After this course, you will be able to clearly explain the 4 main risks all traders encounter, the different contexts in which traders are likely to come across them and, crucially, how to manage them. You will understand the importance of having a good risk management strategy and be able to explain and demonstrate risk management options available. You will know all good traders trade with a plan which includes where to set orders.
What you'll learn
- The four main types of risk and how to identify each one
- How to manage each risk to improve your chances of being a profitable trader
- An awesome tool for managing most of the big risks
- A golden rule all traders should be applying
Who teaches this course
Phillip Konchar authored the course. He is an expert in technical analysis and its application in margin trading.
He is Head Tutor at My Trading Skills, for over a decade and a half he has provided trading education for major brokerages and prop trading houses in London and Dublin.
We are an award-winning, CPD-accredited provider of online education for individuals wanting to learn about the financial markets, private trading, and how to start doing it themselves using their own capital. Our courses have helped 1,000s of people approach trading in a rational, balanced manner.
How to take the course
The course is online and on-demand, available on both desktop and mobile, so you can study at your own pace anytime and anywhere. Process through the video lessons, practice tasks and test how much you have learned with the knowledge check.
Who this course is for
- Beginners with a basic understanding of trading but wish to learn more
- Traders who want to learn about the different levels of risk
Prerequisites
Some basic knowledge of what a market is, if you don’t our How Traders Interact with the Markets course will bring you up to the level needed.
Time to complete
The course is split into two parts, the theory part will take about an hour to complete. The practical part will take 1 hour and 20 minutes.