Level up your trading knowledge.
From the basics to advanced concepts - clear, practical, deeply written lessons that teach you how markets actually move.
- Lessons
- 80
- Hours of reading
- 21+
- Pillars
- 7
- Cost, ever
- $0
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Intro to Trading
Fundamentals, markets, and how trades actually work.
- 01
What Is Trading?
A plain-English intro to markets, trades, and why prices move.
6mBeginner - 02
Getting Set Up
Brokers, account types, margin math, the post-PDT capital rules, and every order type - with the formulas, charts, and decision rules most guides skip.
22mBeginner - 03
Market Foundation
Why prices move, what shifts supply and demand, how the order book connects buyers and sellers, and why the spread quietly decides whether you're profitable.
18mBeginner - + 6 more in this trackView all
Technical Analysis
Candlesticks, chart patterns, and price action.
- 01
Technical Analysis Foundations
Why studying the chart works (and when it doesn't), the three Dow principles every trader still uses, the split between price action and indicators, and the honest limits of reading past price to forecast future price.
14mBeginner - 02
Price Action Fundamentals
The seven building blocks of pure price reading - candles, support and resistance, trends, gaps, breakouts, chart patterns, and volume. How each one carries signal, the common misreads, and the working order you should learn them in.
18mBeginner - 03
Reading Candlesticks
Body, wick, open, close - and every named pattern built from them. Doji, pin bar, engulfing, hammer, morning star, three white soldiers, and the reading framework that stops you from trading isolated patterns without context.
22mBeginner - + 7 more in this trackView all
Order Flow
Market structure, liquidity, and smart money concepts.
- 01
Why Order Flow
Price tells you what happened. Order flow tells you who did it, how hard, and what they're likely to do next - the professional lens on markets that chart-only traders never see.
12mIntermediate - 02
Auction Theory and Fair Value
Markets are two-sided auctions searching for fair value. Balance, imbalance, discovery, acceptance - the framework that turns a chart full of wiggles into a legible negotiation between buyers and sellers.
18mIntermediate - 03
Reading Order Flow
Active vs passive participants, delta, absorption, exhaustion, and the volume-price relationships that separate a real move from a trap - with the tape patterns professional order-flow traders actually watch for.
20mIntermediate - + 6 more in this trackView all
Risk & Psychology
Position sizing, risk control, and the trader's mindset.
- 01
Risk Management Foundations
Why risk comes before setup, the three layers of risk policy (per-trade, daily, weekly, max drawdown), and the mindset shift that separates career traders from accounts that blow up.
14mBeginner - 02
Position Sizing Deep Dive
The formula you will use on every trade - across stocks, futures, options, and forex. ATR-based sizing, correct scale-ins, and why the stop always comes before the size.
18mBeginner - 03
Stop Placement Masterclass
Four stop types - structural, ATR, time, percentage - when each works, when each fails, and the exact rules for moving a stop to break-even without sabotaging your edge.
16mIntermediate - + 13 more in this trackView all
Options Trading
Contracts, Greeks, volatility, and strategies that go beyond directional bets.
- 01
Options Contract Mechanics
What an options contract actually is - multiplier, expiration, exercise style, intrinsic vs extrinsic value, and the bid/ask economics that decide your fill before any thesis matters.
18mBeginner - 02
Moneyness and Strike Selection
How ITM, ATM, and OTM options actually behave, the delta-as-probability heuristic, and a working framework for picking strikes by directional conviction, time horizon, and capital.
20mBeginner - 03
The Greeks, Deep Dive
Delta, gamma, theta, vega - what each Greek measures, how they interact across strike and DTE, and the working intuition that turns Greek values from numbers into trade decisions.
25mIntermediate - + 7 more in this trackView all
Day Trading
Intraday strategies, US margin rules (post-PDT), and the daily routine that makes day trading sustainable.
- 01
What Is Day Trading? An Honest Definition
Day trading is opening and closing positions in the same session for short-term profits. Here's the legal definition, what separates it from swing trading and scalping, and the brutal math on why most retail day traders lose money in their first year.
11mBeginner - 02
Day Trading for Beginners: The Honest Starter Guide
A practical roadmap for someone with zero day-trading experience: the realistic capital required, the instruments to start with, the first 90 days of practice, and the specific mistakes that kill 80% of beginner accounts.
