The Intermediate education track on Volensy is designed for traders who have a solid grasp of the basics and are ready to elevate their trading with more sophisticated tools and techniques. If you can read a candlestick chart, understand what moving averages and RSI do, and know why risk management matters, you are ready for this track. Here you will learn how to combine multiple tools, test your strategies before risking real money, and execute trades with precision.

Prerequisites

Before starting the Intermediate track, you should have completed or be comfortable with all topics covered in the Beginner track:

• Understanding different financial markets and asset classes
• Reading and interpreting candlestick charts
• Recognizing basic candlestick patterns
• Using Moving Averages and RSI at a foundational level
• Applying basic risk management principles (stop losses, position sizing, risk-reward ratios)

If any of these topics feel unfamiliar, revisit the Beginner education track first. The Intermediate content builds directly on these concepts and assumes you have a working knowledge of them.

*See also: Beginner’s Guide to Trading*

What the Intermediate Track Covers

The Intermediate track expands your trading toolkit across six key areas:

1. Advanced Candlestick Patterns

Building on the basic patterns from the Beginner track, this section covers complex multi-candle formations and how to use them in real trading contexts. You will learn continuation patterns versus reversal patterns, how to validate patterns with volume and context, and why patterns fail. Rather than memorizing shapes, you will understand the supply and demand dynamics behind each formation.

Key topics include:

• Three White Soldiers and Three Black Crows
• Island reversals and exhaustion gaps
• Pattern confluence — when multiple patterns appear together
• Context matters — why the same pattern means different things in different market conditions
• Filtering false patterns using volume confirmation

2. Multi-Indicator Strategies

Single indicators provide useful signals, but professional traders rarely rely on just one tool. This section teaches you how to combine two or more indicators to create a trading strategy with higher-probability entries. You will learn which indicators complement each other, how to avoid redundancy (using two indicators that measure the same thing), and how to build a personal indicator stack.

Key topics include:

• Why indicator confluence increases signal reliability
• Combining trend indicators with momentum oscillators (e.g., EMA + RSI)
• Using volume indicators to confirm price-based signals
• Building a three-layer confirmation system: trend, momentum, volume
• How Volensy’s indicators are designed for confluence trading

3. Backtesting Concepts

Before you risk real money on a strategy, you should test it against historical data. This section introduces backtesting — the process of applying a trading strategy to past price data to evaluate how it would have performed. You will learn what backtesting is, why it matters, common pitfalls like overfitting, and how to interpret backtest results critically.

Key topics include:

• What is backtesting and why every strategy needs it
• Forward testing vs. backtesting
• Understanding win rate, profit factor, and maximum drawdown
• The overfitting trap — why a perfect backtest does not guarantee future results
• Introduction to the Volensy Backtest Suite

4. Order Types and Execution

Understanding how to enter and exit the market efficiently is as important as knowing when to trade. This section covers the different order types available on exchanges and trading platforms, when to use each type, and how execution quality affects your trading results.

Key topics include:

• Market orders vs. limit orders vs. stop orders
• Stop-limit orders for precise entry
• Trailing stops for dynamic risk management
• Slippage and how it affects your fills
• Best practices for order execution in volatile markets

5. Volume Analysis

Volume is one of the most underutilized tools in retail trading. This section teaches you how to read volume data, what volume tells you about the strength of a price move, and how to use volume-based indicators (like On-Balance Volume and Money Flow Index) to confirm or deny signals from other indicators.

Key topics include:

• What volume represents in different markets
• Volume as a confirmation tool for breakouts
• Divergence between price and volume
• Money Flow Index (MFI) and On-Balance Volume (OBV)
• How Volensy’s EMA + MFI indicator leverages volume analysis

6. Market Structure

Every market moves in a structure of trends, ranges, and transitions. This section teaches you to identify the current market structure and adapt your strategy accordingly. You will learn about higher highs and higher lows, support and resistance zones, trend channels, and how professional traders read the “flow” of the market rather than reacting to individual candles.

Key topics include:

• Identifying trends: uptrend, downtrend, and sideways
• Support and resistance levels and why they matter
• Higher highs, higher lows, lower highs, lower lows
• Trend channels and trading within them
• Recognizing when market structure shifts (trend reversals)

Expected Learning Time

The Intermediate track contains approximately 10 to 12 articles, each requiring 8 to 15 minutes of focused reading. Plan for 2 to 3 hours to work through the complete track at a steady pace. Because the material is more complex, consider spreading your learning over several sessions and practicing each concept on a TradingView chart between reading sessions.

Expected Outcomes

After completing the Intermediate education track, you will be able to:

• Build multi-indicator strategies that combine trend, momentum, and volume tools for higher-probability entries.
• Recognize advanced candlestick patterns and understand the market dynamics that create them.
• Backtest strategies against historical data and interpret the results critically.
• Execute trades using the right order type for each situation, minimizing slippage and improving fills.
• Read volume data to confirm the strength of price movements and filter false signals.
• Analyze market structure to determine whether you should be buying, selling, or staying out.
• Use Volensy indicators with deeper understanding, knowing how tools like EMA + MFI and RSI RMI combine multiple analysis layers.

These skills prepare you for the Advanced track, where you will explore algorithmic approaches, quantitative methods, and professional-level portfolio management.

Getting Started

Navigate to the Education section in your dashboard and filter by Intermediate difficulty. If you have completed the Beginner track, the Intermediate articles will naturally build on what you already know. Work through them in order for the best learning experience.

*See also: Education Library Overview*
*See also: Advanced Trading Mastery*
*See also: Trading Strategies on Volensy*