TECH is a university at the forefront of technology, and puts all its resources at the student's disposal to help them achieve entrepreneurial success"

Why Study at TECH?

TECH is the world's largest 100% online business school. It is an elite business school, with a model based on the highest academic standards. A world-class center for intensive managerial skills education.   

TECH is a university at the forefront of technology, and puts all its resources at the student's disposal to help them achieve entrepreneurial success”

At TECH Global University

Innovation

The university offers an online learning model that balances the latest educational technology with the most rigorous teaching methods. A unique method with the highest international recognition that will provide students with the keys to develop in a rapidly-evolving world, where innovation must be every entrepreneur’s focus.

"Microsoft Europe Success Story", for integrating the innovative, interactive multi-video system. 

The Highest Standards

Admissions criteria at TECH are not economic. Students don't need to make a large investment to study at this university. However, in order to obtain a qualification from TECH, the student's intelligence and ability will be tested to their limits. The institution's academic standards are exceptionally high...  

95% of TECH students successfully complete their studies.

Networking

Professionals from countries all over the world attend TECH, allowing students to establish a large network of contacts that may prove useful to them in the future.  

100,000+ executives prepared each year, 200+ different nationalities.

Empowerment

Students will grow hand in hand with the best companies and highly regarded and influential professionals. TECH has developed strategic partnerships and a valuable network of contacts with major economic players in 7 continents.  

500+ collaborative agreements with leading companies.

Talent

This program is a unique initiative to allow students to showcase their talent in the business world. An opportunity that will allow them to voice their concerns and share their business vision. 

After completing this program, TECH helps students show the world their talent. 

Multicultural Context

While studying at TECH, students will enjoy a unique experience. Study in a multicultural context. In a program with a global vision, through which students can learn about the operating methods in different parts of the world, and gather the latest information that best adapts to their business idea. 

TECH students represent more than 200 different nationalities.  

Learn with the best

In the classroom, TECH’s teaching staff discuss how they have achieved success in their companies, working in a real, lively, and dynamic context. Teachers who are fully committed to offering a quality specialization that will allow students to advance in their career and stand out in the business world. 

Teachers representing 20 different nationalities. 

TECH strives for excellence and, to this end, boasts a series of characteristics that make this university unique:   

Analysis

TECH explores the student’s critical side, their ability to question things, their problem-solving skills, as well as their interpersonal skills.  

Academic Excellence

TECH offers students the best online learning methodology. The university combines the Relearning methodology (the most internationally recognized postgraduate learning methodology) with Harvard Business School case studies. A complex balance of traditional and state-of-the-art methods, within the most demanding academic framework.   

TECH is the world’s largest online university. It currently boasts a portfolio of more than 10,000 university postgraduate programs. And in today's new economy, volume + technology = a ground-breaking price. This way, TECH ensures that studying is not as expensive for students as it would be at another university.   

At TECH, you will have access to the most rigorous and up-to-date case analyses in academia” 

The content of this Master's Degree has been designed by the teaching team following, on the one hand, the most comprehensive academic guidelines required by TECH and based on the latest information related to the area of Forex Trading . Thanks to this, it has been possible to create 1,500 hours of the best theoretical, practical and additional content through which the student will be able to explore each module and implement the best resources to their knowledge. 

Thanks to the curriculum that TECH has designed, you will be able to orient your career towards a booming area such as financial markets and trading"

Syllabus

The Master's Degree in Forex Trading from TECH Global University is an intensive program that will prepare the graduate to face challenges and business decisions in the field of Advisory and Consulting. The content of this program is designed to promote the development of managerial skills that enable more rigorous decision making in uncertain environments.

Throughout 1,500 hours of diverse content, the professional will be able to analyze a multitude of practical cases through individual and team work. It is therefore a real immersion in real business situations, thanks to which you will be able to work on perfecting your skills in a guaranteed way.

This high-level academic proposal deals in depth with the financial and foreign exchange markets, through the study of the characteristics of the most important Central Banks in the world. It also includes an exhaustive analysis of the main platforms for Forex Trading , as well as the analysis of the main trading strategies to work on risk management.

