# Free Trading Course for Beginners: The DT Intensive · DT Academy

> A free 26 day trading course for beginners: candlesticks, orders, risk, sessions, structure, liquidity and backtesting, one short lesson and quiz a day.

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# The DT Intensive

Learn to trade in 26 short lessons, from your first chart to a strategy you can test.

Beginner 26 lessons about 4 hours

[Start with Day 1](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/what-you-need-to-start)

Learn to trade

## All 26 days

Four weeks, one short lesson a day, from reading your first chart to reviewing your own trades.

### Week 1 · Before your first trade

1. [01 What you need to start, and the costs 7 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/what-you-need-to-start)
2. [02 How to read candlesticks 7 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/how-to-read-candlesticks)
3. [03 Types of orders 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/types-of-orders)
4. [04 How to choose your risk 8 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/how-to-choose-your-risk)
5. [05 Market sessions 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/market-sessions)
6. [06 Key news events 8 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/key-news-events)
7. [07 Placing your first trade 8 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/placing-your-first-trade)

### Week 2 · Reading the market

1. [08 Setting expectations for trading 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/setting-expectations)
2. [09 The math behind trading 10 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/the-math-behind-trading)
3. [10 Market structure 8 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/market-structure)
4. [11 Identifying supply and demand 10 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/supply-and-demand)
5. [12 Identifying fair value gaps 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/fair-value-gaps)
6. [13 Liquidity 10 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/liquidity)
7. [14 Multi-timeframe analysis 8 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/multi-timeframe-analysis)

### Week 3 · Building your strategy

1. [15 Why volume matters 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/why-volume-matters)
2. [16 The entry model 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/the-entry-model)
3. [17 The golden zone 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/the-golden-zone)
4. [18 Managing a trade after entry 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/managing-a-trade-after-entry)
5. [19 Managing risk in the strategy 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/managing-risk-in-the-strategy)
6. [20 Backtesting your trades 11 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/backtesting-your-trades)
7. [21 What I wish someone had told me 9 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/what-i-wish-someone-told-me)

### Week 4 · Trading it properly

1. [22 Discipline 11 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/discipline)
2. [23 The emotions that wreck your trading 12 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/the-emotions-that-wreck-your-trading)
3. [24 Reviewing your trades to improve 10 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/reviewing-your-trades-to-improve)
4. [25 Prop firms and brokers, and the costs 11 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/prop-firms-and-brokers)
5. [26 The loop that makes you profitable 8 min](https://www.thedtterminal.com/academy/the-loop-that-makes-you-profitable)

## Put the first lesson to work

Connect a broker and DT Terminal verifies every trade against it. Free to start.

[Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true&from=academy&entry=closing_card&redirect=%2Fjournal%2Facademy) [Product Demo](https://www.thedtterminal.com/tour)

DT Academy is education, not financial advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any instrument. Trading carries a high risk of losing money, and past results, examples and backtests do not guarantee future results. [Risk disclosure](https://www.thedtterminal.com/risk-disclosure)

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Risk disclosure: Futures, forex and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. [Read the full risk disclosure](https://www.thedtterminal.com/legal/risk-disclosure).

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