Learn as you trade
From trading on impulse to trading with a plan.
If you’ve been in the market for a few months or a few years, perhaps trading CFDs with your broker, this page is for you.
Djinnex Desk prepares each session for you and explains the why behind every point. You bring the practice. Session by session, a process takes shape: your own risk rules, a written plan before the open and a daily review at the end.
We offer you a method and an analysis for every session day. The outcome depends on how you trade; what you learn depends on reviewing every session.
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The leap
A good day is measured by how you work.
When you’re starting out, the temptation is twofold: adding more indicators and more screens, and judging each day by how much you make or lose. The leap lies elsewhere: knowing what matters today, protecting your capital, reaching the open with a plan and reviewing what happened afterwards. On any given day you can make money trading badly and lose money trading well; what depends on you is how you work.
What counts
- You prepared the session: your plan, or the decision not to trade.
- You didn’t trade because it wasn’t the right time (a sideways day, a high-risk hour) or because you weren’t in a fit state.
- You reviewed the day honestly, even if you strayed from your plan.
- You stuck to your risk rules, even on a bad day.
What doesn’t count
- How many trades you made.
- How much you made or lost.
- Whether you called the day’s direction right.
- The hours you spent in front of the screen.
If you can’t make it one day, nothing is deleted. Every session since you signed up stays in your dashboard: its publications and the changes to the thermometer. Overtrading costs money, especially with CFDs.
The path
Four stages, at your own pace.
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Stage 1 · The starting point: trading on impulse
You go in because “it looks like it’s going to go up”. The stop goes in late or gets moved by eye. You trade the news the moment it comes out. After a loss, you try to make it back that same day. And since nothing is written down, every session starts from scratch.
It’s normal: almost everyone starts this way. What matters is not staying here.
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Stage 2 · Your own risk rules
With a cool head, you decide what’s hard to decide in the heat of the moment: how much you risk on each trade, your maximum loss for the day, what you do during the high-risk hours and what time you end the session. If you trade CFDs, think about leverage too: it’s you who decides the size of your position, not the margin your broker allows you. If you’re just starting out, practise on a demo account first.
Why it comes first: without capital there’s nothing to improve. Protecting it is what lets you keep learning.
How Djinnex Desk helps you
With Djinnex Desk: the analysis flags the high-risk hours and what would cancel each expectation. The rules are yours: you write them with a cool head, wherever you like and in your own words, including ones like “if I’m still rattled from yesterday, I only watch”.
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Stage 3 · Trading with a written plan
Before the open, you read the analysis: what it expects for each asset and under what condition, the key zones, the scenarios and what to watch out for today. With that, you write your plan in a few lines: what you’re going to watch, what would make you act, where you’d know you were wrong and what you’re not going to do.
Why it goes here: without a written plan there’s nothing to review afterwards.
How Djinnex Desk helps you
With Djinnex Desk: the “Before the open” report gives you the material. You write the plan yourself, wherever you like.
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Stage 4 · Daily review
When the session ends, you compare what you did with what you’d written: whether you did what your plan said, whether you stuck to your rules and what the market did compared with what you expected. And you take away a single idea for the next session.
Why it closes the loop: the review turns every session, good or bad, into learning.
How Djinnex Desk helps you
With Djinnex Desk: you have something to compare against. Every session since you signed up stays in your dashboard: its publications and the changes to the thermometer. The review is up to you.
The path isn’t a race. You can be at several stages at once and move forward at your own pace. The one thing best not left for tomorrow is your risk rules.
The routine
What changes on your session day.
The report always follows the same order: the essentials, the high-risk hours and, for each asset, what the analysis expects, what would cancel it, the key zones and the scenarios. The idea is that, repeated every day, that order ends up becoming your way of looking at the market.
