Master crypto trading from first principles. Charts, patterns, risk management, and market psychology — all in one structured curriculum.
Before touching a chart, understand the rails that crypto runs on. These concepts form the bedrock of every trade you'll ever make.
A distributed ledger that records transactions across thousands of nodes. Immutable, transparent, and censorship-resistant by design.
BeginnerYour private key is your identity. Public keys are your address. Losing your private key means losing your assets — permanently.
BeginnerMarket vs. limit vs. stop orders. Understanding execution types is the difference between getting filled at your price or the market's price.
BeginnerThin markets move violently. The bid-ask spread reveals real transaction cost. Trading illiquid pairs is a tax on impatience.
IntermediateLeverage amplifies both gains and losses. A 10x position liquidates at a 10% move against you. Understand before you use.
IntermediateDecentralized exchanges use automated market makers (AMMs) instead of order books. Liquidity pools, impermanent loss, and slippage explained.
IntermediateFutures, options, and perpetual contracts. Derivatives let you speculate on price without holding the underlying asset.
AdvancedBlockchain data is public. Whale wallets, exchange flows, MVRV ratio, and realized cap give an edge that price alone cannot.
AdvancedThe thick rectangle. Represents the range between open and close price. Green = price rose. Red = price fell. Larger body = stronger conviction from buyers or sellers.
Thin lines above and below the body. Upper wick = how high price traded before being rejected. Lower wick = how low price dipped before recovering. Long wicks signal rejection.
The open is where price was at the start of the period. Close is where it ended. These two prices define the body and are the most significant reference points on any candle.
Each candle represents one time period: 1m, 5m, 15m, 1H, 4H, 1D, 1W. Higher timeframes filter noise. Lower timeframes show detail. Align your analysis across multiple timeframes.
Price moves on high volume are significant. Price moves on low volume are suspect. Always read candlestick patterns in context of the volume bars beneath them.
Patterns don't predict the future — they define high-probability scenarios with clear entry, stop, and target levels.
A large green candle fully engulfs the prior red candle. Signals reversal after a downtrend. High probability at key support levels.
A large red candle fully engulfs the prior green candle. Reversal signal after an uptrend. Watch for this at resistance zones.
Three-candle reversal: large red, small indecisive body, large green. The "star" is the small middle candle representing equilibrium.
The bearish mirror of Morning Star. Signals exhaustion at the top. Most reliable when the small middle candle gaps above the first.
Small body at top, long lower wick. Shows sellers pushed price down but buyers drove it back up. Stronger at defined support.
Small body at bottom, long upper wick. Buyers pushed price up but sellers rejected it. Powerful reversal at resistance with high volume.
Three consecutive large green candles each closing near the high. Strong momentum signal. Confirms after a period of consolidation.
Open and close are nearly identical. Represents perfect indecision. Context determines meaning — at support, bullish; at resistance, bearish.
The market doesn't wait. Every day you delay is a day of pattern recognition, risk calibration, and compounding experience you're not building.