Start Here · Beginner · 5 min

How to learn with Wickwise: paths, levels, Chart Trainer

You can find your way around the course: the map, the learning paths, the five parts of a lesson and the checkpoints.

How this course works

Most people learn trading the hard way: random videos, a few tips from a forum, and the first real losses as teachers. Wickwise is built the other way round.

Every topic has a place on one map, every lesson follows the same short structure, and you can check what you understood right away. This lesson shows how the pieces fit, so you get the most out of the rest of the course. Everything is free, and you don't need an account to read.

Map, paths, levels

The course map. The course covers the world of tradable assets in 18 rubrics, from how markets work to technical analysis, strategy, risk and psychology. Each rubric is split into chapters, and every lesson is marked beginner, intermediate or pro. Lessons that are not written yet are shown as coming soon.

Learning paths. A path is a recommended route through the map. The start-here path, From zero to your first clean chart, takes complete beginners through seven stages in a sensible order: what is traded, how a price is made, where you trade, the big asset classes, reading charts, risk, and a reality check.

Checkpoints and levels. Some stages end with a checkpoint, a short test of one skill, such as naming candles or calculating a position size. Passing one marks a level, for example Level 1: Candle Reader. Levels stand for skills, not for time spent.

Every lesson, the same five parts. Why it matters, how it works, an example with simple numbers, the common mistakes, and one takeaway sentence. A short quiz follows, with instant feedback and an explanation for every answer.

The glossary. New terms appear in bold the first time and link to the glossary, often with a small diagram.

Sources and fact-checks. Every number, date or rule that is not basic textbook knowledge has a source listed at the end of the lesson, and every lesson is fact-checked before it goes live.

The Chart Trainer. Coming soon: short drills on charts, one skill at a time, such as tapping the high and the low of a candle.

One week, one stage

Say you have twenty minutes a day. A week on the start-here path might look like this:

Monday to Thursday: one lesson a day from the current stage, followed by its quiz.
Friday: reread the takeaways of the week and look up any glossary terms that still feel vague.
Weekend: open a free chart of any market and look for what you learned, for example the open and the close of a few candles.

At that pace the first stages take a few weeks, and the quizzes show you where to go back. If an answer surprises you, reread the part of the lesson it refers to before moving on. Learning here is not a race. The checkpoints and levels exist to show what you can actually do, not how fast you clicked through.

Common mistakes

Skipping the basics. Jumping straight to strategies is the most common way to misunderstand them later, even when the basics look easy.
Reading without checking. The quiz takes two minutes and shows what did not stick yet.
Treating examples as signals. Nothing in this course is a recommendation to buy or sell. Examples use fictional numbers unless a source is named.
Rushing the levels. A level means a skill you can repeat, not a box you ticked once.
Learning alone in your head. Look at real charts as you go. A concept you have found on a chart three times stays with you.

The takeaway

Follow the path, one lesson at a time. Check yourself with every quiz, and treat each level as a skill you can show, not a badge.

Check yourself

Quick quiz

4 questions. Instant feedback, nothing is saved.

1Where in a lesson do you find the one sentence worth remembering?

Every lesson ends with a takeaway: one to three sentences that sum it up.
2Tap the step where you check what you understood right after reading.

Tap the chart.

The quiz comes right after the lesson. It takes two minutes and shows what did not stick yet.
3What does a checkpoint on a learning path do?

Checkpoints test a skill, such as naming candles. Levels stand for skills you can show, not for time spent.
4Do you need an account to read Wickwise lessons?

All lessons are free and open. You don't need to sign up to read them.

of 4 correct.