| When | Trading on impulse | Trading with a process | What Djinnex Desk gives you |
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| Before the open | Opening the chart and looking for something to do. | Checking what the analysis expects for each asset, reading the essentials and writing your plan. | The pre-open report, with the thermometer for each asset, the key zones and the scenarios. |
| At the open | Jumping in on the first candle that moves. | Waiting for the price to reach a key zone in your plan. | The thermometer isn’t revised until the second look: the noise of the open doesn’t knock you off your plan. The report includes the day’s “Watch out for…” points. |
| During the high-risk hours | Trading the news as soon as it comes out. | Watching the data release from the sidelines and letting the market digest it. | The day’s schedule, with its high-risk hours marked. |
| Second look | Sticking with the idea from the pre-open report even though the market has changed. | Checking whether the idea still stands or whether something has invalidated it. | A fresh reading and, if it’s revised, what the analysis expects for the rest of the session, with the reason for it. |
| A day with no direction | Forcing something in the middle of the range so as not to “waste” the day. | Waiting for the edges of the range, or not trading. | A thermometer expecting “Sideways”, with the edges of the range. |
| When you finish | Closing the platform and forgetting about it. | Comparing what you did with what you’d written and taking away one idea for the next session. | The session’s publications and the changes to the thermometer, in your dashboard. |
| Every week | Starting Monday from scratch. | Going over your notes and looking for the mistake that keeps coming back. | Every session since you signed up, in your dashboard. |
London · In the morning
In the London session, two publications: before the open, the context of the day, the thermometer for each asset, the key zones and the scenarios; and, once the session is under way, the second look. In Asia, the same, for the Nikkei 225, gold, silver and Bitcoin.
New York · In the afternoon
In the New York session, two publications: before the open, the context of the day, the thermometer for each asset, the key zones and the scenarios; and, once the session is under way, the second look.
The mistakes
Mistakes the method brings to light.
Getting things wrong is part of the job. What matters is that every mistake is seen and doesn’t repeat itself without you noticing.
Going in without knowing where you’re wrong.
Every scenario and every bias comes with its invalidation. If your plan doesn’t have one, it shows.
Chasing the first candle.
The report tells you what to expect from the open and what to watch out for.
Jumping on a breakout that turned out to be a trap.
When its conditions are in place, the sweep-and-return scenario is written before the open.
Trading the news.
The high-risk hours are marked in the day’s schedule.
Believing the market reacts the way the headline says.
The analysis explains how the market is reading the data in the current regime: sometimes good news is bad for the indices.
Clinging to your first idea.
In the second look, the analysis can revise what it expects for the rest of the session, with the reason for it: that way you see when an expectation no longer holds.
Forcing trades on a day with no direction.
A thermometer expecting “Sideways” is information too: some days are for waiting.
Taking on too much risk with leverage.
Your rules, written with a cool head, set the limit before the session starts.
Forgetting what happened.
Every session since you signed up stays in your dashboard: its publications and the changes to the thermometer.
First time?
How to read a report, step by step.
At the very top, the day’s context: what’s moving the market today and the high-risk hours, for all the assets in the session. Read it once. After that, each asset comes with the same things in the same order: read it like that, from top to bottom.
For each asset, first the sentence and the thermometer
- “In one sentence”. At the top of each card, that asset’s day in summary: what’s expected and with what confidence, the key zone it depends on, with its prices, and what would cancel the idea (the price holding on the other side of that zone: staying there, not crossing it for a moment and coming back). For each asset, always start here; then the thermometer and its confidence.
- The thermometer. What the analysis expects for the session. It’s an expectation, not an order.
- Bullish a rise is expected
- Sideways a range is expected, with no clear direction
- Bearish a fall is expected
- Confidence: high, medium or low. It tells you how much the reasons in favour weigh against the day’s risks. It isn’t a probability or a hit rate: with low confidence, more patience and closer attention to what would cancel the idea.
- What the analysis is watching. Three boxes: what would strengthen the idea, the next reference level and what would cancel it. They summarise the scenarios: they aren’t orders. How much to risk and where to put your stop is up to you.
Then the chart, in five steps
- Where the price is now. The “Now” label on the right and the dot at the end of the candles: the price when the report was published (here, 48,607).
- The key zone that decides. The band the idea depends on (here, zone A · 48,685–48,696). The whole band counts, not one exact price.
- The main scenario. The coloured dashed line: what the analysis expects if that zone holds (here, a fall towards zone C).
- The alternative scenario. The grey dashed line: what would take over if the zone breaks (here, a rise towards zone D).
- What cancels the idea. The price crossing the deciding zone and holding on the other side (here, breaking zone A and staying above it). You’ll find it written under “Would cancel it”.
In your dashboard, trading terms have a dotted underline: tap them or hover over them to see what they mean. Almost all of them are in the glossary, at the end of this page. See them in the dashboard.
How you learn
Every session teaches you something.
- The why behind every point. Every key zone, every scenario and every bias comes with its explanation in plain language. We don’t ask you to take our word for it: we tell you why.
- The thermometer, a conditional expectation. Before the open, Djinnex Desk says what it expects for each asset, with what confidence and what would cancel it, and it can only revise this in the second look, with the reason for it. That way you learn to read conditional expectations, not certainties.
- The second look. Once the session is under way, Djinnex Desk reviews the thermometer in light of what the market has already done since the open, and you check whether the idea still stands.
