The Beginner education track on Volensy is designed for people who are new to trading and financial markets. Whether you have never looked at a price chart before or you have dabbled in trading but lack a structured foundation, this track gives you the essential knowledge you need to start making informed trading decisions. This guide outlines what the Beginner track covers, who it is for, what you will learn, and what you will be able to do after completing it.
Who Is This Track For?
The Beginner track is built for:
- Complete newcomers who have never traded stocks, crypto, forex, or any other financial instrument.
- Casual investors who have bought and sold assets but have never studied technical analysis or trading strategy.
- Curious learners who want to understand how markets work before committing real money.
- Volensy members who want to understand the fundamentals behind the signals and indicators available on the platform.
No prior knowledge of trading, finance, or technical analysis is required. The content starts from absolute basics and builds up step by step.
What the Beginner Track Covers
The Beginner education track is organized into five core topic areas. Each topic includes one or more articles that explain the subject thoroughly with clear examples.
1. Introduction to Financial Markets
This is your starting point. You will learn what financial markets are, the different types of markets (stocks, forex, cryptocurrency, commodities, indices), how prices are determined by supply and demand, and the role of exchanges and brokers. By the end of this section, you will understand the landscape of tradable assets and where Volensy’s signals and indicators fit into the picture.
Key concepts covered:
- What is a market and how does trading work
- Stocks, forex, crypto, and commodities explained
- Bull markets vs. bear markets
- What drives price movement
2. Understanding Chart Types
Charts are the visual language of trading. This section teaches you how to read the three most common chart types: line charts, bar charts, and candlestick charts. You will learn what each chart type shows, when to use each one, and how to interpret basic price movement from a chart. Candlestick charts receive extra attention because they are the most widely used format in technical trading and the format used by Volensy indicators on TradingView.
Key concepts covered:
- Line charts and their simplicity
- Bar charts (OHLC) and what each bar represents
- Candlestick charts and how to read open, high, low, and close
- Timeframes explained (1 minute to monthly)
3. Reading Candlestick Patterns
Building on chart reading, this section dives deeper into candlestick patterns — specific formations that signal potential market direction. You will learn to identify individual candlestick shapes (doji, hammer, engulfing, shooting star) and what they suggest about buyer and seller behavior. Understanding candlestick patterns is fundamental to technical analysis and forms the basis for more advanced pattern recognition covered in the Intermediate track.
Key concepts covered:
- Bullish vs. bearish candles
- Single candlestick patterns (doji, hammer, inverted hammer, shooting star)
- Two-candle patterns (engulfing, harami)
- Three-candle patterns (morning star, evening star)
- What patterns tell you about market sentiment
4. Basic Technical Indicators
This section introduces you to two of the most widely used technical indicators: Moving Averages and the Relative Strength Index (RSI). You will learn what indicators are, how they are calculated at a conceptual level, and how traders use them to make decisions. This is an introduction, not a deep dive — the goal is to understand what indicators do and how to interpret their signals at a basic level.
Key concepts covered:
- What is a technical indicator and why traders use them
- Moving Averages (SMA and EMA) — smoothing out price noise
- How to spot trends using moving averages
- RSI — measuring momentum and overbought/oversold conditions
- Reading indicator values on a TradingView chart
5. Risk Management Fundamentals
This may be the most important section in the entire Beginner track. Trading without risk management is gambling. You will learn why protecting your capital is more important than growing it, the concept of risk-reward ratios, why you should never risk more than a small percentage of your account on a single trade, and how stop losses work to limit your downside. These principles apply to every trading strategy on Volensy and are referenced throughout the platform.
Key concepts covered:
- Why capital preservation comes first
- What is a stop loss and how to use one
- Risk per trade (the 1-2% rule)
- Risk-reward ratios (aiming for at least 1:2)
- The danger of overleveraging
Expected Learning Time
The Beginner track contains approximately 8 to 10 articles, each designed to be read in 5 to 10 minutes. At a comfortable pace, you can complete the entire Beginner track in approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. However, there is no rush. Take your time with each article, review the concepts, and consider applying what you learn on a TradingView chart as you go.
What You Will Be Able to Do After Completing It
After finishing the Beginner education track, you will be able to:
- Identify different market types and understand what moves prices in each one.
- Read a candlestick chart and interpret basic price action.
- Recognize common candlestick patterns and understand their implications for future price direction.
- Use basic indicators like Moving Averages and RSI to assess market trends and momentum.
- Apply fundamental risk management by setting stop losses, defining risk per trade, and evaluating risk-reward ratios.
- Understand Volensy’s tools — you will know what the indicators are doing when they generate signals, even if the underlying algorithms are more complex.
These skills form the prerequisite foundation for the Intermediate track, where you will build on these concepts with multi-indicator strategies, advanced patterns, and backtesting.
Getting Started
Ready to begin? Head to the Education section in your dashboard and filter by Beginner difficulty. Start with the first article in the series and work through them in order. Each article is self-contained but builds on the previous one, so sequential reading gives you the best learning experience.
*See also: Education Library Overview*
*See also: Intermediate Trading Skills*
*See also: Risk Management Essentials*