Structured Online Trading Education
Explore the MCI module catalog
25 individual learning modules organized into 5 progressive levels — each module covers markets, analysis, risk, trading technology and simulated practice, and stands on its own at $25.
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Student Orientation
MCI Orientation
4 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Start here — set up your student portal, understand expectations, conduct and the simulation-only rules before your first module.
Level I
Trading Foundations
Trading & Market Fundamentals
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Get the vocabulary and mental model of trading: what markets are, how futures and price charts work, order types, and why every MCI exercise is simulated.
Futures Trading Fundamentals
10 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Understand futures inside-out — contract specs, ticks and tick value, micros vs. e-minis, leverage, margin and the P&L math behind every trade.
Candlesticks & Price Action
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Read raw price action with confidence: candle anatomy, momentum and rejection, and why context beats memorized patterns.
Market Structure
10 instructional hours· 10 lessons
See the market's skeleton — swing points, higher-highs/lower-lows, trend vs. range, and the structure shifts that signal change.
Technical Chart Analysis
10 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Turn charts into decisions with trendlines, levels, supply/demand, Fibonacci, moving averages and confluence — objectively, not by feel.
Level II
Market Analysis
Multi-Timeframe Analysis
9 instructional hours· 9 lessons
Align the market across timeframes with a repeatable top-down workflow, so your bias and your timing finally agree.
Liquidity, Fair Value Gaps & Retracements
10 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Spot where price is likely to react — liquidity, fair-value gaps, discount/premium and clean retracement entry zones with defined invalidation.
Risk Management & Position Sizing
10 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Protect your capital first: define risk per trade, convert stops to dollars, size positions correctly and respect max-loss rules.
Trading Psychology & Discipline
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Build the discipline that separates traders from gamblers — managing fear, FOMO, overtrading and revenge trading under real uncertainty.
Economic News & Market Fundamentals
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Know what actually moves markets: the economic calendar, interest rates, inflation, jobs data and how news drives volatility.
Level III
Trading Operations
Trading Technology & Charting Platforms
7 instructional hours· 7 lessons
Get hands-on with trading technology — charts, timeframes, watchlists, drawing tools, indicators and data feeds.
Trading Platforms & Order Execution
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Execute cleanly and safely: order tickets, market/limit/stop orders, brackets and OCO, modifying orders and flattening positions.
Brokerages & Live Trading Accounts
7 instructional hours· 7 lessons
Understand brokerages end-to-end — account types, commissions, data subscriptions, funding and how to choose a broker.
Market Data, Connections & Trading Infrastructure
7 instructional hours· 7 lessons
Learn the plumbing behind trading: market data, real-time vs. delayed feeds, connectivity, latency and redundancy.
Prop Firms & Funded Trading
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Understand prop firms and funded-account models — evaluations, account sizes, profit targets, drawdown and payout splits.
Evaluating Prop Firms
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Evaluate and compare prop firms critically: rules, fees and resets, drawdown types, daily loss limits and restrictions.
Level IV
MCI Market Methodology
Building a Trading Plan
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Turn your skills into a written trading plan — market selection, setup and entry/exit criteria, risk parameters and review.
ABC Method: Alert
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Master step one of MCI's ABC method: identify a valid higher-timeframe Alert and document it correctly.
ABC Method: Balance
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Master step two — Balance: locate the true retracement, read discount/premium and confirmation, and know when it's invalid.
ABC Method: Commit
8 instructional hours· 8 lessons
Master step three — Commit: confirm entries on lower timeframes with opposite-candle closes and HL/LH confirmation.
The MCI Entry Process
10 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Put the full MCI entry process together into one disciplined, rule-checked sequence — including confident no-trade decisions.
Level V
Applied Trading
Simulated Trading Laboratory I
10 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Apply everything in a simulated trading lab: top-down analysis, ABC, risk, execution and honest post-trade review.
Trade Journaling & Performance Analysis
8 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Journal like a professional — track decision quality, R-multiple, expectancy and rule compliance, not just P&L.
Simulated Trading Laboratory II
12 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Trade advanced simulated scenarios under pressure, correcting errors and proving ABC consistency for instructor review.
MCI Trading Practicum
12 instructional hours· 10 lessons
Demonstrate full competency in an unfamiliar simulated scenario — analyze, apply ABC, manage risk, execute and defend your decisions.
Educational disclaimer: MCI provides structured online trading education. We teach practical market analysis, risk management and trading technology, with applied exercises completed in a simulated environment, and we issue a Certificate of Completion for individual modules that are passed. MCI is not accredited and makes no income, profit, employment or funded-account claims. Trading involves substantial risk of loss, and educational or simulated performance does not guarantee future results.