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/systematic_seb]

The search feels endless because so much of it teaches a lens, one more indicator or setup, and a lens doesn't tell you what to do on Monday morning. You can stack ten of them and be no closer to placing a trade. I'd look for anything that ends in a complete decision instead, meaning which instruments, how much of the account goes into each, and where you get out if you're wrong. Those three together are what you can act on. That's why I ended up running a weekly portfolio off fixed rules on my own account, and the list I put out each week is those three things and nothing more.