you can start with this:
School of Pipsology | Learn Forex Trading
preschool etc.
first of all, a thing to remember... it is geared toward forex (currency) trading and a bit biased towards it as well.
all the technical patterns and stuff they show you, u gotta remember nothing is 100%, just because a formation forms.. it doesn't mean the result will happen. it's just something to look out for.
same as fundamentals reasons (economics/news)... market doesnt react 100% the way u think it will.. sometimes it does the exact opposite. or i should say a lot of the times.
i know you're looking for actual like.. someone to show u a platform and where to click and all that. and how like... what orders mean and what buttons do what, and etc ... that's actually very easy and quick to learn.
honestly to start... just download any virtual trading.. or pick a stock u like.. anything.. can be anything since you're just "fantasy" trading.
say apple or something, just pull up the charts and start following news... and just trade it.
just u think it will go up or down? and just.. mark it down at what price u entered. and what price you got out.
maybe you'll hear news, and trade it. over the next while you might lose money... then u go back and wonder why it lost money, even if the news was good.
or u can even ask... then someone will explain their view as to why, someone else will explain their view as to why.
then you can research on what they say, and have your take on it.
reading charts and fundamental news is kinda like reading a crystal ball.
everyone will say something different.
you can show two technical traders the same charts.. and one could say buy and one could say sell, just because they see different things.
just start trading fake money... if u keep winning money, over and over again.. then whatever you're doing.. you're doing it right.
if u keep losing money... then you know you're doing it wrong... you could even use a simple strategy such as... do the opposite that i wanted to do. and if that starts making money... youre doing it right.
it's THAT simple..
people dont think it is, but literally its like going out into the playground and just... playing... everyone has their own way of playing.
if you make money... keep doing whatever you're doing. even if u don't know what it is.. if it keeps making money you're doing it right.
and vice versa.
thats why there's paper trading... you can just test anything that comes to mind. anything you can relate...
some people might have retarded rules like, if it closes down today, i will sell at open tomorrow, cuz likely hood of it going in the same direction twice in a row is high.
something like that! i know it sounds super elementary and like "no fuckin way" but u gotta remember:
the best strategies are usually the most simple ones.
one of the brokers at where i work tests all his clients... and shows them "how easy" trading can be.
he pulls up a line graph of some chart... he doesnt tell u what the chart is (it doesn't matter).
and he just keeps scrolling and you just say which direction its going.. and when u think it changes direction, you tell him.
so its like.. oh the lines going up.. up.. up up... oh its down.. down.. up up up..d own... down...
and after 1 year... guess what. 100% of the clients make money.
when i was in taiwan, at a trading firm watching guys hired off the street to become traders... most of these guys if not all have no background in finance or anything.
their strategies were almost the same... they use candle stick charts..and NO indicators... they just kept watching the direction of the chart and just traded..
they "felt out" with their intuition.. like a video game guessing which way the line is going.
and they make money. consistently.
I'm a technical trader.. im like 90% technical 10% fundamental.
what that means is i read charts. thats it. i rarely care about news (i watch out for reports).
i draw lines in charts and stare at charts for hours looking at patterns i can find and shapes and all that shit. and i make my decision based on that.
strykn there is almost all fundamentals, which is completely opposite of me. but yet we're both able to make money trading the same market.
you literally have to be thrown in the water, and u just figure it out... this is why they don't teach you this in school... it can't be taught.. there's no one way that is correct. it's very very subjective.
every way is correct. and every way is incorrect.
just download a paper trading program. pull up your favourite companies based on whatever you want, and trade... kinda like going into a casino... u just put your money on red or black or a number... and slowly figure out the roulette table..
some people write shit down, some people do it based on how many reds or blacks in a row (yes i know there's the mathematical sense behind each roll doesnt affect the next but im just using this for example sake), you just do.. what works for you. lol. it's almost retarded. it's like a grown up's version of a video game.