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ShaFX Academy
Risk-first trading education across ten structured paths — beginner to institutional. Earn Credits, track lessons, unlock certificates.
Foundation
Start here. The mechanics every trader needs before risking real capital.
Refinement
Sharpen execution. Costs, journal-driven improvement, broker selection.
Institutional
Liquidity, order flow, macro context and portfolio risk.
Verticals
Deep-dive curricula on specific concepts and methodologies.
Trading Psychology
Discipline, tilt recovery, journaling habits and emotional control under pressure.
Risk Management
Position sizing, stop discipline, drawdown control and account survival.
Macroeconomics for Traders
Real yields, central banks, inflation regimes and how macro flows shape FX.
Liquidity Concepts
How liquidity is sourced, where stops cluster and why levels behave the way they do.
Smart Money Concepts (SMC)
Order blocks, fair value gaps, market structure shifts and inducement — explained honestly.
ICT Concepts
Killzones, displacement, optimal trade entries and the institutional language of price.
Portfolio Thinking
Correlation, exposure budgeting, account survival and turning trading into a process.
Topic library
Browse by topic
Forex Basics
Core market mechanics, pairs, pips, lots, sessions, and order types.
Risk Management
Position sizing, drawdown control, stop-loss planning, and account survival.
Trading Psychology
Discipline, overtrading, journaling, and emotional control.
Broker Education
Execution, regulation, spreads, account types, and broker due diligence.
Prop Firm Guides
Evaluation rules, daily-loss handling, consistency rules, and payout discipline.
Gold / XAUUSD Trading
Volatility, sessions, spreads, risk, and news handling for gold traders.
Trading Tools Guides
How to use calculators, journals, dashboards, and checklists.
Cashback & Rewards
How rebates, cashback, loyalty tiers, and transparent IB earnings work.
Trading Platforms
MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView, web platforms, and mobile execution.
Beginner Mistakes
Common errors that damage new traders and how to avoid them.
Halal & Sharia Trading
Educational concepts: riba, gharar, swap-free accounts, and Islamic-finance considerations.
Forex Regulations & Safety
Regulators, license verification, scam patterns, and trader protection.
Trading Journals
Building a useful trading journal, KPIs to track, and weekly review templates.
Technical Analysis Basics
Trend, support and resistance, structure, and reading momentum honestly.
Fundamental Analysis Basics
Macro flow, central banks, real yields, and economic-data reading.
Liquidity Concepts
How liquidity is sourced, where stops cluster, and how to read reactions at obvious levels.
Macroeconomics
Real yields, central bank policy, inflation regimes and how macro flows shape FX.
Portfolio Thinking
Correlation, exposure budgeting and process-oriented portfolio management for traders.
Smart Money Concepts
Order blocks, fair value gaps, market structure shifts and inducement, taught honestly.
ICT Concepts
Killzones, displacement, optimal trade entries and the institutional language of price.
Forex Foundations
Start here: what forex is, how pairs, pips, lots, leverage and orders actually work.
About ShaFX
About Shalaw Koy and the ShaFX IB disclaimer: who we are, what we do, and what we are not.
ShaFX Forex Foundations
Core evergreen forex education by Shalaw Koy: why traders lose, risk management, the halal question, mindset, signals, robots, and lot sizing.
Macro & News Trading
A 6-lesson course on the economy, central banks, reading news, intermarket links, priced-in moves, and 30-second news analysis.
Charting & Technical Analysis
Read candles, structure, indicators and build your first trading plan.
Risk Management & Psychology
The skills that keep you in the game: position sizing, stops, discipline and journaling.
Strategy & Execution
Trend, range, breakout and pullback systems — built and tested with rules.
Fundamental Analysis
Rates, inflation, central banks and risk sentiment that move currencies.
Market Structure & Order Flow
Advanced price: structure, liquidity, order flow, SMC and ICT — taught honestly.
Professional & Portfolio
Trade like an operator: process, portfolio thinking, prop firms and scaling.
Halal Forex Essentials
Is forex halal? Riba, swaps, gharar, AAOIFI screening and zakat — practical answers.
Module 01 — Absolute Beginner
What forex actually is, how a trade works, and the vocabulary you need — from zero.
Module 2 — How the Market Works
Pairs, pips, lots, leverage, spread, and order types explained simply.
Module 02 — Brokers & Execution
Regulation, spreads, swaps, slippage, and picking a broker safely.
Module 3 — Reading the Charts
Candlesticks, trends, support & resistance, and timeframes.
Module 03 — Technical Foundations
Candles, trends, timeframes and the building blocks of chart reading.
Module 4 — Trading Strategies
The 6 schools: price action, SMC/ICT, supply & demand, volume, indicators, macro.
Module 04 — Classical Technical Analysis
Chart patterns, trendlines and channels — the timeless toolkit.
Module 5 — Risk & Psychology
Position sizing, risk management, and the trader mindset — where most fail.
Module 05 — Fundamentals & Economics
Interest rates, inflation, central banks and how news moves markets.
Module 6 — Going Live with ShaFX
Choosing a broker, halal accounts, cashback, and your first real trades.
Module 06 — Strategy Families
Trend-following, mean-reversion, breakout and range strategies — when each works.
Module 7 — Advanced Analysis
Fibonacci, harmonics, volume, and multi-strategy confluence.
Module 07 — Trading Plan & Journal
Write a plan you can follow; journal to improve — the discipline core.
Module 8 — Platform & Execution
MT4/MT5 basics, placing orders, managing trades like a pro.
Module 08 — Backtesting & Forward Testing
Prove a strategy has an edge before risking real money.
Module 9 — Your Trading Plan
Build a plan, journal every trade, and improve systematically.
Module 09 — Funded Trading & ShaFX Capital
How funded/prop models work, rules to survive them, and the ShaFX Capital path.
Module 10 — Gold & Key Instruments
Trade XAUUSD, indices and crypto CFDs the smart way.
Module 11 — Avoid These Mistakes
The costly errors that wipe out beginners, and how to dodge them.
Module 12 — Mastering ShaFX Tools
Use every ShaFX calculator and tool to trade smarter and halal.
Module 13 — Smart Money Concepts (SMC)
Order blocks, liquidity, FVGs and market structure — as a framework to test, not gospel.
Module 14 — ICT Concepts
Killzones, PD arrays, OTE and displacement — a framework you verify, taught responsibly.
Module 16 — Psychology & Discipline
FOMO, revenge trading, tilt, and building a disciplined process.
Module 17 — Support, Resistance & Price Action
Zones, flips, confluence and clean price-action entries.
Module 18 — Islamic / Halal Trading
Riba, gharar, swap-free accounts and trading responsibly within Islamic principles.
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Platform notice.
ShaFX is not a broker and does not provide investment advice, account management, copy trading, or guaranteed returns. Trading involves risk. Cashback, rewards, and broker-related benefits depend on eligibility, broker program terms, account type, country, volume, and verification status. Cashback may be broker-paid, delayed, rejected, adjusted, or manually reviewed depending on broker reports and account status. Services vary by country and broker availability. ShaFX does not request trading passwords or hold client funds.