Learn: a beginner track for Australian retail traders

Nine short lessons (about 5 minutes each) with a checklist and a quiz. Progress is saved only in this browser.

General education only. Nothing here is financial, tax or legal advice. Tax and market rules change; always check official sources.

1. Lesson 1 · 4 min

   What paper trading is (and isn’t)

   Practise with virtual money on real prices, and know what that can and can’t teach you.

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2. Lesson 2 · 5 min

   How the ASX works

   Trading hours, auctions, settlement and costs for Australian shares and ETFs.

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3. Lesson 3 · 6 min

   Reading charts and indicators

   Candles, volume, moving averages, RSI and Bollinger Bands, and their limits.

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4. Lesson 4 · 5 min

   Order types: market, limit, stop

   How to enter and exit, and what gaps and slippage do to your orders.

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5. Lesson 5 · 6 min

   Position sizing and risk

   Decide how much to lose before you enter, then size the trade to match.

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6. Lesson 6 · 5 min

   Journaling and measuring results

   Win rate, average R and expectancy, and why sample size matters.

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7. Lesson 7 · 4 min

   Costs, slippage and currency

   The real-world frictions a paper account leaves out.

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8. Lesson 8 · 5 min

   Tax basics (general information only)

   A plain-English overview of how Australian tax can apply to share and crypto trading. Not tax advice.

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9. Lesson 9 · 5 min

   Moving to real money safely

   Scams, licensing, leverage and starting small, with pointers to ASIC’s MoneySmart.

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