It is, therefore, a unique opportunity to promote your professional career through the study of a degree designed for it and designed based on the most comprehensive and innovative information. A way to achieve your most demanding work objectives and become a highly valued asset in any company in this sector.

This Master's Degree takes 12 months and is divided into 10 modules:

Module 1. The Financial Markets
Module 2. Forex Foreign Exchange Market Central Banks
Module 3. Fundamentals of the Foreign Exchange Market
Module 4. The Broker Forex trading platforms
Module 5. Forex Trading
Module 6. Technical analysis applied to Forex
Module 7. Forex Trading Strategies
Module 8. Risk Management
Module 9. Parameterization of Forex trading
Module 10. Forex Psychotrading

Where, When and How is it Taught?

TECH offers the possibility of developing this Master's Degree in Forex Trading completely online. Throughout the 12 months of the educational program, you will be able to access all the contents of this program at any time, allowing you to self-manage your study time.

Module 1. The Financial Markets

1.1. The Financial Markets

1.1.1. Financial System
1.1.2. Financial Assets
1.1.3. Financial intermediaries

1.2. Fixed income, equity and derivatives markets

1.2.1. Fixed Income
1.2.2. Equities
1.2.3. Derivatives

1.3. Investment: risk, return and liquidity

1.3.1. Risk
1.3.2. Profitability
1.3.3. Liquidity and time horizon

1.4. Portfolio Management

1.4.1. Portfolio management
1.4.2. The Time Value of Money: Wealth management
1.4.3. Creating Value

1.5. Market trading tools

1.5.1. Fundamentals of technical and fundamental analysis
1.5.2. Trading platforms and analysis tools
1.5.3. Trading strategies and risk management

