Videos
Free videos we rate for learning crypto and trading, sorted by altitude like our Trail Guides: Base for your first steps, Ridge for building a trading plan, Summit for advanced setups. Most lessons are a few years old; the ideas have not aged.
Base · Beginner
Start here: how crypto works
But how does bitcoin actually work?
The best visual explanation of why Bitcoin works: signatures, the ledger and proof of work, built up step by step.
3Blue1Brown · 25:16
How does a blockchain work
Six minutes, no jargon. The quickest way to get the core idea.
Simply Explained · 6:00
Introduction to Bitcoin: what is bitcoin and why does it matter?
Andreas Antonopoulos on why Bitcoin matters, not only how. A classic talk.
aantonop · 37:17
Proof-of-Stake (vs proof-of-work)
The two ways blockchains agree on the truth, side by side.
Simply Explained · 7:59
What is Ethereum Gas?
Why every Ethereum transaction costs a fee, with simple examples.
Whiteboard Crypto · 9:41
What is a Stablecoin?
How USDT, USDC and the others hold their peg, and how they can break.
Whiteboard Crypto · 7:37
Bitcoin Halving Explained
What the halving is and why the market cares about it.
Whiteboard Crypto · 7:18
Bitcoin's Lightning Network, Simply Explained
How Bitcoin payments can be instant and almost free.
Simply Explained · 5:34
Stay safe
How Does Your Seed Phrase Work?
What those 12 or 24 words really are, and why nobody may ever see them.
Ledger · 17:24
These Crypto Scams Could Wreck You
A recent walk through the scams that catch people today.
Coin Bureau · 14:37
First charts
Candlestick Charts
Start of Cred's Technical Analysis Series: how to read a candle.
CryptoCred · 25:08
Time Frames
Which chart time frames to use and how they fit together.
CryptoCred · 1:20:34
Horizontal Support/Resistance (updated)
Drawing the levels that matter, and skipping the ones that do not.
CryptoCred · 37:12
Risk Management (updated)
Position size, stop-losses and why risk comes before entries. Watch this one first.
CryptoCred · 1:09:23
Trade Less, Profit More: Risk Management Basics
Mayne's short version of the same lesson, with examples.
Trader Mayne · 6:58
Ridge · Intermediate
Price action and a trade plan (Cred)
Market Structure
Highs, lows and how to read the trend. One of his most watched.
CryptoCred · 1:35:54
Retests
Trading the return to a broken level.
CryptoCred · 1:21:02
Trendlines
Drawing trendlines properly, and when to trust them.
CryptoCred · 11:51
Fibonacci Levels
Using Fib retracements without turning them into magic.
CryptoCred · 59:46
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
RSI beyond overbought and oversold: ranges and divergence.
CryptoCred · 49:25
Top Down Approach to Trading
Start on the high time frame, then work down to the entry.
CryptoCred · 43:17
Entry Triggers (updated)
What actually tells you to enter at a level.
CryptoCred · 1:13:03
Trade Management
Managing a trade once you are in: moving stops, taking profit.
CryptoCred · 57:09
First Trouble Area (FTA)
Finding the first level that can stop your trade, before you take it.
CryptoCred · 1:06:34
Price action and habits (Mayne)
How To Trade Market Structure Like a Pro
A recent, longer take on market structure. Good to watch after Cred's.
Trader Mayne · 34:42
How I View Liquidity Sweeps, Swing Failures, And Deviations
Short and clear: what happens when price runs past a high or low and comes back.
Trader Mayne · 4:28
What to Actually Write in Your Trade Journal
Two minutes on the habit most traders skip.
Trader Mayne · 2:09
Why You're Over-Trading (And How To Fix It)
Trading psychology: taking fewer, better trades.
Trader Mayne · 22:04
DeFi and derivatives
What is DeFi? Decentralized Finance Explained
The building blocks of DeFi: lending, DEXs and stablecoins.
Finematics · 12:23
How do Liquidity Pools work?
How DEXs price tokens without an order book.
Finematics · 10:32
What Is Impermanent Loss?
The hidden cost of providing liquidity, with numbers.
Finematics · 10:34
Ethereum Layer 2 Scaling Explained
Rollups, sidechains and channels: how Layer 2s work.
Finematics · 10:38
What Are Perpetual Contracts and How Funding Rates Work
Perps and funding in five minutes. Read with our glossary entries on leverage and liquidation.
dYdX Academy · 5:01
Summit · Advanced
Advanced price action
Market Microstructure (updated)
Reading structure inside structure across time frames.
CryptoCred · 44:34
Daily Open Trade Strategy
A complete, rules-based setup built around the daily open.
CryptoCred · 49:05
Pattern Failure
Trading the pattern that does not play out, often the better trade.
CryptoCred · 22:20
Overthrow for Stop Loss Placement
Placing stops where they will not get swept as easily.
CryptoCred · 1:06:05
How I'd Learn To Trade Liquidity If I Started Over
Mayne's full roadmap for learning to trade liquidity.
Trader Mayne · 52:43
Everything You Need To Trade ICT Smart Money Concepts
A long course on ICT / smart money concepts: order blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity.
Trader Mayne · 1:18:14
Cycles, on-chain and DeFi mechanics
Bitcoin Market Cycle Theory
Long-form look at Bitcoin's cycles, risk and the four-year pattern.
Benjamin Cowen · 52:28
Identify Bitcoin Market Tops With These Insightful Charts
James Check walks through the on-chain metrics (MVRV and others) used to spot tops.
Checkonchain · 17:52
Decoding MEV: Past, Present, Future
How bots profit from transaction ordering, and what it means for your swaps.
Finematics · 15:13