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Introduction to Forex

Updated foundational notes — how the FX market is built, how a quote becomes a pip, and how a stop becomes a size. Fourteen pages on pairs, sessions, leverage, orders, charts, and a one-percent risk ceiling. Education, not a trade recommendation.

14 pages · Self-study pack · October 2026

What is inside

1. 01The foreign exchange market
2. 02The day, in four sessions
3. 03Pairs and the quote
4. 04Pips, lots, a worked pip
5. 05What moves a price
6. 06Prints, and who sets them
7. 07Leverage and margin
8. 08Size from the stop
9. 09Orders and the ticket
10. 10Reading price
11. 11Risk, money, mindset
12. 12Glossary, drill, next

These notes are education, not a recommendation to trade, and not a solicitation. Leveraged FX can return a total loss of capital, quickly. Nothing here is personal advice. SummitFx does not hold client funds. Read the risk disclosure.