- Past sessions. Every session since you signed up stays in your dashboard: its publications and the changes to the thermometer. While you have access, you can go back to it whenever you like and calmly review what you did.
- The glossary. Every term, explained clearly. You’ll find it at the end of this page.
Glossary
The words of the trade, made clear.
If you’re starting from scratch, read these nine first:
A
- Asia session#
- The first session of the market day, with the Tokyo Stock Exchange as its reference, before the London and New York sessions. In Djinnex Desk, it’s the session for the Nikkei 225, gold, silver and Bitcoin.
B
- Bias#
- The direction the analysis expects for the session in an asset: bullish, sideways or bearish. It’s an expectation with conditions, not a certainty, nor an order to buy or sell.
- Bitcoin#
- A highly volatile cryptoasset that trades every day, around the clock, including at night and at weekends. In the New York session, the main drivers are US spot Bitcoin ETF flows, risk appetite (Bitcoin often moves in the same direction as the Nasdaq 100, though not always), macro data, the Federal Reserve and industry news. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the Asia session and the New York session; whatever it does outside the sessions is covered in the context of the next publication. As a CFD, it’s usually called BTCUSD.
- Bond yields (Treasury yields)#
- What US government debt pays. When yields rise, they tend to weigh on the indices, especially on tech.
- Breakeven#
- Moving your stop to the price at which you got in so that, if the market turns around, the trade doesn’t end in a loss (not counting costs or price gaps).
- Breakout#
- The price crosses a zone and stays on the other side. If it comes straight back, it wasn’t a breakout: it was a sweep.
- Brent#
- Brent crude, from the North Sea, is the international benchmark for oil prices; its futures trade in London. It’s driven by supply and OPEC+ decisions, tensions in producing regions, growth and demand, and the dollar. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the London session; in the New York session it analyses WTI. As a CFD, it’s usually called UKOIL or XBRUSD.
C
- CFDs and futures#
- A futures contract is a standardised agreement on an index, gold or WTI oil; it’s traded on an organised exchange, such as those of CME Group. A CFD is a contract with your broker that tracks the price of that asset without you buying it. CFDs on the same asset follow that asset at every broker, although each broker will most likely quote it slightly differently. Djinnex Desk uses one price for each asset as its reference, which is neither the stock exchange price nor the futures market price: it’s what this website calls the “reference market”. The analysis works for you whether you trade CFDs or futures; just go by the key zones, not the exact figure. At your broker, the CFD usually has a short name, which varies a little from one broker to another; for example, JP225 or JPN225 for the Nikkei 225, GER40 or DE40 for the DAX, UK100 for the FTSE 100, US30 for the Dow Jones, US100 or NAS100 for the Nasdaq 100, US500 or SPX500 for the S&P 500, XAUUSD for gold, XAGUSD for silver, UKOIL or XBRUSD for Brent, USOIL or XTIUSD for WTI, BTCUSD for Bitcoin, and EURUSD, GBPUSD and USDCAD for the currencies.
D
- DAX#
- The index of the 40 largest companies on the German stock exchange. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the London session. As a CFD, it’s usually called GER40 or DE40.
- Dow Jones#
- The index of 30 large US companies, one of the best known on the US stock market. It’s calculated from each share’s price, not from each company’s size, so the most expensive shares carry the most weight. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the New York session. As a CFD, it’s usually called US30.
E
- EUR/USD and GBP/USD#
- Currency pairs: the price of one euro, or one pound sterling, in dollars. Djinnex Desk analyses them in the London session. At your broker, they’re usually called EURUSD and GBPUSD.
F
- FTSE 100#
- The index of the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange. Energy, commodities and banks carry a lot of weight in it. Because many of its companies earn in other currencies, the index often rises when the pound falls. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the London session. As a CFD, it’s usually called UK100.
G
- Gold#
- A precious metal that many investors turn to as a safe haven. It’s moved by the dollar and bond yields (when they rise, they tend to hold it back), inflation, central bank buying and geopolitical shocks. Djinnex Desk analyses it in all three sessions: Asia, London and New York. As a CFD, it’s usually called XAUUSD.
H
- High-risk hours#
- The times of day when a data release, a speech or an event can move the price a lot in a short time. Many traders prefer to watch them from the sidelines.
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K
- Key zone#
- A price band where the market has reacted before and where it may decide again: stall, turn around or break through. The price can react anywhere in the zone, not at an exact price: a few points either way don’t change the reading. In the dashboard, each zone has its letter and its price band, for example “Zone A · 48,685–48,696”; in the drawings on this page, just the letter.
