Sextant Academy

Learn to trade
properly.

A structured, rigorous and transparent path to understanding markets and mastering risk — before you put a single euro at stake.

Synthetic data. This site publishes no signals and no recommendations.
60+illustrated lessons
6complete modules
€0no account required
0signals, promises, affiliate links

We sell no dream, no signal, no certainty.
We teach a method, figures you can check, and an honest inventory of everything that can go wrong.
It sells less well. It serves you far better.

Four stages.
No shortcuts.

Most courses sell you the destination. We hand you the map, the compass, and the list of everything that can go wrong on the way.

Stage 01

Understand

Six modules covering the basics, risk, strategy, crypto and safety. Every concept is illustrated, every trap is named. The only thing you invest is time.

Nothing at risk · 2 to 4 weeks
Stage 02

Calculate

The calculator turns theory into numbers. How many lots, for which stop, at what risk? Until that answer is immediate, you are not ready.

Unlimited tool
Stage 03

Check

Twenty questions covering the whole course. No flattery: the score shows your strengths and your gaps alike. If you are not ready, we say so.

Objective assessment
Stage 04

Progress

Your progress is saved on your own device, lesson by lesson. Depending on the result: focused support on your weak points, or access to the tools if the foundations are in place.

Personal tracking

Losing and recovering
are not symmetrical.

Losing half your capital does not take +50% to get back to even. It takes +100%. Move the slider.

You lose −30%
You must regain +42.9%

The asymmetry compounds: every point lost costs more and more to win back.

Go to the Risk management module

Six modules.
Two tools. One test.

Follow the path in order, or go straight to the subject you are missing. Your progress shows on every card.

Module 01 · Foundations

Trading basics

Candlesticks, support and resistance, order types, spread, leverage, timeframes. Fourteen lessons, illustrated throughout.

14 lessons · 75 min
Module 02 · The core

Risk management

Position sizing, drawdown, the asymmetry of losses, expectancy, losing streaks. The module that separates the survivors from the statistics.

12 lessons · 65 min
Tool

Position calculator

Your exact lot size, instantly. Forex, indices, crypto, commodities. Multi-currency, multi-market, no usage limit.

Interactive
Module 03 · Application

Trading strategies

Trend following, breakouts, ranges, price action, Smart Money Concept. How to build, test and validate a strategy you can measure.

12 lessons · 70 min
Module 04 · Specialization

Crypto & blockchain

Blockchain, Bitcoin, altcoins, DeFi, stablecoins, halving, on-chain analysis. Understand the fundamentals before you speculate.

12 lessons · 60 min
Module 05 · No flattery

Safety & survival

Scams, revenge trading, overtrading, toxic leverage, tilt. Ten lessons to protect your capital and your mental health.

10 lessons · 55 min
Reference

Glossary & resources

One hundred and six filterable terms, fourteen frequent questions, a pre-trade checklist, a six-month roadmap and a journal template.

106 terms
Final assessment

Are you genuinely ready?

Twenty questions covering every module. Your score decides what comes next: focused support, or access to the advanced tools.

20 questions · 10 min

Not a guru.
Not a salesman. A tool.

The internet is full of hollow courses and false mentors. Here, in plain words, is what we refuse to do.

No trading signals

We will never tell you what to buy or when to sell. Anyone promising profitable signals is selling an illusion. Our aim is that you think for yourself.

No affiliate links

No broker pays us. No tool is recommended for a commission. When we suggest a type of account, it is for your results, not our revenue.

No unrealistic promises

No "€1,000 a day", no "financial freedom in three months". The measured reality: the large majority of retail traders lose. Our job is to make you understand why.

Professional content, free

Sixty illustrated lessons, a full calculator, interactive quizzes, dozens of diagrams — no sign-up, no paywall, no account to create.

Honest, even when it stings

We say what nobody wants to hear: that you are probably not ready, that this will take months, that most people fail. Honesty protects you better than any indicator.

Your data stays with you

Progress is stored in your browser, not on a server. No advertising trackers, no profiling, nothing sold on. You can erase all of it with one click.

60+
lessons written
50+
vector diagrams
54
glossary terms
20
assessment questions
€0
today and tomorrow

Important warning. Trading carries a significant risk of losing money. Between 74% and 89% of retail trading accounts lose money on CFDs and forex (sources: AMF and ESMA). This site is strictly educational: it gives no financial advice, no buy or sell signal, and guarantees no result. Never trade with money you cannot afford to lose.

Find out whether you have the basics to survive.

The test is free, takes ten minutes and covers the whole course. The result will be honest — which is exactly what you need.

20 questions · 10 minutes · instant score · no sign-up