TorontoTrading Academy
Our methodology

We teach trading like a craft, not a casino.

Four principles shape every lesson we publish. They came from listening to hundreds of older Canadian learners about what every other trading school got wrong.

§III · METHODOLOGY

FOUR PRINCIPLES · FILED 2026

We teach trading like a craft, not a casino.

Four principles shape every lesson we publish. They came from listening to hundreds of older Canadian learners about what every other trading school got wrong.

  1. §01

    Watch before you wager

    Every paid course includes a paper-trading phase before you risk a single Canadian dollar. Confidence is earned in simulation first.

    PAPER-TRADE · MIN 14 DAYS

  2. §02

    Risk is the first skill

    We teach position sizing, stop-losses and drawdown limits before we teach a single setup. Most courses leave this for last. We refuse to.

    POSITION SIZING · 1% RULE

  3. §03

    Plain language, repeated often

    We explain key terms every time they appear, with glossaries on every screen. You should never have to Google a word mid-lesson.

    GLOSSARY · ON EVERY SCREEN

  4. §04

    Slow and deliberate

    Lessons average 18 minutes. Always re-watchable. Always with transcripts, captions, and slower playback options.

    AVG LESSON · 18 MIN

EXHIBIT B · ANNOTATED PRICE ACTION

FIG. 02 · ILLUSTRATIVE

A

Range — wait.

B

Breakout. Plan triggered.

C

Stop honoured. Lesson logged.

TTA RESEARCH · 2026

N = 40 SESSIONS

§I · CURRICULUM PRINCIPLES

PUBLISHED · 2026 EDITION · 6 SECTIONS

Six things we got right for our generation.

The principles below shape every lesson, every quiz, every email. They came from hundreds of conversations with Canadian learners aged 50+ about what every other trading school got wrong.

§01

Designed for our age group

Larger text. Slower pacing. Real-world examples grounded in Canadian retirement realities — not adrenaline-fuelled day-trader culture.

BASE SIZE 1.0625rem · LH 1.7

§02

Capital preservation, always first

Every lesson is filtered through one rule: protect first, grow second. We teach risk before we teach reward — even when it makes the curriculum harder to sell.

RISK · MODULE 01

§03

Learn at your pace

Lifetime access. Re-watch any lesson. No deadlines, no pressure, no Discord-channel chaos. The course you bought is the course you keep.

ACCESS · UNLIMITED

§04

Plain English. No jargon.

Every new term is defined inline AND in the lesson glossary. We assume you've never heard of a 'pip' and we never make you feel slow.

GLOSSARY · ON EVERY PAGE

§05

Canadian context throughout

Built around CAD, Canadian brokers, RRSPs, TFSAs and CRA considerations — not a US course with a maple-leaf bumper sticker. The CRA section alone takes two lessons.

CIRO · CIPF · OSC

§06

One unlock at a time

Start with our full free course. When you're ready, grow into one of three honest tiers — Foundation $250, Intermediate $500, or the Advanced 4-week cohort at $1,500 CAD.

FOUNDATION · INTERMEDIATE · ADVANCED

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