Grade 1: Market Foundations & Order Execution Mechanics

Step-by-step lessons on Forex, Indices, Gold, and Crypto market DNA, pip and lot math, spread and swap, order types, leverage, and trading sessions.

• Grade 1: Market Foundations and Order Execution: Start Here

  Master Grade 1 of the Multi-Asset Trading Academy: market DNA, pip and lot formulas, spread and swap, order types, leverage and stop-out math, and sessions.

  4 min read

• Lesson 1.1: Practical DNA of Forex, Indices, Gold, and Crypto

  Step-by-step guide to the price personality, session hours, and daily ATR volatility of Forex, Indices, Gold, and Crypto with 4CastMachine AI.

  16 min read

• Lesson 1.2: Pip, Point, Tick, Lot Size, and Contract Value

  Learn how to count pips, points, and ticks across Forex, Gold, Indices, and Crypto, and calculate exact lot sizes for fixed dollar risk.

  9 min read

• Lesson 1.3: Bid, Ask, Spread, Slippage, Swap, and Funding

  Understand Bid and Ask prices, Short-trade stop buffers, Rollover spread widening, Triple Swap Wednesday, and 8-hour Crypto Perpetual Funding Rates.

  7 min read

• Lesson 1.4: Market, Limit, and Stop Orders and Limit Traps

  Master Market, Buy/Sell Limit, and Buy/Sell Stop orders, why blind limit orders fail during fast breakdowns, and why 4CastMachine AI waits for a candle close.

  7 min read

• Lesson 1.5: Leverage, Margin, and the 50% Stop-Out Mechanism

  Learn how Leverage, Used Margin, Equity, Free Margin, Margin Level %, Margin Call, and Broker Stop-Out work with step-by-step numerical examples.

  6 min read

• Lesson 1.6: Trading Sessions and High-Volume Killzones

  Complete 24-hour trading session schedule and high-volume Killzones for Forex, Gold, Stock Indices, and Crypto, including London Open and NY Overlap.

  6 min read