Trading Foundations Hub

The foundation of all trading knowledge. Master these before moving to strategies.

Core Concepts

1. Market Structure

Market-Structure - The backbone of all analysis.

• Trends (up/down/sideways)
• Support and resistance
• Swing highs and lows
• Structure patterns

2. Volatility

Volatility - Understanding price movement.

• ATR indicator
• Bollinger Bands
• Volatility cycles
• Position sizing with volatility

3. Liquidity

Liquidity - Understanding order flow.

• Order pools
• Stop hunting
• Smart money concepts
• Liquidity zones

4. Timeframes

Timeframes - Chart hierarchy.

• Multi-timeframe analysis
• Choosing your timeframe
• Higher/lower timeframe trading

5. Order Types

Order-Types - Execution.

• Market orders
• Limit orders
• Stop orders
• OCO orders

Quick Start

New to Trading?

Week 1: [[foundations/Market-Structure]]
Week 2: [[foundations/Volatility]]
Week 3: [[foundations/Liquidity]]
Week 4: [[foundations/Timeframes]]

Review Basics?

1. Read: [[foundations/Market-Structure]]
2. Practice: Demo trading
3. Apply: [[strategies/index.md]]

Concepts Build On Each Other

Foundations
    ↓
Market Understanding ← [[foundations/Liquidity]]
    ↓
Strategy ← [[foundations/Volatility]]
    ↓
Execution ← [[foundations/Order-Types]]

Key Topics

Market Structure

• trending-markets - Trends
• ranging-markets - Ranges
• support-resistance - S/R

Volatility

• atr-average-true-range - ATR
• bollinger-bands - Bands
• high-volatility - High volatility

Liquidity

• stop-liquidity - Stop liquidity
• order-blocks - Order blocks
• how-liquidity-drives-price - Flow

Timeframes

• multi-timeframe-analysis - MTF
• which-timeframe-should-you-trade - Choose

Related Sections

• index.md — Apply to markets
• index.md — Technical analysis
• index.md — Build strategies
• index.md — Manage risk

Master foundations first.