Get started the safe way.
Follow these steps in order. They're about learning and practising. Nothing here asks you to open an account or risk money.
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See the steps ↓Your TopTrades FX learning checklist.
Get the free tools
Open the free TopTrades FX app for calculators, session times and a journal, download the free 7-Day Gold Basics guide, and join the free Telegram if you'd like to ask questions.
Learn the basics
Read our Trading for Beginners guide, Gold Basics and What moves gold?. Learn what XAU/USD is, when it trades and what moves it.
Open a free demo account
Most trading platforms, including MetaTrader 5, offer a demo with virtual money. Practise placing, moving and closing orders with zero real risk.
Only download trading software from the platform's official website. Never share passwords or log in through links sent by strangers.
Learn to read a chart
Pick one timeframe. Learn candles (open, high, low, close), recent highs and lows, and the difference between a trend and a range.
Write your rules
Before any trade: entry reason, stop loss, target, and the maximum you'll risk. Write it down. If it isn't written, it isn't a plan.
Journal at least 20 demo trades
Record the reason, planned risk, result and one lesson for each (the free app has a simple journal). Review them as a group, not one by one.
Before any real money: the checklist
Do you understand CFDs and leverage? Is it money you can genuinely afford to lose? Have you checked the firm, and its exact web address, on the FCA Register and the FCA Warning List?
Be wary of anyone who DMs you offering to “manage your account”, “recover losses” or sell “guaranteed” signals. TopTrades FX admins will never do this.
Keep learning
Join the weekly discussions, keep journaling, and stay on demo until you can explain how every trade could lose money.
You're always in charge of your decisions.
Never choose a trade size because someone else uses it. Decide in advance how much of your account you're prepared to lose on one trade and in one day, and remember that losses are a normal part of trading. TopTrades FX provides education and market commentary only. We don't give advice or trade recommendations, and you're responsible for every decision on your own account.
Start with the free community.
Join on Telegram, then work through the steps at your own pace.
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