1.6. Investment funds

1.6.1. Investment funds Types
1.6.2. Investment fund management
1.6.3. Advantages and Disadvantages

1.7. Technical analysis and fundamental analysis: tools for understanding financial markets

1.7.1. Technical Analysis
1.7.2. Fundamental Analysis
1.7.3. Technical Analysis vs. Fundamental. Which one to follow

1.8. Forex trading: tools to take advantage of investment opportunities

1.8.1. Fundamentals of the foreign exchange market
1.8.2. Major currency pairs
1.8.3. Peculiarities of currencies

1.9. Investing in stocks: analysis and informed decision making in the stock market

1.9.1. Value Market
1.9.2. Stock analysis
1.9.3. Stock Market Indices
1.9.4. Equity investment strategies

1.10. Cryptocurrencies and Forex: investment in cryptocurrencies. Digital Money

1.10.1. Cryptocurrencies and Forex
1.10.2. Cryptocurrency Analysis
1.10.3. Investing with cryptocurrencies

Module 2. Forex Foreign Exchange Market Central Banks 

2.1. Central Banks

2.1.1. Why are they created
2.1.2. Skills
2.1.3. Why they influence markets

2.2. Inflation

2.2.1. Inflation interpretation
2.2.2. Healthy inflation levels
2.2.3. Extreme levels of inflation

2.3. Variables "Employment" and "Unemployment" in an economy

2.3.1. Employment rate
2.3.2. Unemployment rate
2.3.3. Adjustments in the economy

2.4. Interest rate

2.4.1. The price of money
2.4.2. Economic imbalance
2.4.3. Expansionary and contractionary cycles of the economy

2.5. American Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve)

2.5.1. Analysis of the FED
2.5.2. Objectives and policies
2.5.3. Crisis and recovery

2.6. European Central Bank

2.6.1. ECB Analysis
2.6.2. Objectives and policies
2.6.3. Crisis and recovery

2.7. Bank of England

2.7.1. Analysis of the BOE
2.7.2. Objectives and policies
2.7.3. Crisis and recovery

2.8. Swiss National Bank

2.8.1. Analysis of the SNB
2.8.2. Objectives and policies
2.8.3. Crisis and recovery

2.9. Central Bank of Japan (Bank of Japan)

2.9.1. Analysis of the BOJ
2.9.2. Objectives and policies
2.9.3. Crisis and recovery

2.10. Bank of China

2.10.1. Analysis of the BOC
2.10.2. Objectives and policies
2.10.3. Crisis and recovery

Module 3. Fundamentals of the Foreign Exchange Market

3.1. Forex Foreign Exchange Market

3.1.1. Features of Foreign Exchange Markets
3.1.2. Market participants
3.1.3. Types of Instruments

3.2. Forex Strategies

3.2.1. Forex Trading Strategies
3.2.2. Lateral strategies
3.2.3. Trend strategies
3.2.4. Strategies based on price action

3.3. Basic Forex terminology

3.3.1. ISO Codes
3.3.2. Types of prices: did, ask y spread
3.3.3. Base currency and quoted currency

3.4. Currency pairs Majors

3.4.1. The majors
3.4.2. Peculiarities of the majors
3.4.3. Operation with crossings of majors: the minors

3.5. Forex leverage and collateral: managing risk and maximizing profits in the foreign exchange market

3.5.1. Leverage and guarantees in Forex
3.5.2. Risk management and leverage in Forex trading
3.5.3. Forex trading strategies with leverage and guarantees

3.6. Pip practice. Brokerage

3.6.1. The Pip
3.6.2. Forex Brokerage
3.6.3. Pip value calculation

3.7. Using Pivot Points in Forex: key levels

3.7.1. Pivot Points
3.7.2. Calculation of Pivot Points
3.7.3. Trading Strategies with Pivot Points

3.8. U.S. dollar index: analysis and trading strategies in the foreign exchange market

3.8.1. U.S. dollar index fundamentals
3.8.2. Reading the dollar index: the USDX formula
3.8.3. Using the USDX for Forex trading

3.9. Carry Trade in Forex: strategies and risks to take advantage of interest rate differentials between currencies

3.9.1. Operation of the Carry Trade in Forex
3.9.2. Key Carry Trade Criteria
3.9.3. Currency strategies using Carry Trade

3.10. The Foreign Exchange Market

3.10.1. Currency volatility
3.10.2. Lateralization of currencies. Which currencies have this behavior
3.10.3. Diversification and correlated pairs

Module 4. The Broker Forex trading platforms

4.1. Brokers

4.1.1. Forex Brokers
4.1.2. Stock Brokers
4.1.3. Futures Brokers

4.2. Brokers Types and classification

4.2.1. Brokers Market Maker
4.2.2. ECN Brokers
4.2.3. STP Brokers

4.3. Broker Selection

4.3.1. Selection of the correct Broker Importance
4.3.2. Products and markets
4.3.3. Customer Service
4.3.4. Commissions
4.3.5. Safety and security

4.4. Buy or sell. Order Types

4.4.1. Market orders
4.4.2. Limited orders
4.4.3. Stop orders
4.4.4. Stop limit orders

4.5. Regulation in Trading

4.5.1. Regulation in Trading. Importance
4.5.2. Regulatory bodies
4.5.3. Investor protection

4.6. Impact of commissions

4.6.1. Types of commissions: per trade, swaps or spreads
4.6.2. How to compare commissions between different brokers
4.6.3. Strategies to minimize the impact of fees and commissions

4.7. MetaTrader. Installation

4.7.1. MetaTrader. Why it is popular in trading
4.7.2. System requirements to install MetaTrader
4.7.3. Access to the MetaTrader trading account

4.8. MetaTrader. Use of the platform

4.8.1. Navigating the platform: user interface and customizing the view
4.8.2. Account set-up: connection to a broker, creation of a trading account and deposit of funds
4.8.3. Charting and technical analysis: use of different types of charts, technical indicators, analysis tools and setting up alerts
4.8.4. Trade execution: opening, closing and modification of orders and management of open positions
4.8.5. Use of expert advisors

4.9. Ninjatrader. Installation

4.9.1. Download and installation of the platform
4.9.2. Download the platform
4.9.3. Connection to a broker
4.2.10. Platform configuration

