# Free Trading Courses for Beginners and ICT · DT Academy > Free trading courses for beginners and a free ICT course on Inner Circle Trader concepts, in short lessons. Practice each in the backtester and see what to fix. DT Academy # Free trading courses Learn to trade one free lesson at a time, from your first chart to a strategy you have tested. Practice each lesson in the backtester, and Edge shows you what to fix in your own trades. Every quiz you finish counts toward your daily streak. ## Courses 2 courses [Learn to trade](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/courses/dt-intensive) Beginner ### The DT Intensive 26 lessons about 4 hours From your first chart to a strategy you have tested, one short lesson a day Start [Price action](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/courses/ict-concepts) Advanced New ### ICT Concepts 16 lessons Order blocks, fair value gaps and liquidity, each one a rule you can test Start ## Strategy Library [See all 20](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies) [Price action](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/break_and_retest) Beginner ### Break and retest Wait for a level to break, then trade the retest from the other side. Any liquid market M15, H1, H4 [Range](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/range_trading) Intermediate ### Range trading When price moves sideways, buy near support and sell near resistance. Forex crosses, indices, any market that is not trending M15, H1, H4 [ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/order_blocks_fvg) Advanced ### Order blocks and fair value gaps ICT ideas: after a structure break, trade the return to an order block or gap. Forex, indices, gold M1, M5, M15, H1 [Trend](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/trend_pullback_ma) Beginner ### Trend pullback to a moving average In a clear trend, wait for a dip back to the 20 or 21 EMA and trade the bounce. Trending markets H1, H4, D1 [Trend](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/moving_average_crossover) Beginner ### Moving average crossover Trade when a fast moving average crosses a slow one, in the new direction. Indices, crypto, forex, gold H4, D1 [Price action](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/pin_bar_at_level) Beginner ### Pin bar at a key level A long-wick rejection candle at support or resistance, traded on its break. Forex, gold, indices H4, D1 [Session](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/london_breakout) Beginner ### London breakout Mark the Asian session range, then trade the first clean break as London opens. Forex majors, most often GBPUSD and EURUSD M5, M15 [Price action](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/inside_bar_breakout) Beginner ### Inside bar breakout A candle inside the one before it: trade the break of the bigger candle. Forex, indices, gold, crypto H4, D1 [Trend](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/fibonacci_pullback) Beginner ### Fibonacci pullback In a trend, wait for the pullback to reach 38.2 to 61.8% and confirm. Forex, indices, gold, crypto, stocks H1, H4, D1 [Breakout](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/opening_range_breakout) Intermediate ### Opening range breakout Mark the first minutes after the open and trade a break beyond either side. Index futures and US stocks; anything with a clear session open M1, M5, M15 [Zones](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/supply_and_demand) Intermediate ### Supply and demand zones Mark where price left a base fast, then trade its first return to that zone. Any market; higher timeframes carry more weight M15, H1, H4, D1 [ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/turtle_soup) Intermediate ### Turtle soup Fade a new 20-day high or low that fails to hold, back inside the range. Index futures, stocks, forex, gold H1, D1 [Breakout](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/turtle_breakout) Intermediate ### Turtle channel breakout Buy a new 20 or 55-day high, size by volatility, ride it to the opposite break. Liquid futures in the original (bonds, currencies, indices, metals, energy, softs); the sources do not cover spot forex, CFDs or crypto D1 [Trend](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/rsi2_mean_reversion) Intermediate ### RSI(2) pullback Above the 200-day average, buy a sharp dip when the 2-period RSI is very low. Stocks and stock indices in the source; the sources do not cover forex, gold, crypto or intraday charts D1 [Breakout](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/bollinger_squeeze) Intermediate ### Bollinger Band squeeze When the bands pinch to their narrowest in months, trade the break that follows. Stocks in the source (daily bars); the sources give no guidance for other markets or timeframes H4, D1 [ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_silver_bullet) Advanced ### ICT Silver Bullet A one-hour ICT window: wait for a sweep, then trade the gap that forms in it. Index futures, forex majors, gold M1, M5 [ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_2022_model) Advanced ### ICT 2022 model Sweep a liquidity pool, shift structure with a gap, enter on the return to it. Forex majors, index futures, gold M1, M5, M15 [ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_power_of_three) Advanced ### Power of three and the Judas swing Read the day as range, false move, then the real move, and trade the turn. Forex majors, index futures M5, M15 [ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_ote_pullback) Advanced ### Optimal trade entry (OTE) In a fresh leg, buy the 62 to 79% pullback in discount, or sell it in premium. Forex, indices, gold M15, H1, H4 [ICT](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/strategies/ict_breaker_block) Advanced ### Breaker block retest After a sweep and a break, trade the failed order block from the other side. Forex, indices, gold M5, M15, H1 Price action ## ICT concepts [All 16 ICT lessons](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/courses/ict-concepts) Free lessons on the concepts Inner Circle Trader (Michael J. Huddleston) teaches, each one written as a rule you can test in the backtester. 1. [01 What is ICT trading 6 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-what-is-ict) 2. [02 ICT killzones and sessions 6 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-sessions-and-killzones) 3. [03 ICT market structure 5 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-market-structure) 4. [04 ICT liquidity 6 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-liquidity) 1. [05 ICT premium, discount and OTE 4 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-dealing-ranges-and-ote) 2. [06 ICT fair value gaps 5 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-fair-value-gaps) 3. [07 ICT order blocks 8 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-order-blocks) 4. [08 ICT breaker and mitigation blocks 6 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-breaker-and-mitigation-blocks) 1. [09 ICT daily bias 5 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-daily-bias) 2. [10 ICT power of three and AMD 5 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-power-of-three) 3. [11 ICT turtle soup 6 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-turtle-soup) 4. [12 ICT SMT divergence 4 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-smt-divergence) 1. [13 ICT Silver Bullet 5 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-silver-bullet) 2. [14 Building an ICT trading model 6 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-building-your-model) 3. [15 ICT and trading psychology 4 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/ict-psychology) 4. 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