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Routes through the courseThe fourteen lessons that get you from never having opened a chart to placing a sized trade on a demo account.

From zero in two weeks

Lessons on this route

14 lessons

  1. 1 · Lesson 1.1

    What happens when you press Buy

    An order leaves your platform, gets filled at a price, becomes an open position, and ends when you close it. Four steps, and every cost attaches to one of them.

  2. 2 · Lesson 1.2

    Pairs and quotes: what 1.0850 means

    A quote is the price of the first currency in the second. The number you see moves in the last decimal place, and that place has a money value.

  3. 3 · Lesson 1.3

    What a pip is worth in money

    A pip is the smallest standard price step. What it is worth depends on lot size and the pair, so the same twenty-pip move pays differently on different trades.

  4. 4 · Lesson 1.4

    Lots: standard, mini and micro

    A lot is how much of the instrument one trade controls. Standard is 100,000 units, mini is a tenth of that, micro a hundredth.

  5. 5 · Lesson 1.5

    The three costs: spread, commission, swap

    You pay the spread on entry, commission on some account types, and swap for every night a position stays open. All three are known before you trade.

  6. 6 · Lesson 1.7

    Leverage and margin: how much of the trade is yours

    Leverage sets how large a position your deposit can hold. Margin is the part of your money locked against it while the trade is open.

  7. 7 · Lesson 1.8

    Order types: market, limit, stop

    A market order takes the current price. A limit waits for a better one. A stop triggers once price reaches a worse one.

  8. 8 · Lesson 1.9

    Stop loss and take profit

    Two instructions you attach to a position: one closes it at a loss you chose in advance, the other at a profit you chose in advance.

  9. 9 · Lesson 1.10

    MT4, MT5 and cTrader: which to pick

    The three platforms differ in instruments, order handling and how they report costs. The choice is reversible; the account type behind it is less so.

  10. 10 · Lesson 1.12

    Demo accounts: what they teach and where they lie

    A demo teaches the platform and the arithmetic honestly. It cannot teach fills in a fast market, and it cannot teach how losing real money feels.

  11. 11 · Lesson 1.14

    Opening an account and passing verification

    What documents a regulated broker has to ask for, why it has to ask, and the checks that hold an application up.

  12. 12 · Lesson 1.15

    Deposits and withdrawals with local methods

    Which local payment methods reach a broker, how long each leg takes, and why a withdrawal usually has to go back the way the deposit came.

  13. 13 · Lesson 3.1

    Risk per trade: the 1-2% rule

    Deciding the money you can lose on one trade before deciding anything else. Everything downstream — size, stop, target — follows from that number.

  14. 14 · Lesson 3.2

    Working out position size

    Risk in money, divided by the stop distance in pips, divided by pip value. Three numbers you already have, in that order.

Who the two-week route is built for

A reader who has never opened a chart usually starts by watching videos in a random order. One explains leverage before the person knows what a pip is. Another shows a strategy that assumes the viewer can already place an order. The result is a pile of half-understood words and no working sequence. This route replaces that pile with a fixed order of fourteen lessons.

The route suits someone with roughly an hour a day for two weeks. It assumes no prior knowledge of charts, orders or margin. It assumes a phone or laptop, an internet connection, and patience with arithmetic. It does not assume money to deposit, because the first trade happens on a demo account.

Two weeks is a pace, not a promise. Some readers will need three. The point of the order is that each lesson uses words the lesson before it defined. Skip forward and the later lessons stop making sense, which is the most common reason beginners give up.

The route is not a strategy course. It teaches the machinery of a trade: what a quote means, what a pip is worth in rupees, what a lot is, what a broker charges, how margin works, and how to size a position. Strategy comes after the machinery, not before it.

The order of work and why it runs that way

The route starts with a single action: pressing Buy. That lesson shows the mechanics of a trade before any vocabulary. Once a reader has seen an order go through, the words pair, quote and pip have something to attach to. Vocabulary taught in the abstract is forgotten within a day.

