain an understandable operating method.

12.01Auditing Evidence in Decision RecordsCore PreviewSign in required12.02Diagnosing Errors and Choosing CorrectionsCore Enrollment required12.03Setup Records and Performance DistributionsCore Enrollment required12.04Priorities in Weekly and Longer-Term ReviewCore Enrollment required12.05Evaluating and Versioning Rule ChangesCore Enrollment required12.06Independent Judgment and the Operating ManualCore Enrollment required