4.10 Ninjatrader. Use of the platform

4.10.1. Navigating the platform
4.10.2. Charts and technical analysis
4.10.3. Execution of operations
4.10.4. Risk Management
4.10.5. Trading

Module 5. Forex Trading

5.1. Trading fundamentals

5.1.1. Planning
5.1.2. Risk Management
5.1.3. Discipline: the key to success
5.1.4. Patience and continuous learning

5.2. Scalping

5.2.1. Scalping
5.2.2. Scalping strategies
5.2.3. Advantages and Disadvantages
5.2.4. Selection of entry and exit times

5.3. Daytrading

5.3.1. Daytrading
5.3.2. Strategies for daytrading
5.3.3. Daytrading. Advantages of disadvantages
5.3.4. Selection of entry and exit times

5.4. Swingtrading

5.4.1. Swingtrading
5.4.2. Swingtrading strategies
5.4.3. Advantages of disadvantages
5.4.4. Selection of entry and exit times

5.5. Bear markets. How to take advantage

5.5.1. How to trade short
5.5.2. The risk of volatility
5.5.3. Long-term vision
5.5.4. Advantages and disadvantages of this type of strategy

5.6. Impact of economic news on trading

5.6.1. Monetary Policy
5.6.2. Employment data
5.6.3. Economic growth reports
5.6.4. Inflation
5.6.5. Fiscal Policy

5.7. Capital management of a professional trader

5.7.1. Budgeting

5.7.1.1. Limit your losses
5.7.1.2. Diversify your risk
5.7.1.3. Set a profit target

5.7.2. Adjusting the size of the position
5.7.3. Monitoring performance

5.8. Derivatives trading: CFDs and futures

5.8.1. Financial derivatives
5.8.2. Operation of derivatives
5.8.3. Uses of derivatives
5.8.4. How to trade financial derivatives
5.8.5. Risk

5.9. Fundamental Analysis in Trading

5.9.1. Fundamental analysis. Not everything is technical analysis
5.9.2. Key indicators to be analyzed
5.9.3. Financial documents to be analyzed
5.9.4. How to know if a company has the prospect of growth
5.9.5. Internal and External Analysis. Basis of analysis
5.9.6. Financial ratios

5.10. Fundamental Analysis in Forex Trading

5.10.1. Fundamental analysis for foreign exchange
5.10.2. How to apply fundamental analysis in the forex market
5.10.3. Calendar and economic news
5.10.4. Inflation, CPI, GDP and interest rates

Module 6. Technical analysis applied to Forex

6.1. Principles of technical analysis

6.1.1. Technical analysis
6.1.2. What is an indicator
6.1.3. Advantages and disadvantages of technical analysis

6.2. Selection of charts applied to Forex

6.2.1. Bar charts
6.2.2. Line graphs
6.2.3. Japanese candlestick charts

6.3. Trends, supports and resistances. Channels

6.3.1. Confluence
6.3.2. Types of confluences
6.3.3. Layout of the confluence zones
6.3.4. Price behavior on confluence

6.4. Market environments

6.4.1. Upward trending market environment
6.4.2. Bearish market environment
6.4.3. Sideways market environment

6.5. Price Dynamics Analysis: graphing

6.5.1. Reference chart above. Diary
6.5.2. Market environment chart. 4H
6.5.3. Analysis chart. 30 minutes
6.5.4. Trigger graph. 5 minutes

6.6. Chartism

6.6.1. Chartism Principle. The trend
6.6.2. Trend Continuation Charts
6.6.3. Trend Exhaustion Charts

6.7. Operating hours

6.7.1. European stock market hours
6.7.2. US stock market hours
6.7.3. Asian stock market hours

6.8. Asset selection

6.8.1. Asset selection. How it helps the trader
6.8.2. Screeners
6.8.3. Main search filters

6.9. Candlestick patterns

6.9.1. How to read a Japanese candle
6.9.2. Patterns of trend change
6.9.3. Patterns of continuation

6.10. Market volume. Importance

6.10.1. Trading volume
6.10.2. How volume accompanies the trend
6.10.3. Volume in the different 

Module 7. Forex Trading Strategies

7.1. Technical indicators

7.1.1. Technical indicators. Operation
7.1.2. Why traders use technical indicators
7.1.3. Types of technical indicators

7.2. Strategies according to time frame

7.2.1. Forex Scalping
7.2.2. Daytrading in Forex
7.2.3. Forex Swingtrading

7.3. Divergences and convergences

7.3.1. Divergence
7.3.2. Convergence
7.3.3. Types of divergences and convergences
7.3.4. How to exploit divergences
7.3.5. Advanced Strategies

