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Twenty-five short lessons take you from what trading is to your first practice trade, on a Vantage demo account linked to MetaTrader 5, with money you cannot lose. Read them in order, and do the one thing each lesson asks for at the end.
Educational trade idea, not financial advice. CFDs are leveraged and most retail traders lose money. We are an independent Vantage partner and earn a commission if you trade via our link.
Fake money, real live prices, zero risk. Vantage calls it a demo account.
- 1
Before you start (lessons 1 to 5)
What trading is, what investing is, why most people lose, how we get paid, and the risk warning explained in plain words.
- 2
The markets (lessons 6 to 13)
Gold, crypto and forex, what a CFD is, what a broker does, spread, lots, leverage, liquidation and swaps, each one with numbers.
- 3
Set up (lessons 14 to 19)
Open the Vantage demo account, install the app and MetaTrader 5, link them step by step, set up TradingView, and verify and deposit only when the checklist says so.
- 4
Reading charts (lessons 20 to 25)
Candles, timeframes, buy and sell, order types, and your first practice trade with a stop loss you worked out yourself.
You can read the lessons without a demo account, but you cannot practise without one, and the practice is where the learning happens. The Vantage demo account lasts 30 days and you can reset it in the app.