Beginner Guides

Starting points for new traders

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School of Pipsology

BabyPips.com
★★★★ 4.3/5 Essential
The undisputed champion of free forex education for beginners.

Varsity

Zerodha
★★★ 3.9/5 Recommended
Comprehensive free trading education. India-centric framing, globally applicable concepts.

r/RealDayTrading Wiki

Reddit Community
★★★ 3.8/5 Recommended
Community-built but genuinely strong day trading methodology. Free and opinionated.

Finance & Capital Markets

Khan Academy
★★★ 3.4/5 Mixed
Excellent financial literacy. Stops well short of anything applicable to active trading.

Trading Guides

Rayner Teo / TradingwithRayner
★★★★★ 3.2/5 Mixed
Polished free content that's ultimately a funnel for paid courses.

TradingView Education Hub

TradingView
★★★★★ 3.1/5 Mixed
Great platform tutorials. Actual trading education content is hit-or-miss.

Complete Guides

Investopedia
★★★★★ 3.0/5 Mixed
Financial dictionary, not trading education. SEO-optimised, not trader-optimised.

FXCM Trading Guides

FXCM
★★★★ 2.9/5 Mixed
Accurate but transparently designed to funnel readers into opening an account.

Day Trading for Dummies

Ann C. Logue
★★★★ 2.8/5 Mixed
Decent business logistics section. Skip the strategy chapters entirely.

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki
★★★★ 2.5/5 Skip It
Gets one thing right (assets vs liabilities) and almost everything else wrong.

Currency Trading for Dummies

Kathleen Brooks & Brian Dolan
★★★★ 2.5/5 Skip It
Dated, generic, and surpassed by free alternatives. Poor value.