Forex & Crypto Course
Turn Macro Insight Into Structured FX & Crypto Trades
Learn how interest rates, central-bank policy, capital flows, liquidity, market structure, tokenomics, and sentiment shape price behavior across forex and digital assets.
Then integrate those insights into trade construction, execution planning, systematic risk management, and portfolio decisions.
No signals. No disconnected setups. Build the reasoning behind the trade.
24 live hours · 8 practical assignments · 8 quizzes · 2 strategy labs · 60-day replay access
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Course Overview
From Market Driver to Trade Expression
FX and crypto respond to many of the same forces: interest rates, monetary policy, global liquidity, capital flows, geopolitical events, and shifts in risk sentiment.
But they do not behave in the same way.
Liquidity, volatility, execution, market participation, and price formation differ significantly between currency and digital-asset markets.
This course teaches you how to understand those forces, identify the market context, form a structured view, and translate that analysis into a trade and portfolio framework.
The decision process you will develop:
Macro context → Market structure → Trading thesis → Price confirmation → Execution → Portfolio risk
By the end of the course, you will be able to construct and test trading frameworks across FX and crypto while evaluating risk at both trade and portfolio level.
Who This Course Is For
For Traders Ready to Replace Fragmented Analysis With a Complete Process
This course is a strong fit if:
- You have approximately 1 to 3 years of active trading experience
- You understand the basics but your analysis still feels disconnected
- You want to understand why a market is moving before acting on price
- You want to connect macroeconomic views with trade selection and execution
- You want to evaluate crypto beyond headlines and short-term narratives
- You want to compare FX and crypto liquidity, volatility, and risk properly
- You are ready to complete assignments and test your understanding each week
No formal academic background in macroeconomics or blockchain technology is required.
This course is not designed for complete beginners or traders looking for signals, copy trades, or shortcuts to performance.
Meet the Faculty
Your Instructor
Active Multi-Asset Trader with 20+ Years of Experience
Sachin Kotecha has participated in global financial markets since 2005, with experience across foreign exchange, digital assets, equities, commodities, and derivatives.
Throughout the course, he connects macroeconomic analysis, market structure, trade construction, execution, and risk management to practical market scenarios.
You will learn not only what each concept means, but how the different elements are brought together within a repeatable trading and portfolio decision process.
Learning Outcomes
Read FX Through Macro and Capital Flows
Assess how economic data, interest-rate differentials, central-bank policy, global liquidity, and capital flows influence currency markets.
Translate a View Into a Trade
Combine macroeconomic, technical, and sentiment-based evidence to identify trends, breakouts, reversals, and structured trade expressions.
Evaluate Crypto Beyond the Narrative
Analyze blockchain infrastructure, tokenomics, adoption, liquidity fragmentation, market participation, and structural risk.
Compare FX and Crypto Market Mechanics
Understand how liquidity, volatility, execution, leverage, and participant behavior differ across both markets.
Construct and Test Trading Frameworks
Build rule-based frameworks using macro bias, positioning, price confirmation, sentiment, and execution planning.
Manage Risk at Portfolio Level
Evaluate position sizing, leverage, correlation, concentration, risk budgeting, and scenario-based portfolio exposure.
Program Structure
Live, Applied, and Assessed
Course Details
Tuition
Included in Tuition:
- 24 hours of live, expert-led instruction across 8 intensive sessions
- Teaching from an active multi-asset trader with 20+ years of market experience
- 8 applied assignments covering each stage of the course
- 8 weekly quizzes to reinforce and assess your understanding
- 2 strategy laboratories focused on trading frameworks and portfolio risk
- Real-world case studies and market scenarios
- Direct instructor access for questions, discussion, and practical guidance
- 60-day access to every session recording for review and reinforcement
- Access to ITI’s virtual library through Perlego for supporting books and learning resources
- Certificate of completion from ITI
- Pathway into further ITI study, including the Master’s in Trading for suitable candidates
Detailed Course Content
Eight Weeks From Market Structure to Portfolio-Level Decisions
Week 1: FX Market Structure, Liquidity, and the Global Currency System
Understand how FX prices emerge through market participants, trading venues, liquidity, order flow, and institutional activity.
Week 2: Macroeconomic Drivers, Interest Rates, and Policy
Learn how inflation, growth expectations, interest-rate differentials, policy divergence, and central-bank guidance affect currencies.
