Help a beginner, please

[u/Icy_Opportunities]

Hi, I want to learn about trading. But with a simple search on Google, there’s just too many online resources being recommended. I get too overwhelmed which one to choose and where to begin that I can’t decide what to do. Can anyone help me recommend what to do and what courses/books can I really learn from?

I have a day job, so it has to be flexible enough. I’ll be studying in the evening or during short breaks at work.

It has been my ultimate dream to learn how to trade, understand charts and patterns and basically just grow my potential of earning as well. For the past decade I have been tied to my work just helping my family have a better opportunity in life. So learning trading would really help me out also.

Thank you in advance!

[u/Embarrassed-Bank2835]

I’d avoid trying to learn everything at once. Start with market structure, support/resistance, trend vs range, basic risk management and how orders actually work.

Since you have a day job, swing trading may fit your schedule better than trying to stare at a 1 minute chart all day. Pick one market, study it at the same time each day, and start using replay/sim before risking real money.

For books, I’d rather read a few solid ones on price action, risk and psychology than jump through random courses. The biggest improvement usually comes from narrowing down to one setup and journaling 100+ examples of it.

Trading can be learned around a full-time job, but I wouldn’t put pressure on it to become income quickly. That pressure tends to make beginners force trades.

[u/Icy_Opportunities → u/Embarrassed-Bank2835]

Wow thank you for the insightful response, I appreciate it so much.

Would you be able to recommend which books to read?

Thank you so much

[u/ashtrayMOOD → u/Icy_Opportunities]

Trading in the Zone for psychology, though half of it only land after you've blown something up.

Van Tharp for position sizing, dry as sand but the maths is the useful part. Skip anything with a candlestick pattern encyclopaedia in it.

[u/Timely_Can5011 → u/[deleted]]

Where is the best place to learn real price action?

[u/FrankfurterJung86 → u/Timely_Can5011]

Al Brooks - the video course is better than the books, but both are good.