Not how long -- What is the syllabus?

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I see a lot of discussion this afternoon around 'How long will it take to become profitable' or 'How will I know when I 'get it'?"

I'm not sure there is much value in that question though.. If the answer is reported as '5 years', are you going to train for 5 years and then quit if you're not profitable? Are you going to become profitable in 1 year and assume you've gotten there early so stop learning?

Some people learn English faster than others, some learn Mathematics faster than others.. A syllabus for math might look like this:

1 - Arithmetic

2 - Algebra

3 - Calculus

4 - Differential Equations

5 - Eigen Values and Linear Algebra

6 - ?


For the benefit of those asking the 'how long' questions, I wonder if we might get some people to chime in on


-- What is the syllabus for learning to trade?

 

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I've only been at this for a few weeks myself, but just to setup the template. Here is what it *might* look like. Anyone want to try their own syllabus?

A - Fundamentals
1 - Basics of Supply and Demand

2 - Market structure and participants, what happens when you place an order

3 - Candlestick charts

4 - Trendlines

5 - Volume

6 - Indicators


B - Strategy
7 - Orders - Stop/Loss, Take Profit, etc

8 - Trading plans and Discipline

9 - Sizing up, Scaling out

10 - ?


I could see that being a decent start. Not sure how anyone could go about putting time estimates against that though..