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Passing Score: 80%
Total Questions: 30
Format: Multiple choice
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Advanced trading concepts taught through the lens of safety: how strategies really work, how scammers misuse the terms, and how to protect yourself.
Patterns, indicators and trading psychology — taught through a safety-first lens so you can spot when scammers fake charts and signals.
The fundamentals of charts, candles, trends and indicators — taught with a safety-first lens so you can tell real analysis from manipulation.
Ten foundational trading strategies for new traders — paired with the scam tactics that target beginners and how to avoid them.
How the Forex market works and how emotions drive decisions — paired with the psychological tricks scammers use to manipulate traders.
How international markets, sessions and instruments connect — and how scammers exploit global complexity to manipulate victims.
How the global trading market really works — participants, sessions, liquidity, orders — and the manipulation tactics scammers use to deceive victims.
Essential trading terminology every learner must understand — paired with the manipulation tactics scammers use to misuse each term.
Foundational technical analysis — candlesticks, trends, support and resistance, indicators, patterns — paired with how scammers fake basic TA.
Capital management as the foundation of safe trading — risk, position sizing, leverage, emotional control — and how scammers attack each one.
How the Forex market works, how currency pairs behave, and how emotions and cognitive biases are weaponized by scammers — with practical protection.
How global markets interact across regions, instruments, and sessions — and how scammers misuse international trading complexity to manipulate victims.
How the global trading market works — participants, sessions, liquidity, volatility, and orders — paired with the manipulation tactics scammers use.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering advanced trading concepts, scalping, swing & positional trading, NFP strategy, risk management, and scam detection. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering advanced candlestick patterns, divergence, breakouts, indicators, multi-timeframe analysis, psychology, and scam detection. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering candlesticks, charts, trends, support & resistance, indicators, patterns, volume, and scam detection. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering beginner strategies, trend following, breakouts, support & resistance, indicators, risk management, and scam detection. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering risk per trade, position sizing, leverage, stop-loss, diversification, emotional capital, and scam tactics. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering stocks, CFDs, leverage, margin, long/short positions, fees, broker verification, and scam detection. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering Forex market structure, currency pairs, pips, lots, spreads, leverage, market sessions, trading psychology, cognitive biases, emotional traps, and scam tactics. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering global markets and exchanges, international instruments, market sessions, global economic events, liquidity, volatility, risks, and scam tactics. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering how the trading market works, market participants, liquidity, volatility, sessions, order types, global influences, manipulation tactics, and safe trading practices. Passing score: 80%.
20-question multiple-choice exam covering technical, fundamental & sentiment analysis, market cycles, volume, multi-timeframe analysis, economic news, and scam tactics involving analysis. Passing score: 80%.
Independent primary sources used to check and corroborate the guidance on this page.
US national framework for cybersecurity work roles and competencies.
Global AML/CFT standards referenced by financial-crime curricula.
Primary loss and typology data used in fraud-investigation training.
Official complaint statistics for teaching fraud trend analysis.
Source: GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety · Published by the GACS Research Team
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