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Trading Skills Course

Study Method In-class, Online
Provider London Academy of Trading
Recognition CPD
Start Date Every Month
London Academy of Trading

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Course overview

Turn your interest in trading into an income stream with this four-week Trading Skills course from LAT. Choose the learning option that suits you best—online, face-to-face or a mix of both—and discover the fundamentals of trading on your schedule.

With close support and guidance from our expert tutors, you’ll be on your way to gaining a comprehensive understanding of financial markets, valuable techniques for trading in real-time becoming familiar with major players and the factors that drive market movements.

This course is suitable for recent graduates, mature students and anyone looking to trade their own funds for additional income. Whether you’re interested in commodities, stock indices, equities, forex or other assets, you’ll be on course for a smooth trading experience. And to ensure you complete this course with confidence, you have access to a real-time trading platform and our professional mentors 10 hours a day for 1:1 trading guidance.

Job outcomes

  • Finance Roles

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What you'll learn

  • Understand how fundamental, economic and political events influence financial markets
  • Trade multiple assets in real-time markets using an online trading platform
  • Use chart analysis to forecast financial market price behaviour
  • Explain how technical analysis strategies can be used to identify trading opportunities
  • Analyse the risks associated with retail and institutional trading
  • Assess how asset prices and trading performance can be affected by human psychology
  • Assess how asset prices and trading performance can be affected by human psychology

Recognitions

CPD

Accredited/ Certified by CPD

Study method

  • In-class In-class info icon
    In class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
  • Online Online info icon
    Online delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
  • Blended Blended info icon
    Blended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
  • Virtual Virtual info icon
    Virtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
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Duration study load

  • 4 Weeks

Delivery

We’ve kept our programmes flexible and accessible with online or on-campus delivery options to ensure your learning doesn’t get interrupted. This means you can extract maximum benefits from whichever course you choose. Pause and restart your course at any time, and if you fancy an upgrade, all you need to do is pay the difference in course fees.

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

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Course features

  • Pre-recorded Video Lectures
  • Interactive Daily Webinars (x3)
  • Copies of Lecture Slides
  • Reference Manuals
  • Online assistance available 10 hours/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.

Additional information

Our expert tutors

Studying with LAT means you’ll be taught by experienced traders and analysts from major financial institutions, including HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Bloomberg. You’ll get 1:1 access to our team of trading mentors ten hours a day to develop robust trading strategies and have all your questions answered. We also host three daily webinars where our experts analyse the markets and host discussions to enhance your learning and understanding.

Subjects

Core Units
Where to start?
  • Further understanding of the FX market
  • Currency comparisons
  • Fundamental and Economic Analysis
  • How and why this affects the markets
  • Checking daily macro news
  • How to prepare your day as a trader
Building a Trading Strategy
  • Fundamental or Technical approach?
  • Identifying a trade from conception to execution
  • Timeframe analysis
  • Risk management and lot sizing
Support and Resistance Analysis
  • Identifying major market levels – support/resistance/trend channel
  • Strength of major market levels
  • Potential market moves when approaching these levels
Analytical Tools
  • Using Japanese candlestick analysis to identify shifts in sentiment
  • Identifying price patterns and using them to identify possible targets
  • Introduction to Moving Averages
    • Identify underlying trends
    • Generating trading signals
Setting Targets and Applying Stop Losses
  • What are we trying to achieve from the markets?
  • Are our price targets realistic?
  • Reasons for stop levels – ensuring trades have time to develop
Understanding Your Emotions
  • Trading psychology
  • Understanding our natural human biases
  • Managing emotions when holding winning or losing positions

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Payment options

Course fees – From £1,899

  • No government funding available for this course

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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, will allow you to step onto the trading floor with all the tools you need to make sound, data-driven decisions. Since 2010, we have remained committed to our four pillars of knowledge: fundamental analysis, technical analysis, trading psychology and risk management. We are dedicated to guiding you through theoretical and practical applications of trading to help you succeed in this exciting environment.

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