Market Structure: The Foundations
Start with swing highs, swing lows and bullish, bearish or ranging structure.
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Lesson 01Market Structure: The Foundations
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Make sense of the swings.Illustrative
01 · Understand the structure
02 · Know the risk
03 · Build your process
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Gold position size exampleXAUUSD
Account balance$1,000
Risk budget1% · $10
Stop distance$10 / oz
Position size0.01 lots
100 oz per lot, USD account, excluding costs.
Mr WaleedForex trader & educator
A clear place to begin
Less guessing. More understanding.
You do not have to learn everything at once. Start with the chart, learn the risk, then build a routine you can review.
- 01
Understand the structure
Learn to read swings, trends and meaningful breaks.
- 02
Know the risk
Connect your stop distance with a position size.
- 03
Build your process
Use a written plan, a checklist and an honest review.
Make sense of the swings.
Higher highs. Higher lows. A starting point for understanding an uptrend.
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BOS & CHoCH: Reading a Structural Break
Explore Break of Structure and Change of Character through chart examples.
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Internal & External Structure
Study internal and external breaks alongside valid retracement concepts.
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Measure before you act
Your risk. Your numbers.
Give your trading plan a position size. Start with the Gold lot-size calculator, then explore the growing calculator library.
- Account balance
- $1,000
- Risk budget
- 1% · $10
- Stop distance
- $10 / oz
Position size0.01 lots
Illustration: 100 oz per lot, USD account, excluding costs. Your broker specifications may differ.
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A trader. An educator. Always learning.
I’m Mr Waleed. I trade forex and gold, and share what I learn through clear, practical education on YouTube.
My focus is on understanding market structure, respecting risk and developing a repeatable decision-making process. The aim is to help you ask better questions about your charts and your own decisions.
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Your learning journey
5 phases to build a clearer trading process.
A suggested learning roadmap. Explore the free resources at each stage and progress at your own pace.
Build your foundation.
Start with the language of the market, then build confidence with the basics.
- Candles, prices and key trading terms
- Forex and Gold fundamentals
- A clear place to begin learning
Make sense of structure.
Understand the context behind the candles before looking for an entry.
- Swing highs, swing lows and trends
- BOS and CHoCH explained
- Points of interest and chart context
Put a number on risk.
Connect your stop distance, account balance and position size before placing a trade.
- Know the risk behind a position
- Understand your broker specifications
- Use the Gold and risk/reward tools
Practise with a plan.
Turn the concepts into a written process and work through it in a demo environment.
- Define your setup and invalidation
- Practise with clear entry rules
- Record screenshots and decisions
Review. Refine. Repeat.
Use your notes to understand your decisions and improve the way you practise.
- Review whether you followed your rules
- Notice recurring habits and mistakes
- Choose one improvement to work on
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Market Structure in Trading: A Beginner’s Guide
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Where should a beginner start?
Start with the free beginner roadmap, then work through the market structure lessons. Practise the ideas before considering real-money trading.
Are the free lessons in English?
The website is in English. Mr Waleed’s YouTube lessons are primarily explained in Urdu and Roman Urdu/English trading terms.
What does the recorded course cost?
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