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Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Financial Trading
Introduction
Welcome to the Level 5 Diploma - What to Expect (1:37)
How to Get the Most From This Course (1:47)
Your Study Schedule & Time Commitment
Join the Community (3:03)
Setting Up Your Demo Trading Account
Section summary
Unit 1 - Principles of Financial Trading
Principles of Financial Trading Overview
What is a Financial Market?
Introduction to Financial Markets
Introduction, Essay Overview and Timeline & Portfolio Start (62:38)
How to fill in your assessment portfolio (18:36)
Portfolio Boost, Pivots and Trading on the E2T Platform (63:49)
Q&A on Trade Execution (61:31)
News Trading (125:38)
News Trading and Risk Management (114:05)
Role of a Financial Trader
Investment Banks
Mutual Funds
Institutional Investors
Market Makers
Arbitrage
Assessment Submission
Unit 2 - Financial Markets, Futures Markets & Exchanges Overview
Types of Financial Markets
The Origins of the Futures Market
The Futures Market
Types of futures trading
The Main Futures exchanges
Trading exchanges
FX Futures
Bond Futures
Index Futures
Commodities Futures
Assessment Submission
Unit 3 - Shares, Forex & Indices
Shares, Forex, Indices Overview (11:45)
What are Shares?
What is Forex? (1:40)
What are Indices? (8:47)
Assessment - Understand the operation of index markets and associated risk
Assessment - Understand the operation of foreign exchange trading and associated risk
Assessment Submission
Unit 4 - Commodities & Interest Rate Products
Commodities & Interest Rate Products Overview (11:02)
What are commodities?
Assessment - Understand the operation of the commodities market and associated risk
Interest Rates
STIRS Futures (8:18)
STIRS Essay & Portfolio Boost for End of Day Reviews (58:29)
Assessment - Understand the operation of Short Term Interest Rates (STIRS) and associated risk
Assessment Submission
Unit 5 - Options
Options Overview (8:41)
Options (4:57)
Options Essay and Option Expiry (53:32)
Assessment - Understand the operation of options and potential risk
Assessment Submission
Unit 6 - Bonds & Derivatives
Bonds & Derivatives Overview (12:00)
Bond Essay (53:17)
Types of Spreads
Price and yield
Trading Government Bonds
Types of Bonds by issuer
Quiz
Assessment - Understand the operation of different types of bond trading and associated financial risk
Derivatives Essay & Portfolio Requirements for this weekend's submission (56:59)
Assessment - Understand how derivatives markets operate and how to analyse the market components
Assessment Submission
Unit 7 - Trading Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies Overview (13:36)
What are Cryptocurrencies
Crypto Essay (35:57)
Different Ways To Trade Crypto's
How to analyse the Crypto Market (84:39)
How to research and buy low value tokens (26:53)
Dangers of trading Cryptocurrencies
IQA Questionnaire – Mandatory Requirement
Assessment - Crypto currencies
Assessment Submission
Unit 8 - CFDs & Spread Betting
Spread Betting and CFD trading
What is spread betting?
What are contract for difference (CFD's)
How CFDs differ from spread betting
MT4
Assessment Submission
Unit 9 - Executing Orders and Managing Risk
What is an order
Using stop losses
How are orders executed (1:27)
What is leverage (2:50)
Margin calls
How to manage your Risk (16:52)
Assessment - Executing orders and leverage
Assessment Submission
Unit 10 - Fundamental analysis
What is Fundamental analysis
Why is it used
Fundamentals
Central Banks
Economics 1
Economics 2
Economics 3
Assessment Submission
Unit 11 - Fundamental Analysis: Trading the News & Assessment
Understanding how to Trade the Economic Calendar ( FOMC and NFP) (14:33)
FOMC (89:46)
Trade Examples
Implementing strategies on news (advanced)
How to Trade Earnings of (Large % Weight Companies) (46:30)
Why are newsfeeds and twitter important?