From there the route moves to money. A pip is converted into rupees, then lots are introduced, then the three costs that come out of a trade. Only after costs does leverage appear. This order matters because leverage multiplies a position whose size the reader can already calculate, and costs that are already understood.

Order types come next, then stop loss and take profit, then the platform choice. The platform lesson sits late on purpose. MT4, MT5 and cTrader differ in details, and those details only matter once the reader knows what a market order, a limit order and a stop are. Choosing software first is a distraction.

The final block is practical: demo accounts, account opening and verification, deposits and withdrawals, risk per trade, and position size. It ends with sizing because sizing uses every number the earlier lessons produced. A reader who reaches the last lesson can compute a position from a stop distance and a rupee risk limit.

What to have ready and what the route leaves behind

Before starting, have a notebook or spreadsheet for numbers. Write down the USD/INR quote you see each day, around 83.2500 at the time of writing, and note how it moves. This is not analysis. It is practice at reading a price without panicking.

Have a demo account ready by the second week, but not before. Opening one early pulls attention towards clicking buttons. The route asks for it after the lessons on orders and stops, when the reader knows what to test. Verification for a live account comes later still, and needs identity documents and a bank account in the reader's own name.

The route leaves several things out. It does not cover chart patterns, indicators or news trading. It does not recommend a broker, because spreads, commissions and swap rates vary between brokers and change over time. It does not promise that a demo result will repeat on a live account.

What the reader finishes with is narrow and concrete: the ability to read a quote, convert a pip into rupees, work out a position size from a risk limit, and place that trade on a demo account with a stop loss attached. That is the whole goal of the route.

Mistakes made while following the route

The first mistake is jumping to leverage. It is the most advertised word in retail trading and the least useful before position size is understood. A reader who starts there will size trades by guesswork and will not know it.

The second is treating the demo account as a scoreboard. Demo fills are often better than live fills, and slippage on a demo may be absent. A run of demo wins tells the reader about the demo, not about the market. Use the demo to practise the steps, not to judge skill.

The third is skipping the cost lessons because they feel boring. Spread, commission and swap decide whether a small edge survives. A reader who ignores them can follow every other lesson correctly and still lose money steadily.

The fourth is rushing verification and deposits. Names on documents must match the bank account, and payment methods such as UPI and bank transfer have their own processing times that vary between brokers. Starting this on the last day of the two weeks adds avoidable delay.

The fifth is changing the order. Reading about stop losses before order types, or about position size before lots, produces confusion that looks like difficulty. The sequence is the course. Follow it once, then rearrange it on a second pass if you wish.

A note on regulation and local money

Trading in India sits under SEBI, and the rules that apply to a reader depend on the instrument and the platform used. This course does not interpret those rules. It states only that they exist and that they should be checked against current official guidance before any live account is funded.

Amounts in this route are shown in rupees, written ₹. The example instrument is USD/INR, quoted near 83.2500. Using a pair that includes the rupee keeps the arithmetic visible: a move in the quote converts directly into rupees per unit, with no second currency in the way.

Deposits and withdrawals in the examples use UPI and bank transfer. Processing times, fees and limits for these methods vary between brokers, so no single figure is given. Check the terms on the broker's own page, and treat any number quoted elsewhere as out of date until verified.

Doing it once, step by step

Work through the route in the order below, one sitting at a time, and keep a written record of the numbers each step produces. The steps are the route itself, not a summary of it.

  1. 01

    Read the first four lessons without a platform open

    Cover what happens when you press Buy, what a quote means, pip value in rupees, and lot sizes. Do the arithmetic on paper for USD/INR near 83.2500. Do not open a chart yet. The aim is to hold four definitions in your head before anything moves on screen.

  2. 02

    Calculate the three costs on a sample trade

    Take a position size from the lot lesson and work out spread, commission and swap for it. Note that each of these varies between brokers, so write the formula rather than a fixed number. Repeat with a second position size to see how costs scale.

  3. 03

    Work through leverage, margin and order types

    Establish how much of the trade is your money and how much is borrowed. Then learn market, limit and stop orders as three separate tools. Write one sentence for each describing when it would be used.

