Caribbean Digital Assets: CDA Academy – Understanding Markets, News & Risk
Understand how markets move, how news affects them, and how professionals think about risk.
Who it's for
People who know the basics and want to understand what they see on charts, in the news and in trading products, without being taught to trade.
You will understand
- How to read a price chart and what common terms mean
- What popular indicators measure, and why none of them predict the future
- How economic news and events affect markets like gold and crypto
- How professionals measure risk: drawdown, expectancy and profit factor
- Why high "win rate" claims are misleading
Weekly syllabus
| Week | Topic | What's covered | Class activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How markets work | Order books, liquidity, market participants, why prices move | Instructor walk-through of a live market |
| 2 | Reading a chart | Candlesticks, timeframes, trends, ranges, volatility | Chart reading exercise (understanding, not trading) |
| 3 | Indicators explained | Moving averages, RSI, ATR, volume: what they measure and their limits | Compare what indicators show in different market conditions |
| 4 | News, macro and events | Interest rate decisions, inflation (CPI), jobs reports, crypto-specific news, how headlines move markets | Map the month's major economic events |
| 5 | How risk is measured | Volatility, leverage, drawdown, recovery maths, expectancy, profit factor | Risk-maths exercises and case studies |
| 6 | Reading claims critically | Why "90% win rate" and "X% per month" claims mislead; how to question performance numbers | Analyse real marketing claims and spot what's missing |
Included
15 live hours · 6 Q&A sessions · recordings · workbook · risk-maths reference sheet · private student group · certificate of completion
Final deliverable
A written review of one trading product's claims, using the course framework
DisclaimerCDA Academy provides general education only. It does not teach you how to trade and is not investment, financial, legal or tax advice. We do not provide trading signals or individual buy or sell recommendations, and we make no promises of profit or income. Trading involves risk, including the loss of money. Any decisions you make are your own.