Same candles. Different rules.
Chart-reading transfers everywhere — but leverage, hours, costs, and risk change per market. Pick your arena; each module shows how a trade actually works, what it costs you, and the honest math of winning.
Stocks
Beginner friendlyYou own a piece of a company. Leverage: none by default. Risk: slow, visible, survivable. The place almost everyone should learn in first.
market vs limit orders · trading hours · position sizing
Options
Leverage + expiryContracts, not shares. Defined-risk plays or account-killers — the difference is one click. The P/L diagrams make it click in minutes.
calls vs puts · hockey-stick P/L · theta decay · breakeven
Forex
24 hours · leveragedCurrencies in pairs — every trade is long one and short the other. Open around the clock; the session clock tells you when it actually moves.
pairs & pips · session clock · lots & leverage
Binary options
Know the math firstA fixed bet: right or wrong, nothing between. Simple to understand, brutal to win — the breakeven math is on the page, in the open.
payout anatomy · the 52% wall · broker red flags