7.4. Elliot Wave Dynamics

7.4.1. Elliot waves
7.4.2. Impulses
7.4.3. Corrections

7.5. Fibonacci Retracement. Projections

7.5.1. Fibonacci numbers
7.5.2. Fibonacci Relationships in Trading
7.5.3. Fibonacci Retracements and Extensions
7.5.4. How to plot Fibonacci levels on the chart
7.5.5. Tips when plotting Fibonacci retracements
7.5.6. How to trade Fibonacci retracements
7.5.7. Fibonacci extensions for calculating profit-taking targets

7.6. Market profile

7.6.1. The market profile
7.6.2. Market profile How it is used
7.6.3. Advantages and Disadvantages
7.6.4. Operation
7.6.5. Market profile study
7.6.6. Main patterns

7.7. Support and resistance

7.7.1. Support and resistance
7.7.2. Analysis of support and resistance
7.7.3. Main strategies

7.8. Channel or sideways trading

7.8.1. Breakout trading
7.8.2. The study of levels in Forex
7.8.3. The carry trade
7.8.4. Main strategies

7.9. Trending trading

7.9.1. Moving averages
7.9.2. Analysis of cross-over averages
7.9.3. Donchian
7.9.4. Trend strategies

7.10. Other technical indicators. Strategies

7.10.1. Stochastic oscillator
7.10.2. Bollinguer bands
7.10.3. Relative Strength Index (RSI)
7.10.4. Ichimoku Cloud
7.10.5. Average Directional Movement Index (ADX)

Module 8. Risk Management

8.1. Risk Management

8.1.1. Financial risk
8.1.2. Importance of risk management
8.1.3. Types of financial risk
8.1.4. Risk management in trading

8.2. Risk-benefit ratio

8.2.1. Risk-benefit ratio. Importance in Trading
8.2.2. How to calculate the risk/reward ratio in a trading transaction
8.2.3. Tools and techniques to improve the risk-benefit ratio
8.2.4. Practical examples of the risk-benefit ratio in trading

8.3. Capital management

8.3.1. The size of the operation and its risk
8.3.2. Portfolio diversification
8.3.3. Long-term management
8.3.4. Establishing profit and loss targets
8.3.5. Capital management review and adjustment

8.4. Leverage

8.4.1. Leverage. Importance in Trading
8.4.2. Types of leverage. Features
8.4.3. Risks and benefits of leverage
8.4.4. Effective and responsible use of leverage in Trading

8.5. Stops and profit taking

8.5.1. Stop loss and take profit in trading
8.5.2. How to set the exit points of the operation
8.5.3. The importance of setting realistic standards
8.5.4. How to use the stop loss and take profit strategy in conjunction with other strategies

8.6. The stop loss: trailing stop, time stop and static stop strategies

8.6.1. Static stop
8.6.2. Trailing stop
8.6.3. Temporary halt

8.7. Exchange Rate Risk

8.7.1. Exchange Rate Risk
8.7.2. What causes exchange rate fluctuations?
8.7.3. Allocation to financial investments
8.7.4. Coverage

8.8. Margin in Trading

8.8.1. Margin in Trading
8.8.2. Types of margins
8.8.3. How to calculate the margin on a transaction
8.8.4. Importance of margin in risk management
8.8.5. Forex margin requirements
8.8.6. Managing your margin properly