14mBeginner - 03
The PDT Rule Is Being Eliminated: What Changes June 4, 2026
On April 14, 2026, the SEC approved FINRA's proposal to scrap the Pattern Day Trader rule entirely. Effective June 4, 2026, the $25,000 minimum and the 4-trades-in-5-days threshold are gone. Here's what's replacing it, what it means for retail traders, and what to know during the 18-month phase-in.
12mBeginner - + 10 more in this trackView all
Swing Trading
Multi-day setups, the daily-chart playbook, and the ~5-hour-a-week routine that makes swing trading sustainable.
- 01
What Is Swing Trading? An Honest Definition
Swing trading captures multi-day price moves using daily-chart structure. Here's the actual definition, how it differs from day trading and position trading, the realistic capital and time requirements, and the failure rate honest education won't hide.
11mBeginner - 02
Swing Trading for Beginners: The Honest Starter Guide
A practical 90-day roadmap for someone with zero swing-trading experience: realistic capital, instrument selection, the first setup to learn, and the five mistakes that kill 60-70% of beginner accounts in year one.
14mBeginner - 03
Swing Trading Rules: The Rule-Set Working Swing Traders Run
The specific rules that separate consistent swing traders from one-good-month-then-blow-up traders. Per-trade risk, position-count caps, weekly drawdown limits, correlation rules, no-trade conditions, and mechanical exits.
13mBeginner - + 10 more in this trackView all
Why this academy
Chart-driven
Every concept has a visual. 30+ custom charts - no stock photos, no slides.
No fluff
Written for traders who want the mechanics, not a 5-minute motivational summary.
Deep, not shallow
Most lessons are 15-25 minute deep dives. You finish actually knowing the thing.
Free forever
No paywall. No email gate. No upsells. The lessons are the product.
How we compare
| TradeOlogy AcademyFree, structured, deep | Free YouTubeWide, fast, ads | Paid courses$99 - $2,999 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free, no email gate | Free with ads | $99 - $2,999 |
| Format | Written deep dives, 15-25 min each | Video, hook-driven | Mixed video + PDFs |
| Curriculum structure | 4 sequenced tracks, 45 lessons | Algorithm decides | Yes (varies) |
| Custom charts & visuals | 30+ purpose-built SVG charts | Stock images, screen recordings | Slide decks, screenshots |
| Risk math (real) | Kelly, expectancy, RoR, drawdown | Mostly skipped | Sometimes |
| Sponsorships / signal upsells | None | Constant | Often, after purchase |
| Updated regularly | Yes - content is the product | Channel-dependent | Often outdated |
| Community / accountability | Not yet | Comments only | Discord, group calls |
| Searchable / linkable | ⌘K search, glossary, deep links | Title search | Inside platform only |
Honest table. We're not better at community / accountability - paid courses with active Discords still win there. We're better at depth, structure, math, and price.
Frequently asked
Is this really free?
Yes. No paywall, no email gate, no upsells. TradeOlogy Academy is a companion resource to the TradeOlogy journal app - we make the journal, we give the lessons away. You never need an account to read.
Who is this for?
Traders who want the mechanics - position sizing, order flow, auction theory, real candlestick anatomy - explained the way someone who actually trades would explain them. Beginners can start at Intro to Trading; experienced traders usually jump straight into Order Flow or Risk & Psychology.
What order should I read the lessons in?
Each category is a sequenced track, so start with lesson 1 of any category that interests you. Intro to Trading → Technical Analysis → Order Flow → Risk & Psychology is the full curriculum if you want the canonical path, but lessons are self-contained and you can read in any order.
How is this different from YouTube channels or paid courses?
YouTube is fast and hook-driven; paid courses are usually stretched to justify the price. These lessons are written documents - 15 to 25 minutes each - with charts built specifically for the concept. No sponsorships, no affiliate links, no one trying to sell you a signal group at the end.
Do I need a brokerage account or money to start?
No. Everything in the curriculum is theory, market mechanics, and risk math. Most traders should spend 30-60 days reading and paper trading before funding a real account - so this is exactly the phase where you want to be.
Is this financial advice?
No. TradeOlogy Academy is educational. We explain how markets work and how trading tools behave. We don't tell you what to buy, when to sell, or what will happen next. Read accordingly.