Trading basics

Core market concepts

A short introduction to price, timeframes, volatility, and liquidity before reading any market analysis.

A market is where buyers and sellers interact and prices move as available supply, demand, liquidity, and expectations change.

Price reflects the latest agreed value in a market. It can change quickly when liquidity, orders, sentiment, or external conditions shift.

A timeframe is the period used to view market movement. Different timeframes can show different context, and no single timeframe is universally best.

Volatility describes how much price moves over time. Higher volatility can increase uncertainty, potential movement, and risk.

Liquidity describes how easily a market can absorb activity. Lower liquidity may make price movement less stable and harder to interpret.

Educational content only. Not investment advice, trading advice, or signals.