Start Here + Coach's Trading Rules

Level: Beginner · About 10 min · 8 slides

Welcome to the ADT Academy Free Stock Course. Start here: a note from Coach, the 12 trading rules every ADT trader follows, and a map of the 16 lessons. Read the rules before you place a single trade.

🔑 Key takeaways

• Discipline and patience beat prediction. You don't need every move, just the right ones.
• Journal daily and paper trade until your mechanics and confidence are solid.
• New traders: no trading in the first 30 minutes or the last hour of the day.
• Stops on every trade. Don't lose more than 1–3% of your total account per day.
• 1–5 trades per day, no revenge trading. 2 red days in a row = stop and paper trade 4 weeks.

✅ Your homework

1. Write Coach's 12 rules on a card and keep it next to your screen.
2. Open a paper trading account (for example Webull, thinkorswim, TradeStation or TradingView).
3. Start a trading journal today: goals, emotions and market outlook.
4. Go through Lessons 1–15 in order.

📎 Resources

• Coach's Rules (slides 3–5 of this lesson)
• ADT Daily Watchlist and live sessions (Premium/VIP)
• ADT Academy: https://americandreamtradingacademy.com

➡️ Next: Lesson 1: Introduction to Stock Market Trading