The XLT – Stock Trading course blends two types of sessions in a very structured environment. Lesson sessions make up approximately 40% of the course curriculum. Each lesson focuses on teaching a specific concept that continues your trading education. Trading and Analysis sessions make up the remaining 60% of the course curriculum and apply the knowledge you have gained in live market conditions. Trading and Analysis sessions are conducted during active market hours with the purpose of identifying real trading opportunities using a very objective rule-based strategy.
Forty-two sessions are delivered over a 12-week period, with each session lasting approximately 2 hours in length. Lesson sessions repeat every 12-weeks, providing solid learning reinforcement. Each Trading and Analysis session is unique as the instructor and students, together, proactively and dynamically respond to live-market conditions.
COURSE OUTLINE
The following detailed outline contains the topics and subtopics covered in the XLT-Stock Trading course
Week 1: Supply and Demand
* Quantifying demand and supply
* Quantifying a supply and demand imbalance for opportunity
* Understanding who is on the other side of your trade
* Psychology
Week 2: Trend and Time Frames
* Identifying trend stages
*How trends act in multiple timeframes
* How to understand turning points in trends
Week 3: Odds Enhancers
* Strength of a level
* Profit margins/risk and reward
* Time and price
Week 4: Risk Management
* Using a stages progression to minimize your risk
* How to position size your trades correctly
* Where does risk come from and how to reduce it
Week 5: Gaps
* Trading Gaps
* Professional Gaps
* Novice Gaps
Week 6: Trade Plan Development Part 1
* Developing the core components of your trade plan
Week 7: Scanning for Opportunities
* The "Top down Approach"
* Sources for opportunities
Week 8: Candlestick Patterns
* Identification of Common Candlestick Patterns
* Trading Signals of the Patterns
* Using Patterns to Confirm Supply and Demand
Week 9: Moving Averages
* Moving Averages as Support and Resistance
* Trading the Trend with Moving Averages
* Stops and Risk Management with Moving Averages
Week 10: Indicators
* In Depth signals for momentum indicators
* Positive and negative divergence
* Use of Indicators to confirm supply and demand
Week 11: Oscillators
* Identifying Turning Points with Oscillators
* Adapting Oscillators for Trends
* Use of Oscillators to confirm supply and demand
Week 12: Trade Plan Development Part 2
* Polishing the core components of your trade plan
* Additional components to add to your plan
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