  4. 04

    Practise stops and targets on paper

    Set a stop loss and a take profit for a hypothetical USD/INR trade and write down the rupee result if each is hit. This connects the earlier pip arithmetic to a real outcome. Do it five times with different distances.

  5. 05

    Open a demo account and place one sized trade

    Choose a platform after reading the comparison lesson, then open a demo. Place a single trade with a stop loss, using the position size you calculated. Record the entry, the stop, the size and the costs. Close it and review the numbers.

  6. 06

    Set a risk limit and repeat on demo

    Apply the 1-2% rule to a notional account balance and size the next trade from that limit. Repeat until the calculation takes under a minute. Only then look at opening a live account and completing verification.

Questions that come up next

Do I need to deposit money to follow the two-week route?

No. The route is built so that the first trade happens on a demo account. A demo account uses virtual money and the same platform interface as a live account. You can complete every lesson, including position sizing, without depositing a rupee. Deposits and withdrawals are covered later, but only as a process to understand, not as a step you must take to finish.

What if I miss a day or fall behind the two-week pace?

The two weeks is a suggested pace, not a deadline. Some readers need three weeks or longer. The important thing is the order of lessons, not the calendar. If you miss a day, continue from where you stopped rather than skipping ahead. Skipping breaks the chain of definitions that later lessons rely on.

Can I choose a platform like MT5 before learning about order types?

You can, but it is not useful. The platform lesson comes after order types because the differences between MT4, MT5 and cTrader only matter once you know what a market order, a limit order and a stop are. Choosing software first is a common distraction. Follow the route and pick a platform when you reach that lesson.

Is this route enough to start trading with real money?

It gives you the machinery: quotes, pip value, lot sizes, costs, margin, order types, risk per trade and position sizing. It does not teach a strategy or promise any result. After finishing, you will be able to place a sized trade on a demo account and understand what each number means. Whether to trade live is a separate decision that depends on your own circumstances and further practice.

Why does the route start with pressing Buy instead of explaining what a pip is?

Because vocabulary taught in the abstract is forgotten quickly. Pressing Buy shows the mechanics of a trade first, so words like pair, quote and pip have something concrete to attach to. Once you have seen an order go through, the later lessons make more sense. This order is deliberate and is the main reason the route works for beginners.

What should I have ready before starting the route?

A phone or laptop, an internet connection, and about an hour a day for two weeks. No prior knowledge of charts, orders or margin is assumed. You do not need money to deposit, because the first trade is on a demo account. Patience with arithmetic is helpful, especially for the lessons on pip value and position size.

The words used on this page

Pip
The smallest standard move in a currency pair's price. For USD/INR, one pip is usually 0.0001. The route teaches you to convert a pip into rupees so you can see what a price move is worth in money.
Lot
A standard unit of trade size. A standard lot is 100,000 units of the base currency, a mini lot is 10,000, and a micro lot is 1,000. The route shows how lot size changes the value of a pip.
Leverage
Borrowed money from your broker that lets you control a larger position than your deposit. It multiplies both gains and losses. The route explains it after costs so you understand what is being multiplied.
Margin
The portion of your account that is set aside as collateral when you open a leveraged trade. It is not a fee; it is locked while the trade is open. The route covers margin after leverage.
Stop loss
An order that closes your trade automatically at a chosen price to limit a loss. It is placed in advance and works even when you are not watching the screen. The route teaches it alongside take profit.
Position size
The number of lots you trade, calculated from your risk per trade and the distance to your stop loss. It is the last lesson because it uses every number from earlier lessons. Getting it right is central to managing risk.

What to take away

  • The two-week route is a fixed order of fourteen lessons that builds from pressing Buy to placing a sized demo trade.
  • Each lesson uses words the previous one defined, so following the order matters more than the pace.
  • You need no deposit to start; the first trade is on a demo account.
  • The route teaches the machinery of a trade, not a strategy or a promise of profit.
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