Trading Skills Course

1 September 2026

4 Weeks

From £1,899

Sign up to our Trading Skills Course and receive 25% off any specialist trading course. Learn the fundamentals of trading and then specialise in cryptocurrencies, options trading, equity investing, trading psychology or wealth management with our course bundle offer.

Every LAT student will be offered a free $20k Challenge at the completion of their chosen LAT trading course

  • We’ll send your $20k Challenge invitation (sponsored by the5ers) when you complete your LAT course.
  • You’ll complete the Challenge on a demo account with clear profit targets and risk limits.
  • If you pass the Challenge, you’ll be given a $20,000 live account, keeping up to 100% of your profits.

*Funded Trader Audition T&Cs 

We are thrilled to be able to offer a 30% scholarship towards any of our courses to the following individuals.

  • Members of the emergency services, NHS or social sector
  • Job Seekers
  • Individuals with Refugee Status
  • Blue Light Card Holders
  • Past and present members of the Military Services

To find out more about this great opportunity, click here

*T&Cs Apply

This course is designed to provide extensive practical sessions to introduce the skills required for trading real-time financial markets. Our 10 hours/day mentoring support with expert traders and daily webinars in which the experts analyse the markets and stimulate discussion will ensure you thrive on financial markets!

If you’d prefer to study online, we offer a range of online packages which can be chosen from the options below. Access full pre-recorded lectures, real time trading systems and daily webinars across all packages, whilst our premium option offers live, interactive classes and trade plan development sessions.

Alternatively, you can study via blended learning meaning you will study part of your course at our campus and the rest online.

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  • Understand how fundamental, economic and political events influence financial markets
  • Trade multiple assets in real-time markets using an online trading platform
  • Use chart analysis to forecast financial market price behaviour
  • Explain how technical analysis strategies can be used to identify trading opportunities
  • Analyse the risks associated with retail and institutional trading
  • Assess how asset prices and trading performance can be affected by human psychology

Where to start?

  • Further understanding of the FX market
  • Currency comparisons
  • Fundamental and Economic Analysis
  • How and why this affects the markets
  • Checking daily macro news
  • How to prepare your day as a trader

Building a Trading Strategy

  • Fundamental or Technical approach?
  • Identifying a trade from conception to execution
  • Timeframe analysis
  • Risk management and lot sizing

Support and Resistance Analysis

  • Identifying major market levels – support/resistance/trend channel
  • Strength of major market levels
  • Potential market moves when approaching these levels

Analytical Tools

  • Using Japanese candlestick analysis to identify shifts in sentiment
  • Identifying price patterns and using them to identify possible targets
  • Introduction to Moving Averages
    • Identify underlying trends
    • Generating trading signals

Setting Targets and Applying Stop Losses

  • What are we trying to achieve from the markets?
  • Are our price targets realistic?
  • Reasons for stop levels – ensuring trades have time to develop

Understanding Your Emotions

  • Managing emotions when holding winning or losing positions
  • Trading psychology
  • Understanding our natural human biases

FAQs

The Trading Skills Course at the London Academy of Trading is designed to help you develop the practical knowledge and confidence needed to approach financial markets more effectively.

During the Trading Skills Course, you’ll develop essential practical trading skills that can be applied in real market environments.

The Trading Skills Course is a 4-week programme designed to help you develop practical trading skills and a stronger understanding of financial markets in a focused timeframe.

During the course, you’ll learn how to analyse markets, understand trading strategies, apply risk management principles and develop the discipline needed to approach trading more effectively. With practical sessions, live market analysis webinars and mentor support, you’ll gain valuable experience applying your knowledge in real trading environments.

Yes. The Trading Skills Course is suitable for individuals looking to develop their understanding of financial markets and improve their trading ability.

The programme covers important areas including market analysis, technical analysis, risk management and trading psychology. It is designed to support learners who want to strengthen their trading knowledge and develop a more structured approach.

The programme is designed to help students build a strong understanding of financial markets, including how markets work, how to analyse opportunities and how to manage risk effectively. LAT’s expert mentors provide guidance throughout the course to help students develop their trading skills.

Yes. The Trading Skills Course can be studied online, on campus or through a blended learning option.

The Trading Skills Course introduces students to the key concepts required to understand and analyse financial markets.

Yes. Students receive access to LAT’s expert mentors, with 10 hours a day of support available throughout the course.

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