IQA Questionnaire – Mandatory Requirement
Assessment - Understand fundamental macro and micro economic analysis in relation to financial market trading
Assessment Submission
Unit 12 - Technical Analysis: Foundations
What is Technical analysis
Candle Sticks
Leading Indicators (4:55)
Support and Resistance (2:01)
How to trade support and resistance
Breakouts
Trends and Channels
Reversals
Assessment Submission
Unit 13 - Technical Analysis: Chart Patterns
Ascending and Descending Wedges
Head and Shoulders breakout strategy - Advanced (12:03)
Chart pattern analysis: Continuation and Consolidation
Continuation Patterns (49:07)
Triangles, Double Bottom and Double Top
Point & Figure
Assessment Submission
Unit 14 - Technical Analysis: Indicators
Moving Averages (52:43)
Moving Averages, Bollinger Bands and RSI
RSI and why we use TA (51:52)
Assessment Submission
Unit 15 - Technical Analysis: Advanced TA & Order Flow
Fibonacci Retracement
CVD and Fibonacci (59:02)
Harmonic Price Patterns
Stochastic Steps
Volatility Time Bands
Peak Exit Indicators
Market Profile (10:14)
Market Profile & Scalping (16:29)
Order Flow / Footprint Charts (52:34)
Volume Profile (58:25)
Volume Profile Settings, Bookmap & TA Essay (47:34)
ICT Turtle Soup (46:19)
Assessment Submission
Unit 16 - Technical Analysis: Applied TA & Review
Trends & Patterns with Portfolio Boost (57:44)
Month End/Beginning Flows & Portfolio Boost (58:45)
Trading View run through (60:28)
Alternative Technical Analysis Strategies
Technical Analysis - Who uses it and why?
Assessment - Understand technical analysis of financial market trading
Technical Analysis Weekly Webinars (1539:59)
Trading Log (59:43)
Assessment Submission
Unit 17 - Trading Psychology: Foundations & Emotional Control
Psychology
Market Psychology
Psychology 2: Behavioural Science
Controlling emotions that hold you back
Controlling emotions that entice you to trade
Controlling emotions that cloud your judgement
Common trading mistakes
Assessment Submission
Unit 18 - Trading Psychology: Applied Psychology & Risk
Psychology 3: Visualisation & Self Talk
Psychology of Optimism
Trade Execution
Risk & Money Management
Assessment -Trading psychology
Assessment Submission
Unit 19 - Financial Planning and Money Management
What is a Trading plan (56:04)
How to make a trading plan
What is risk management
Ways to manage your risk
IQA Questionnaire – Mandatory Requirement
Assessment Submission
Final Assessment Criteria
Be able to analyse financial market data and trading patterns whilst understanding the greater macro and micro economic environment
Be able to trade a multitude of futures asset class products
Understand both market psychology and individual trading psychology
Upload Essays and Portfolio's to Tutor
Bonus Unit 1 - Regulation & Compliance in Financial Markets
Why Regulation Exists in Financial Markets
Understanding the FCA and Its Regulatory Structure
FCA Authorisation and What It Means for Traders
Consumer Duty and the New Regulatory Landscape
Leverage Rules and Retail Client Protections
Market Abuse, Insider Trading, and Financial Crime
GDPR, Data Protection, and Client Privacy in Finance
Building Your Personal Compliance Framework
Bonus Unit 2 - Macroeconomics: Monetary Policy, Global Markets & Economic Analysis
Introduction to Macroeconomics and the Trading Environment
Central Banks and Their Role in Financial Markets
Interest Rates and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism
Inflation, Deflation, and Their Impact on Asset Prices
Reading the Economic Data Calendar
Currency Markets and Macroeconomic Drivers
Asset Class Rotation and the Economic Cycle
Building a Macro-Informed Trade Framework
Bonus Unit 3 - Prop Firm Evaluation Prep
What is Prop Trading and How Evaluation Works
Decoding Evaluation Rules and Challenge Requirements
Drawdown Management Strategies for Evaluation Accounts
Strategy Selection for Prop Firm Consistency
Consistency Rules and Daily Performance Targets
Managing Psychological Pressure During Evaluation
Choosing and Vetting a Reputable Prop Firm
Mock Evaluation: Simulated Trading Challenge
Bonus Unit 4 - AI Tools and Modern Platforms in Trading
The AI Revolution in Financial Markets
AI-Powered Chart Pattern Recognition and Analysis
Sentiment Analysis Tools and News Aggregators
AI-Assisted Strategy Development and Optimisation
Automated Trading Platforms and Bot Integration
Ethics, Bias, and Regulation of AI in Trading
Building Your Practical AI Workflow
Assessment Prep: Evaluating AI Tools Critically
Bonus Unit 5 - Introduction to Algorithmic and Systematic Trading
What is Algorithmic Trading and Who Uses It
The Spectrum: From Discretionary to Fully Automated
Building Blocks of a Trading Algorithm
Backtesting Systematic Strategies
Risk Management in Systematic Trading
Psychological Dangers of Algorithmic Dependency
Designing Your System Logic Map
Assessment Prep: Evaluating AI Tools Critically
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