8.9. Strategies for sound risk management

8.9.1. Operations planning
8.9.2. The 1% rule
8.9.3. Paper trading, your best ally

8.10. The good capital manager

8.10.1. What makes a good manager
8.10.2. The basic rules of good management
8.10.3. Prudence and long-t

Module 9. Parameterization of Forex trading

9.1. Trading Plan

9.1.1. The Trading Plan
9.1.2. Time and dedication schedule
9.1.3. Time horizon of the strategy
9.1.4. Initial capital
9.1.5. Risk exposure profile and money management
9.1.6. Mathematical expectation of a trading system
9.1.7. Fees, costs and expenses arising from the activity
9.1.8. Taxation

9.2. Type of operation

9.2.1. Trend trading
9.2.2. Counter-trend operations
9.2.3. Martingale operation
9.2.4. Anti-Martingale operation

9.3. Trackrecord

9.3.1. The trackrecord
9.3.2. What is the trackrecord for traders?
9.3.3. The ratios
9.3.4. Equity curve

9.4. Reliability

9.4.1. Reliability
9.4.2. How reliability is calculated
9.4.3. Importance of reliability in trading

9.5. Factor de beneficio

9.5.1. The profit factor
9.5.2. How the profit factor is calculated
9.5.3. Profitability threshold in the profit factor

9.6. Drawdown

9.6.1. The absolute drawdown
9.6.2. The maximum drawdown
9.6.3. How to reduce drawdown

9.7. Interpretation of the Results

9.7.1. Relationship between reliability and profit factor
9.7.2. Relationship between profitability and drawdown
9.7.3. Relationship between stop loss distance and reliability

9.8. Backtesting

9.8.1. Backtesting
9.8.2. Importance of backtesting in trading
9.8.3. Valid time schedule for backtesting

9.9. System evaluation and comparison

9.9.1. Analysis of historical system performance
9.9.2. Risk assessment of systems
9.9.3. Evaluation of the types of trading systems
9.9.4. Operating frequency
9.9.5. Time horizon of operations
9.9.6. Instruments used

9.10. Automatic parameterisation: Myfxbook

9.10.1. Professional analysis platform
9.10.2. Myfxbook's contribution to the trader
9.10.3. Using Myfxb

Module 10. Forex Psychotrading

10.1. Trading attraction

10.1.1. Trading and the trader
10.1.2. Ego and needs
10.1.3. Emotional aspects

10.2. Trader's difficulties

10.2.1. The ten mistakes at the demo stage
10.2.2. Leap into the real market
10.2.3. The ten mistakes in the real market

10.3. The keys to success for a professional trader

10.3.1. Education and Training
10.3.2. Discipline and emotional control
10.3.3. Planning and risk management
10.3.4. Patience and perseverance

10.4. Managing a trader's streaks

10.4.1. Understanding the nature of gusts
10.4.2. Trading strategy evaluation
10.4.3. Adjust the strategy

10.5. Acceptance of losses by a trader

10.5.1. Maintaining the long-term perspective
10.5.2. Preventing loss bias
1.05.3. Learning from losses

10.6. Analysis of a trader's emotional balance

10.6.1. Recognition of emotions that can affect trading decisions: fear, greed, euphoria or frustration
10.6.2. Identifying times when emotions may be affecting decisions
10.6.3. Strategies for managing emotions in trading

10.7. Managing a trader's expectations

10.7.1. Managing expectations. Importance in Trading
10.7.2. Setting realistic trading objectives
10.7.3. Managing emotions and anxiety in relation to expectations

10.8. Emotional intelligence applied to trading

10.8.1. Importance of emotional intelligence in trading
10.8.2. How to develop emotional intelligence in trading
10.8.3. How to apply emotional intelligence in trading

10.9. Ego management

10.9.1. Identifying ego symptoms in trading
10.9.2. How to keep ego from affecting your trading decisions
10.9.3. How to maintain a balanced mindset and focus on long-term success
10.9.4. Constant evaluation and adjustment of ego management

10.10. Trading-oriented concentration and attention techniques

10.10.1. The importance of concentration and attention in trading
10.10.2. Concentration techniques
10.10.3. Attentio

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