Oshi Academy

Level up your trading

From the basics to advanced concepts, in the order it is learnt.

I'm starting out You have never placed an order. We start from what a position is and what it costs. Start → I can read a chart You know candles and support levels. We go after what they do not tell you. Start → I want the engine What happens behind the price: orders, liquidity, the auction. Start →

Trading basics

6 lessons

What to understand before risking your first pound.

Trading basics What you actually hold when you open a position, and who pays you if you are right. Trading basics 15 min Trading basics Getting set up Choosing a broker, opening the account, and placing a first order without hitting the wrong button. Getting set up 18 min Trading basics Market foundation Where your order really goes, what actually moves a price, and why the hour matters as much as the pattern. Market foundation 15 min Trading basics Risk management Position size, stops, R, expectancy, risk of ruin and correlation: everything that decides whether your account survives. Risk management 19 min Trading basics Forex What an EUR/USD order really buys, what a pip is worth, and why leverage does so much damage here. Forex 15 min Trading basics Futures contracts The standardised contract, the clearing house, margin recalculated every evening, and the roll. Futures contracts 15 min Trading basics

Technical analysis

3 lessons

Reading a chart without telling yourself stories.

What is technical analysis What a chart can tell you, what it never will, and how to use it without lying to yourself. What is technical analysis 16 min Technical analysis Price action What a support really is, why you draw it as a band, and how to keep only three of them on your screen. Price action 16 min Technical analysis Candlestick charts From Osaka to your screen: four prices, two pieces of information, and why the place beats the shape. Candlestick charts 15 min Technical analysis

Order flow

3 lessons

Why a price moves, and who moves it.

Getting started with order flow What order flow really looks at, the difference between an order that waits and an order that takes, and where it holds up. Getting started with order flow 16 min Order flow Auction market theory The value area, the point of control, and what time spent at a price really tells you. Auction market theory 14 min Order flow Understanding order flow Why price really rises, what volume measures, and why a book lies through what it displays. Understanding order flow 17 min Order flow

Structure and liquidity

3 lessons

Where the market goes to fill its orders.

Structure and liquidity Why a very large order cannot fill just anywhere, and what that constraint leaves visible on your chart. Structure and liquidity 17 min Structure and liquidity Market structure basics Dow theory, higher lows, and the exact point where a trend stops. Market structure basics 10 min Structure and liquidity Liquidity and smart money Where stops are stacked, why price goes to fetch them, and where to put yours. Liquidity and smart money 23 min Structure and liquidity

Recently added

The most recently written lessons, across every category.

Risk management Position size, stops, R, expectancy, risk of ruin and correlation: everything that decides whether your account survives. Risk management 19 min Trading basics Forex What an EUR/USD order really buys, what a pip is worth, and why leverage does so much damage here. Forex 15 min Trading basics Futures contracts The standardised contract, the clearing house, margin recalculated every evening, and the roll. Futures contracts 15 min Trading basics

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