Week 3: Capital Flows, Global Liquidity, and Positioning
Examine current-account and financial-account flows, leverage, institutional positioning, capital controls, and long-term currency stability.
Week 4: Translating Macro Insights Into FX Trades
Turn a macroeconomic thesis into trade expression using relative-value analysis, price confirmation, execution timing, and risk-reward evaluation.
Week 5: Crypto Market Structure, Tokenomics, and Ecosystem
Explore blockchain layers, token types, network effects, stablecoins, liquidity, adoption, and structural crypto risks.
Week 6: Crypto in the Macro System
Analyze volatility regimes, liquidity cycles, institutional participation, real interest rates, US dollar strength, and cross-asset behavior.
Week 7: Strategy Laboratory I, Building Trading Frameworks
Construct a macro bias, integrate technical and positioning evidence, plan execution, and identify conditions in which a trade should be avoided.
Week 8: Strategy Laboratory II, Portfolio Construction, Risk, and Execution
Integrate trade-level thinking into portfolio-level risk budgeting, exposure mapping, leverage management, position sizing, and scenario planning.
Applied Learning and Assessment
You Will Not Simply Watch the Material. You Will Apply It.
Every week connects the concepts taught in class to a practical assignment and knowledge check.
You will work through questions and scenarios covering:
- FX pricing and capital flows
- Central-bank policy and market expectations
- Relative-value currency analysis
- Trade construction and execution timing
- Crypto tokenomics and structural risk
- Volatility regimes and cross-asset behaviour
- Macro bias and trading-framework construction
- Position sizing, risk budgeting, and portfolio exposure
This creates a clear progression from understanding individual concepts to constructing and evaluating a complete trading and portfolio framework.
One practical assignment and knowledge check every week
Why Choose ITI
The International Trading Institute provides comprehensive market education designed for serious traders committed to professional development.
Expert Faculty
Learn from professional traders with decades of real-world market experience
Practical Application
Apply concepts through real market analysis and hands-on trading practice
Rigorous Curriculum
Structured program covering market structure, execution, and participant behavior
Global Network
Connect with ambitious traders and industry professionals worldwide
Next Course Dates
OnlineJune 28 – August 22, 2027
- Schedule:
- Tuesdays, 18:00 – 21:00 Central European Summer Time
- Duration:
- 8 Tuesdays
Join Our Live Online Learning Community
Connect with traders worldwide in our interactive virtual sessions
Frequently Asked Questions
Are sessions recorded?
Yes. You’ll have replay access for 60 days after the course.
What if I miss a class?
Recordings are uploaded within 24 hours. You can stay on track.
Is my professional background a good match for this course?
Apart from our Trading for Beginners course, ITI’s trading courses are targeted at intermediate level traders. Professional background is not as important as trading experience. Traders with between 1 – 3 years of active trading experience with live accounts are generally a good match for our programs. There are also no formal educational requirements, admission is based on trading achievements and experience.
Cancelation & Refund policy
Cancellations received 10 days prior to the program’s start date are subject to a payment of 10% of the program tuition.
Cancellation requests received 3 calendar days prior to program start date as well as those received during the program are subject to 50% payment of the program fee.
Participants must submit a written cancellation request to confirm their intention to cancel.
Partial refunds will be considered if requested within 7 days after the program’s start date.
No refunds will be considered for non attendance or after 7 days of the program start date.
ITI reserves the right to cancel the current edition or modify dates up to 10 days prior to the scheduled start date. Under no circumstances is ITI responsible for any travel or other expenses incurred as a result of registration.
What kind of certificate will I get?
Those traders who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate of completion with the name of the course they attended, their name and the dates they attended from the International Trading Institute at no charge.
How do I sign up for this?
You can register for this course by using the form at the top of the page and paying the registration fee. All registrations will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee. ITI reserves the right to follow-up some registrations with additional questions and will admit only qualified applicants onto its programs. Participants will receive a confirmation of their registration within 2 working days of submitting their registration.
What payment options do you offer?
Participants will be asked to pay for their course as a part of the registration process. Payment can be made by credit card. For those registrants
Who would like to pay via bank transfer or explore other payment methods, please contact a member of the Programs Team at admissions@internationaltradinginstitute.com
Can I apply this course towards the Master’s in Trading?
No. Traders who would like to receive credit towards our Master’s in Trading Program must go through the admissions process and be enrolled on the Master’s program to receive credit.