LEVEL I

A structured foundation course for beginners — for anyone who wants a clear, practical understanding of trading before investing significant time, money, or energy into the markets. The goal of the course is to help you understand the basic concepts of trading and decide for yourself whether this field is right for your long-term development.

The course consists of 39 lessons and more than 3 hours of pre-recorded video, delivered in a self-paced format. Main topics: trading fundamentals, chart reading, analysis methods, common misconceptions, trader psychology, useful tools, and an introduction to the Level II approach.

The curriculum explains how financial markets work, what price charts represent, the difference between technical and fundamental analysis, long and short positioning, stop-loss usage, risk-reward concepts, leverage, and different trading approaches. It also covers common decision-making mistakes, mental traps, and the fundamentals of trader psychology.

Level I doesn't teach a specific trading strategy or a copyable system. Its purpose is to build a solid, strategy-independent foundation that you can later use to develop more advanced trading knowledge and decision-making skills.

The video lessons are supported by multiple-choice quizzes that help you check and reinforce your understanding. Level I participants also get a free 1-month ATAS Study ULTRA license — a chance to explore a professional analytics environment and start working with the basics of price action, order flow, and liquidity analysis during your learning and practice.

Course Modules

1. Fundamentals
2. Charts
3. Analysis
4. Misconceptions
5. Psychology
6. Tools
7. Level II Preview
8. Course Evaluation

The course starts with the basic concepts of trading, then moves into chart reading, analysis methods, common misconceptions, the fundamentals of trader psychology, and useful tools. At the end, you'll also get an introduction to the deeper market mechanics and liquidity-based approach covered in the Level II course.

What You'll Learn

You'll gain a stable, structured foundation for understanding the world of trading — before investing significant time, money, or energy into the markets. The course helps you understand how financial markets work, what price charts represent, what types of analysis exist, and which core concepts matter for further development.

You'll learn the basics of long and short positioning, stop-loss usage, risk-reward concepts, leverage, risk management, and trader psychology. The course also helps clear up common misconceptions and gives you a more realistic picture of what it means to take trading seriously.

One of Level I's key strengths is that it doesn't teach a specific strategy — instead, it provides a strategy-independent foundation that can support any future trading education or system.

By the end of the course, you'll understand the basic mechanics of trading, the logic of financial markets, and the core concepts that more advanced knowledge is built on. You'll be able to interpret price charts, distinguish between technical and fundamental analysis, and understand long and short positions, stop-loss usage, risk-reward concepts, leverage, and basic risk management.

You'll also get an introduction to trader psychology, learn to recognize common decision-making mistakes and misconceptions, and gain a clearer sense of how to continue your trading education.

About the Instructor

Katona Benedek (Benedektrader) graduated from Budapest Business University with a degree in Business Administration and Management, later completed a broker training program, and is currently about halfway through the Certified European Financial Analyst program, accredited by the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies.

He has been actively involved in trading, investing, and financial markets since 2020. As the founder of Full-Time Trader Academy, he focuses on futures trading education, market structure, auction theory, volume profile analysis, footprint charts, and an order-flow-based approach.

According to the academy's own data, through Full-Time Trader Academy he has helped more than 100 verified funded traders develop — with a strong focus on structured market thinking, the use of professional analytical tools, and conscious trading decision-making.