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PMotive Trading Academy · Free course

Understand the market. Write your rules. Test before you automate.

A free, practical course that takes you from reading a chart to a written, testable trading plan — with exercises for beginner, intermediate and advanced traders.

  • Free, no card or broker account
  • Exercises for every level
  • Written by a MetaTrader developer
Entry: close above MA Stop: below swing low Size: 1% risk
Illustration of a price chart with three written rules marked: entry when price closes above a moving average, stop below the swing low, and a position sized at 1% risk.

The path

From your first chart to tested automation

  1. 01

    Understand

    Read trend, range, support and resistance without guessing.

  2. 02

    Write your rules

    Turn an idea into entry, stop, exit and no-trade conditions.

  3. 03

    Test honestly

    Backtest with real costs, then forward-test on demo.

  4. 04

    Automate, if it still makes sense

    Judge any EA, or your own, against a readiness checklist.

Try a lesson now

See what one setting does to ten losses

Move the sliders. The strategy stays the same; only your risk per trade changes. This is lesson 2 of the course, ungated.

Hypothetical numbers for learning. Assumes EUR/USD with a USD account (about $0.10 per pip on 0.01 lot). Other symbols differ; check your broker's contract specification.

Position size 0.04 lots risking $10 per trade
After 10 losses in a row −9.6% needs +10.6% to recover

Balance after each of 10 losses: about $904 left.

One course, three ways in

Start where you are

Beginner

You're new to charts or MetaTrader.

Your first exercise

Open a demo account and mark three swing highs and three swing lows on a daily chart.

Intermediate

You already trade, but your rules live in your head.

Your first exercise

Write one setup as five lines: market, entry, stop, exit, no-trade condition.

Advanced

You already test systems.

Your first exercise

Re-run one backtest with realistic spread and commission, then compare the maximum drawdown.

Inside the course

Six parts. Every one ends with an exercise.

1

Market and chart basics

Candlesticks, trend, support and resistance, without jargon.

2

Position sizing and drawdown

Worked examples you can redo for your own account.

3

Backtesting and forward testing

And why most impressive results don't survive them.

4

How MT4/MT5 EAs work

What they need to run, and what goes wrong.

5

Judging trading software

A checklist for any EA or performance claim.

6

Exercises and glossary

Knowledge checks at the end of every part.

Who's behind it

Built by people who code trading software

PMotive Holdings (Pty) Ltd is a South African software company in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal. We build MetaTrader 4 and 5 Expert Advisors and custom EAs, so the course is written from the side that has to turn trading ideas into exact rules.

Straight talk

Yes, we sell EAs. You don't need one to use this.

The course stands on its own and costs nothing. A few of our emails introduce our software, and every email has an unsubscribe link. No software removes trading risk.

See PMotive EAs → Custom EA development →

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. No card, no broker signup and no purchase.

Do I need MetaTrader?

Not to read it. A free demo account helps with the exercises.

Will you give me trade signals or advice?

No. This is education. It doesn't tell you what to trade.

What emails will I get?

Practical lesson emails after you sign up, a few of which introduce our software. Every email has an unsubscribe link.

Can the course make me profitable?

No course can promise that. It helps you decide with rules and tests instead of guesses.

Rules first. Tests second. Automation only if it still makes sense.

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Trading forex, gold, indices, crypto and CFDs carries a high risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. Examples are hypothetical and for education only. Past or simulated results do not guarantee future results. PMotive does not provide investment advice or account management.

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