Initial Training

Created by industry professionals, the training provides access to a solid foundation, forming a base of essential knowledge to start trading, promoting a rational and responsible approach.

Understanding the fundamentals of financial markets
Mastering the fundamentals of financial markets, including the mechanics of futures contracts, is of paramount importance to understand the financial environment as a whole.

Knowing how to use the main professional tools
Mastering professional tools such as the Market Profile and the order book is essential to get a clear view of trading activity.

Risk management and money management
Money management is the key element of profitability in financial markets. This skill guarantees a judicious allocation of resources, thus ensuring a sustainable approach to financial operations.

Setups and configurations
Fundamental parameters and basic configurations are taught in order to share simple and concrete strategies.

Financial markets and trading:

• The main financial markets
• Understanding the mechanics of the stock exchange
• Futures markets
• Futures contracts
• Bond markets and stock indices

Analytical platforms:

• Choosing your analytical platform:
• Getting started with Volfix and creating an LMI account
• Basic handling
• Main settings and configuration

Market Profile:

• Introduction to TPO and Volume Profile
• Different types of days
• Identifying volumes and their integration into the Market Profile
• Analyzing market structure using the Market Profile
• The Initial Balance and Opening Range
• Different Market Profile setups

Charts & Order Book:

• Identifying supports and resistances
• Different types of orders
• Reading the order book

Technical indicators:

• Understanding different types of moving averages (simple, exponential, and weighted)
• Fibonacci retracements
• The utility of VWAP in intraday trading
• Spotting imbalances in order flows with Cumulative Delta and Delta bars
• Interpreting the Volume Profile

Risk management and money management:

• Understanding initial margin and maintenance margin
• Risk of ruin, losing streaks, and their numerical application
• Win rate expectancy and expected value
• Evaluating trade size and capital requirements

Trades, setups, and configurations:

• Preparing for the European session
• Preparing for the US session
• Strategies and configurations with the Market Profile and the order book

The online training, designed to be taken at your own pace, offers you the opportunity to discover the tools used by professional traders. It gives you access to a solid foundation, constituting an essential knowledge base to start in the trading field, thus promoting a rational and responsible approach.

The training pays particular attention to the importance of setting up a solid trading plan, including defining clear objectives and appropriate risk management.

Objectives:

- Introduction to futures contracts
- Getting started with the SierraChart platform
- Understanding the use of charts: price, volume, time
- Introduction to Order Flow: order book and Time and Sales
- Market Profile theory
- Identification of key levels for establishing a trading plan: position taking
- Risk management and emotional control

Raphaël Fournier (Director of Training) — 7 years of experience
Manages a YouTube channel dedicated to futures trading
Ecole Hôtelière de Genève — Business management in catering and hospitality

Roshan Mansukhani — Derivatives and options specialist, 14 years of experience
University of Manchester/Toulouse — Chemical Engineer

Damien Vicena — Trader, 4 years of experience
HIFI Paris — MBA expert in financial markets and financial analysis