🌍 Basics 2 — Market Understanding & Mindset · Course
Basics 2 — Market Understanding & Mindset
Required Path 2 of 3. Economic cycles, market analysis, big-picture charting and mindset for reproducible trading.
📚 33 Chapters
🚩 4 Phases
⏰ ≈ 10 h
🎓 Beginner
What will you learn?
- ✅ Place economic cycles in context and distinguish the six cycle-theory families from each other
- ✅ Choose the right cycle lens for different investment horizons (Minsky < 2y, business cycles 2-10y, Kondratieff 20-50y)
- ✅ Read sector rotation and COT data
- ✅ Apply big-picture charting (multi-TF, trend, volume)
- ✅ Handle biases, emotions and drawdowns
- ✅ Maintain a trading journal and routines
Prerequisites
- ○ Basics 1 completed or equivalent prior knowledge
📋 Course Plan
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Phase 1 — Big Picture & Cycles
8 Chapters
5 Cycles & Big Picture
5.1 Module 5.1: Introduction — Why Cycles?
5.2 Module 5.2: Classical Business Cycles
5.3 Module 5.3: Long Waves — Kondratieff & Generations
5.4 Module 5.4: Debt & Finance Cycles
5.6 Module 5.6: Market Cycles & Sentiment
5.8 Module 5.7: Practice — Portfolio in Cycle Context
5.5 Module 5.5: Dalio's Big Cycle
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Phase 2 — Market Analysis
6 Chapters
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Phase 3 — Big-Picture Charting
10 Chapters
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Phase 4 — Mindset & Discipline
9 Chapters
8.3 Module 1: Cognitive Biases in Trading
8.4 Module 2: Emotion Management & Stress Reduction
8.5 Module 3: Trading Journal & Self-Reflection
8.6 Module 4: Routines & Mental Preparation
8.7 Module 5: Drawdown Resilience & Recovery
8.8 Module 6: Process vs. Outcome
8 Trading Psychology & Mindset
8.1 Why Mindset Is Everything
8.2 The 5 Most Common Mental Mistakes (Overview)