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Everything we think a new FX trader actually needs, written plainly and in order. It's the framework DEALFx is built on — and it works perfectly well without the software. Read it, use it, ignore the product entirely if you like.
What you're actually trading, and when
Currency pairs and what you're really buying. The seven majors and how each behaves. Pips, and what one is worth to you. Sessions, timeframes, and how to read a candle.
14 min read
Seven steps, in order, every time
A seven-step checklist to run before every trade, in order: session and news, trend top-down, your area of interest, break of structure, candle trigger, stop and target, then hands off.
16 min read
Structure, zones, and the patterns that earn their keep
Market structure as the foundation. Support and resistance as zones. Break and retest. The four candlestick patterns worth knowing, the 50 EMA used properly, and honest confluence.
20 min read
The only part you fully control
Position sizing, the arithmetic of losing streaks, why a 50% drawdown needs a 100% gain, expectancy versus win rate, and the four behaviours that undo good strategies.
18 min read
What's worth using, and what isn't
Charting, how to judge a broker without taking anyone's word for it, execution platforms, economic calendars, and an honest account of what software does and doesn't change.
11 min read
Two reasons, and neither is generosity.
Making you hand over an email to read a guide buys us a mailing list and costs us the people who'd have found it useful. We'd rather be the ones who wrote the thing you send to a friend who's just started.
Read Chapter 4 and you'll see the argument for the software make itself — not because the app is clever, but because doing this consistently by hand, every hour, is the part that fails. If you can do it by hand, genuinely, you don't need us.
This manual is the condensed version. A longer course with worked examples and annotated charts is in progress — leave your email and we'll send it when it's ready. No other mail, and one click to stop.