Beginners

Type any market, pick Long or Short, and Tradzy grades it A+ to F, explains why in plain words, plans your size and tracks the trade to its stop or target.

A realistic, no-hype guide to starting day trading in 2026 — capital requirements, choosing a market, risk rules, and the habits that actually separate survivors from blown accounts.

The PDT rule and $25K minimum ended June 4, 2026. What replaced it, the broker phase-in to October 2027, and what still applies.

How the ATO decides whether your trading profits count as business income or capital gains, and what that means for day traders and CFD traders in Australia.

A plain-English explanation of CFD trading — how leverage, margin, and going long or short actually work, plus the regions where CFDs are legal and how they're regulated.

What makes crypto day trading different from stocks or forex — 24/7 markets, volatility, exchange risk — and how to start without the common beginner mistakes.

How forex trading sessions work, which currency pairs are best for beginners, and the leverage and risk realities specific to forex day trading.

A foundational guide to reading a trading chart — candlesticks, timeframes, support/resistance, and trend structure — before adding any indicators.

A plain-English comparison of Australia's ASIC, the UK's FCA, and the US SEC/FINRA — leverage limits, retail protections, and what actually changes depending on where you trade from.

How ASX day trading actually works — session hours, settlement, volatility patterns, and what Australian beginners need to know before their first trade.

How MiFID II shapes forex trading for EU retail clients — leverage limits, mandatory risk warnings, best execution rules, and what to check before choosing a broker.

The real practical differences between swing trading and day trading — time commitment, capital requirements, and which one actually matches different lifestyles and risk tolerances.

Realistic capital requirements for day trading by market — US equities, forex, and crypto — plus why the honest answer is about risk management, not a magic number.

How to evaluate an ASIC-regulated forex broker in Australia — what ASIC regulation actually guarantees, and the practical factors that matter beyond the regulatory badge.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs changed everything. Learn how institutional flows affect price. — capital requirements, choosing a market, risk rules, and the habits that actually separate survivors from blown accounts.

The math does not lie. Calculate realistic capital requirements for income. — capital requirements, choosing a market, risk rules, and the habits that actually separate survivors from blown accounts.

Trading influencers promise Lambos and easy profits. Heres how to separate educators from scammers. — capital requirements, choosing a market, risk rules, and the habits that actually separate survivors from blown accounts.

Payment for order flow lets brokers sell your trade data. Learn how it works. — capital requirements, choosing a market, risk rules, and the habits that actually separate survivors from blown accounts.

Learn the exact ChatGPT prompts hedge fund analysts use for earnings analysis, sentiment scoring, and risk assessment in 2027.

What a stock market index is, how the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow are built, why they diverge, and how traders trade them.

What bullish and bearish mean, how to spot each on a chart, bull vs bear markets, and how to trade both directions without guessing.

How to short a stock step by step: margin, borrowing shares, borrow fees, the uptick rule, short squeezes, and safer alternatives.

How to paper trade properly: where to practise, the traps that make simulated results lie, and a checklist for when to go live.

How pre-market and after-hours trading work: session times, wider spreads, limit-only orders, earnings gaps, and key levels to watch.

What trading is and how markets work: bids and asks, the main markets, trading styles, how traders make and lose money, how to start.

US stock market hours in every time zone, pre-market and after-hours sessions, and 2026–2027 holidays and early closes.

A 10-minute checklist to find out why stocks are falling today: futures, yields, the dollar, data, earnings, breadth and the VIX.

A step-by-step plan to start trading from zero: pick a market and style, open the right account, paper trade, and go live safely.

Stop vs stop-limit orders with examples: what happens in gaps and fast markets, and when to use each for exits and entries.

The best trading books by topic (psychology, technical analysis, strategy, options, risk and quant) with what each teaches and the order to read them.

Set up TradingView paper trading step by step: place market, limit, stop and bracket orders, reset your balance, and use Bar Replay.

When trading is gambling and when it isn't: expected value, edge, risk control, warning signs, and how to make trading measurable.

How margin trading works: initial and maintenance margin, buying power, interest, margin calls with a worked example, and safe-use rules.

How trailing stops work, with examples: dollar, percentage, ATR and structure trails, gaps, and how to pick a trail that lets winners run.