A free curriculum · Fourteen lessons · No hype
Understand algorithmic trading before you run it.
Plain-language lessons on how Expert Advisors actually work, how to set up MetaTrader 5, how to manage risk, and how to test strategies without fooling yourself. Written for beginners who would rather understand the machinery than trust the marketing.
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- Fourteen lessons
- Seven languages
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No signals. No performance promises. Education only — see the risk disclaimer.
The syllabus
01What an Expert Advisor actually is — and what it isn'tBefore you run any automated strategy, you should be able to explain, in one paragraph, what the software in front of you really does. Most people can't. This lesson fixes that.8 min02Setting up MetaTrader 5 properlyMT5 is free, ubiquitous, and mostly self-explanatory — except for the handful of settings that quietly determine whether automated strategies behave the way their developers intended.10 min03Risk management before anything elseThe uncomfortable truth of automated trading: the strategy matters less than the sizing. A mediocre strategy with strict risk control outlives a brilliant one without it.9 min04Backtesting without fooling yourselfA backtest is the easiest report in finance to manufacture and the hardest to trust. Learn what the MT5 Strategy Tester actually proves — and the four classic ways people deceive themselves with it.11 min05Choosing a broker for automated tradingThe same EA produces different results at different brokers. Spread, commission, execution, and regulation are not fine print — they are part of the strategy.9 min06Seven myths about trading automationThe automated-trading market runs on a handful of recurring illusions. Naming them is the cheapest protection you will ever get.8 min07Position sizing: the arithmetic that keeps you aliveMost blown accounts didn't have a bad strategy — they had a lot size chosen before the risk was ever decided. The order of operations is the whole secret.8 min08Drawdown: the asymmetry every trader underestimatesLose 10% and you need 11.1% to get back. Lose 50% and you must double the account. The cruellest equation in trading is also the strongest argument for small risk.7 min09Sessions: the rhythm of the forex dayLiquidity follows the clock. Tokyo compresses, London expands, New York overlaps — and a surprising amount of algorithmic trading is built on exactly that rhythm.7 min10Martingale: the smoothest curves hide the biggest bombsMonths of small steady wins, a staircase equity curve — and one number the chart never shows: the size the next loss would have needed. How to recognise the shape before it recognises you.8 min11Demo and live are not the same gameA strategy that prints on demo can stall the day real money enters the trade. Nothing broke — the game changed. Four gaps do the damage, and only one of them is technical.7 min12A-book, B-book: what your broker does with your orderEvery order you send goes somewhere — out to the wider market, or straight onto your broker's own book. The difference shapes their incentives, and knowing it protects yours.7 min13Win rate is a vanity metric. Expectancy pays the bills.A 90% win rate can still lose money, and a 40% win rate can grow an account. One formula separates the systems that look good from the systems that are good.7 min14Three trades, one bet: correlation and real exposureShort EURUSD, short GBPUSD, short AUDUSD — three positions on paper, one large bet on the dollar in practice. Correlated pairs quietly stack the risk you thought you had spread out.7 minBeyond the lessons
Glossary
Thirty-one terms of automated trading, defined in plain language.
Calculators
Position size, drawdown, pip value, compounding — free, no signup.
The field guide
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