Kudo Academy
Learn to trade, step by step
Short, structured lessons that build real understanding. Each one ends in a quick knowledge check and takes just a few minutes. Free, no sign-up, and your progress saves on this device.
Everything inside Kudo Academy
A full learning suite, free and open. No account, no paywall, and every lesson is a public page you can read right now.
Structured courses
Three guided paths and 17 micro-lessons, from first principles to managing risk.
Plain-English glossary
Nearly 150 trading terms, defined on tap inside every lesson.
Market videos
Analysis videos from the Kudo desk, alongside the written lessons.
Knowledge checks
A short quiz after almost every lesson, with instant feedback on every answer.
Live-price calculators
Try margin, position size and profit or loss on real prices inside the lesson.
Annotated diagrams
Candlesticks, support and resistance and order types, drawn out clearly.
Spaced review
Answered questions return on a 1, 3 and 7 day schedule, so what you learn stays learned.
Progress, streaks and XP
Pick up where you left off and keep a gentle daily learning streak.
Badges and certificates
Earn a badge and a printable certificate for each path you complete.
Cheat sheets
A one-page summary for each path that you can save as a PDF.
Education and research together
Pair these lessons with Kudo's live market research.
17 lessons
Start learning
Currency pairs
Begin with the foundations and build from there.
Forex Foundations
The building blocks: currency pairs, spreads, pips, lots, leverage and going long or short.
0 of 6 lessons
- Beginner6 min
Currency pairs
Why every forex price quotes one currency against another, and how to read a pair.
- Beginner6 min
Bid, ask and spread
The two prices in every quote, and the gap between them that is the cost of trading.
- Beginner5 min
Pips
The standard unit that price moves are measured in, and what a pip is worth.
- Beginner6 min
Lots
How position size is measured, from standard lots down to micro lots.
- Beginner8 min
Leverage and margin
How leverage sizes a position and how much margin it sets aside, with a live calculator.
- Beginner6 min
Going long vs short
Profiting from rising and falling markets, and what each direction really means.
Placing Your First Trade
From reading a chart to placing an order: order types, candlesticks, support and resistance, stops, targets and position sizing.
0 of 6 lessons
- Intermediate7 min
Order types
Market, limit and stop orders, and when each one is the right tool.
- Intermediate8 min
Reading candlesticks
What a candlestick shows about price, and the shapes worth knowing.
- Intermediate7 min
Support and resistance
The price levels where moves tend to pause or turn, and how to spot them.
- Intermediate8 min
Stops and targets
Deciding in advance where to exit a trade, for a loss or a gain.
- Intermediate9 min
Position sizing
Choosing a lot size that fits your risk, with a live lot-size calculator.
- Intermediate10 min
The practice sandbox
Open and close a simulated position on live prices, with nothing at stake.
Managing Risk
The skills that keep you in the game: risk per trade, risk-reward, leverage as risk, psychology and building a plan.
0 of 5 lessons
- Intermediate7 min
Risk per trade
Capping how much any single trade can cost you, and why it matters most.
- Intermediate7 min
Risk-reward ratio
Weighing what a trade can make against what it can lose.
- Intermediate8 min
Leverage as risk
Seeing leverage through the lens of risk, not just buying power.
- Intermediate7 min
Trading psychology
The habits and biases that trip up traders, and how to manage them.
- Intermediate9 min
Building a trading plan
Turning what you have learned into a simple, repeatable set of rules.
Your progress
Track your milestones, collect badges as you learn, and download a cheat sheet or a certificate for each path. Everything is saved on this device.
Badges
- First stepKeep learning to unlock.
- Quiz aceKeep learning to unlock.
- Three-day streakKeep learning to unlock.
- Concept masterKeep learning to unlock.
- FoundationsKeep learning to unlock.
- First tradeKeep learning to unlock.
- Risk managerKeep learning to unlock.
- Academy graduateKeep learning to unlock.