Course overview
If you are keen to understand the factors which cause shifts and fluctuations in global financial markets, you’re in the right place! Take the opportunity to increase the strength of your CV and gain new skills and knowledge with LAT – an accredited institution that’s been sharing trading knowledge for 10 years via its recognised courses.
The Advanced Trading Course is the academy’s pre-eminent programme and you don’t need any prior knowledge to sign up for it, although some awareness will be useful. The programme starts with an introduction to the financial markets and an overview of the essentials of trading before exploring macroeconomic events and how they impact global markets.
You’ll learn how to build a strong, profitable trading strategy with an in-depth insight into technical analysis tools. You’ll also explore trading psychology and risk management to understand how human emotions can influence financial decisions. Whether you’re looking to trade commodities, stock indices, individual equities, forex or something else – LAT lets you decide and offers insights into all the different assets and how they’re associated to ensure you have the necessary skills for trading.
Upon completion, you’ll receive a Level 5 Diploma in Applied Financial Trading.
Begin Your Journey Today and Become an Expert in Trading in 12 Weeks.
Choose whether to study online, on-campus, or via a blended combination of the two. We offer a range of flexible study options to allow you to study around your commitments.
During the course, you will have access to real-time trading platforms and LAT mentors are available 10 hours a day for 1-2-1 trading guidance.
What you'll learn
- To provide the knowledge and skills to trade profitably in financial markets
- To provide a comprehensive understanding of how fundamental and technical analysis are used in real life situations by financial market professionals
- To teach students how to apply this academic knowledge to manage risk and build reliable strategies for trading real-time financial markets
- To introduce students to market-leading software, data and applications from our technology partners
- To demonstrate the importance of trading psychology and strong mental control when trading
- To educate students to the standard required to pass the Level 5 Diploma in Applied Financial Trading
Recognition
Study method
- Blended
- In-class
- Online
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Duration study load
- 12 Weeks
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for all LAT programmes:
- A completed and signed application form
- A copy of your passport/proof of ID / Birth Certificate
- Entry requirements for all LAT programmes of two weeks or more:
- A scanned copy of a recent passport-sized colour photograph
- Proof of education qualifications
- Proof of English proficiency, if required
- Note: All documents are to be provided in English. Where documents are not in English, you will also need to provide a certified translation of any such documents.
International Students
- Scanned copies of your diplomas and certified translation
- Scanned copies of your certified transcripts
- Proof of English language proficiency IELTS 5.5 or equivalents
- Candidates who studied for an undergraduate degree in the medium of English in a majority English – speaking country can provide a letter from their university confirming this as evidence of their English proficiency.
All other students:
- A minimum level 3 qualification or an interview with our Academic Dean, Paddy Osborn
- Fully completed LAT application form
Course features
- Accredited Qualification
- Pre-recorded Video Lectures
- Interactive Daily Webinars
- Copies of Lecture Slides
- Reference Manuals
- Online Assistance 10 hrs/day
- Real-time Trading Platform
- The LAT faculty is comprised of experienced traders and analysts from major financial institutions including HSBC, Bank of America and Bloomberg. Our team of tutors and trade mentors are available 10 hours a day to provide 1-2-1 help and guidance on any aspect of our courses. We also host three webinars every day in which the experts analyse the markets, answer questions and stimulate discussions to enhance the learning process.
Testimonials
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Leila HardyAdvanced Trading Course"I completed the online 12-week advanced trading course (with 5 days on campus). I was a complete novice and the course gave me a good foundation and a keen interest to learn more (and going on future courses). I particularly liked the flexible learning structure (to fit in with my job and other commitments). In fact, I was able to pause the course for a month. The assignments were crucial in improving my understanding of the topics, which in turn helped with my trading strategy. The tutors were very helpful and I received a lot of feedback, especially during the on-campus days. I will definitely return for additional courses and for trading reviews with the tutors."
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OlivierAdvanced Trading Course"I am very happy with the 3-month course at LAT. It has been a great experience and valuable knowledge has been gained with the help of great mentors. I am now confident trading financial markets by myself objectively and have the know-how to not only create but also improve self-made strategies with the goal of remaining objective and eliminating emotions while trading. It is difficult to find a high-quality course on trading as many courses are selling you a dream lifestyle around trading. But at LAT, you will learn valuable knowledge and an effective approach around trading. "
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CharlesAdvanced Trading Course"Taking the Level 5 Diploma is the best investment I have made...the course very comprehensively covers both fundamental and technical analysis, with real-life/ real-time examples...Apart from the daily webinars, I also got 1-2-1 sessions with the tutors...to have my questions answered. The tutors are knowledgeable and super patient. They are traders themselves so the set-ups and examples they use are directly relevant and up-to-date. "
Flexible study options
With students in mind, we offer flexibility with all of our courses. We have developed our delivery methods to enable continued interaction for all students, to enable you to extract the maximum benefit from whichever course you choose.
- Choose to study online, on-campus or via a blended combination
- You can pause and restart your course at any time
- We offer the option to pay for your course in instalments with 0% interest
- You can upgrade from one course to another by just paying the difference in course fees, not the whole fees for both courses
Subjects
- Understanding of the FX market
- Currency comparisons
- Fundamental, Political and Macroeconomic Analysis
- How and why this affects the markets
- Checking daily macro news
- Fundamental or Technical approach?
- Identifying a trade from conception to execution
- Timeframe analysis
- Risk management and lot sizing
- Identifying major market levels – support, resistance, trends and channels
- Strength of major market levels
- Potential market moves when approaching these levels
- Setting price targets and stop losses
- Are our price targets realistic?
- Reasons for stop levels – ensuring trades have enough time to develop
- Using Japanese candlestick analysis to identify shifts in sentiment
- Identifying price patterns and using them to identify possible market levels
- Introduction to Moving Averages and MACD
- Identify underlying trends
- Generating trading signals
- Bollinger Bands
- Volume and On-Balance-Volume analysis
- Oscillators and Momentum Indicators
- Construction and interpretation of RSI and stochastics
- Trading psychology – understanding our natural human biases
- Managing emotions when holding winning or losing positions
- Structured S-T-E-M approach
- Straddle trade
- Pivot point trading
- Holy Grail trade
About London Academy of Trading
The London Academy of Trading (LAT) is an award-winning, dual-accredited provider of financial trading education and was the first academy in the UK to offer accredited and regulated qualifications in trading. We pride ourselves on providing practical and vocational trading training courses, developed to help individuals to invest or trade in financial markets, or for those looking to enhance their employment opportunities within financial markets.
We help our learners apply their knowledge in a real-world, real-time environment, understanding the fundamental and practical aspects of trading. Since our creation in 2010, we have focused on four specific pillars of knowledge to help students improve their skills and understanding: fundamental analysis, technical analysis, trading psychology and risk management.
