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Trading is a marathon and a skill you are looking to learn and use for the rest of your life.

On this page we aim to provide you with a clear path of on how to best go through the training given your skill level, goals, and preferences.

Table Of Contents
  1. High Level of Training
  2. 2 Distinct Paths
  3. Total Immersion
  4. Trading Futures?
  5. System First
  6. Advanced Training Modules
  7. Psychology & Mindset
  8. The Den

High Level of Training

We broke the training down into 3 major topic areas:

  • RexDog Trade System (RDTS) – The technical aspects, indicators, and rules for trading the RDTS and making it your own
  • Market Knowledge – How to think about the market, trading, and mindset
  • Psychology & Mindset – How to deal with the emotional and psychological aspect of trading.

Below, we will explain both these paths and provide the best order and links to all training.

2 Distinct Paths

There are 2 distinct paths you can take to go through the training:

Total Immersion

  • Brand new traders start here.

You want to start from ground zero and want to learn everything we have to teach.

You aren’t concerned with putting this knowledge into action until you feel you have squeezed every ounce of knowledge we provide about the RDTS, trading, and the market.

Bottom Line: You’re in this for the long haul and know this is a skill and knowledge you’re going to use for the rest of your life. This is the path for a complete beginner.

System First

You have a basic or even advanced knowledge of how trading works. You know how to read charts, use indicators, trading platforms, and you’ve probably traded a bit.

You’ve also most likely have watched many of our free videos, live trading streams, and have a feel for the style and method of trading the RDTS provides.

Bottom Line: You have enough experience and knowledge to learn the system and execute in the quickest way possible.

Total Immersion

This is next because the person who wants to do the immersion will see this section and get a full overview.

Now just continue below…

Trading Futures?

Are you new to trading futures? We suggest you take time and learn about the market. The CME has a really great training that covers everything you need to know about the futures market: contracts, trading codes, settlement, ticks, price, values, margin, and roles of speculators and hedgers.

Click here to visit the CME Introduction to Futures Training

System First

In the system first path

  • RDTS Basic Setup – A Quick Start guide to the basic indicators we have.
  • Evidence – In this series of videos, we’ll walk through different charts and different markets providing proof that the RexDog Trading System provides you with an edge.
  • Momentum – Momentum is the highest probability direction the market will continue to move towards and trend doesn’t have that same level of probability.
  • 2 Types of Trades – Learn about the only 2 types of trades that exist– Momentum and Fade.
  • Levels & Candles section – The most important price action rules to follow when trading with candles and levels.
  • Advanced Candles & Levels – Learn advanced price action rules and techniques for trading around candles and levels.
  • 4 Chart Setup – Here you will be introduced to one of the superpowers in the RDTS, te 4-Chart setup. Most recognize immediately how this provides an edge in any market they trade.
  • Philosophy of the 4-Chart Setup – On this page we go in deep on the 4 chart setup. You learn history and reason why each chart is used and chosen. You’ll discover how to think about each chart and how these charts provide you a full view of the market, plus much more.
  • Setting up the 4-Chart Setup – Tips and advice on setting up the 4-Chart Setup.
  • Ticks – Trading with Tick Charts – How well does this tick value follow the RexDog Trading System – specifically the RDA, m9, and m24.
  • Tradovate Setup – If you use or decide to use one of the brokers we suggest here’s a tutorials on how to best setup TradoVate for trading.
  • Trade Entries – Explaining how and where to enter in a trade.
  • RD Scale In Ratio – Scaling Into Trades – Scaling in to get the best basis/entry possible.
  • Stop Losses – Where to put your stop losses for the highest probability’s for profit.
  • Taking Profits – How to know when to take profits, or else you never will.
  • Pattern Library – Learn the best patterns to trade any market by visiting the pattern library.

Advanced Training Modules

  • Level & Candle Rules – Candle levels and how important they are to your trading.
  • PACs – Pay Attention Candles – Pay Attention Candles, and their importance in the system.
  • Intention & Reactions – In this section, we cover the important topics of intention and reactions in charts. The RDTS is based around the concepts of intention and reactions.
  • Value Channels – Discover the power of looking at the market in “value channels. Here you’ll learn how to chart and use value channels in your trade system.
  • Important Timeframes – Discover the most important lower time frames and how they provide clues for your trading.
  • Opening Range – One of the most important concepts to understand when day trading, often called the initial balance or opening range, the first 60 minutes of trading.
  • Time – Mastering Time in Trading. In these series of videos we go deep on how to think about “time” in your trading.
  • Market Internals – In this training module you will discover why and how to use the market internals to better inform your day trading.

If after going through the above training, if you’re having challenges trading with the RDTS we suggest you then dive deeper into the other training modules.

Psychology & Mindset

Explanation of section.

The Den

  • Pattern Library – Library of trading patterns with rules, examples, videos and much more.
  • Barks – Barks is when someone asks a trade question and we create a video or content answer that question, often we do this when we feel the Q&A will help other traders.