L
- Leverage#
- Trading a position larger than the money you put up as collateral. It magnifies gains and losses alike. It’s common with CFDs and futures, and it’s the main reason to set your risk rules before you trade.
- London session#
- Europe’s market hours, from the London open, when its stock exchanges open and its economic data is released. In Spain, it falls in the morning. In this session, Djinnex Desk analyses the DAX, the FTSE 100, gold, silver, Brent crude, EUR/USD and GBP/USD.
- Losing, reclaiming and holding a zone#
- Losing a zone means falling below it; reclaiming it means getting back above it. It only counts if the price holds on the other side and doesn’t come straight back.
M
- Macro data release and FOMC#
- A macro data release is an official economic figure published at a pre-announced time: employment, inflation, activity. The FOMC is the US Federal Reserve committee that sets interest rates. Both can move the price in seconds.
- Market regime#
- The theme that drives the market for a period, for example inflation or interest rates. It changes how data is read: in some regimes, good news for the economy is bad news for the indices.
- Maximum daily loss (daily loss limit)#
- The amount you decide not to exceed in a session. When you reach it, you stop trading until the next day.
N
- Nasdaq 100#
- The index of the 100 largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq, one of the US stock exchanges, with a heavy weighting in technology. It tends to move more than the Dow Jones, and it’s very sensitive to bond yields. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the New York session. As a CFD, it’s usually called US100 or NAS100.
- New York session and the bell#
- The New York session is the US stock market’s trading hours, when its indices move the most (the Dow Jones, the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500). The bell marks its open. In Spain, it falls in the afternoon.
- Next reference level#
- The next key zone the analysis has in view if the scenario carries on. It’s not a price that has to be reached, nor an instruction to close anything: it’s the next place to look.
- Nikkei 225#
- The index of 225 large companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It’s heavily influenced by the yen (a weaker yen tends to help its exporters) and by technology. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the Asia session. As a CFD, it’s usually called JP225 or JPN225.
O
- Oil: WTI and Brent#
- Djinnex Desk analyses oil in two versions: Brent in London and WTI in New York. They’re the two main crude benchmarks: they tend to move in the same direction, but they don’t trade at the same price (Brent is usually a few dollars above WTI). Both are driven by supply and OPEC+ decisions, tensions in producing regions, demand and the dollar. Each has its own definition: Brent and WTI.
- One-minute candle#
- A picture of what the price did in one minute: where it opened, how high it went, how low it went and where it closed. Its shape gives clues; for example, long wicks on both sides usually suggest indecision.
- Overnight (overnight high, low and range)#
- What the price does from the previous session’s close until the session opens. For London, it’s mainly the Asia session: in Spain, the night and the early hours. For New York, it runs right up to its open, so in Spain it also includes the morning. The overnight high and low are its highest and lowest points, and the overnight range is the space between them.
P
R
- Range and sideways market#
- A range is the space between two key zones where the price moves back and forth without breaking out. When the price moves back and forth within a range, with no clear direction, it’s called a sideways market. A sideways day also tells you something: sometimes waiting is the right call.
S
- S&P 500#
- The index of 500 large US companies: the usual benchmark for how the US stock market is doing. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the New York session. As a CFD, it’s usually called US500 or SPX500.
- Scenarios: main, alternative and trap#
- The possible readings of the session, each with its condition. The main one is what the analysis expects; the alternative is the one that would take over if that condition fails, often written as “if it breaks / if it doesn’t break”; and the trap is a sweep and return, only when its conditions are met.
- Session statistics#
- What the market has done before in situations similar to today’s.
- Silver#
- A precious metal that’s also used in industry (in electronics and solar panels, for example). That’s why it moves with gold and also with economic activity, and it tends to move more than gold. Djinnex Desk analyses it in all three sessions: Asia, London and New York. As a CFD, it’s usually called XAGUSD.
- Stop#
- The order that closes your position if the price moves against you as far as the level you set. It’s the loss limit for that trade. You decide your stops, with your rules.
- Support and resistance#
- Support is a zone below the price where buyers tend to appear; resistance is one above it where sellers tend to appear.
- Sweep and return (stop hunting)#
- The price moves past a zone for a short time, triggers the orders sitting on the other side (often stops) and comes back. It’s the classic trap for anyone who jumps on the breakout too early.
T
- Thermometer#
- The Djinnex Desk indicator that shows you, at a glance, what the analysis expects for the session in each asset: “Bullish”, “Sideways” or “Bearish”, with its confidence (high, medium or low). It comes with the condition that supports it, the reasoning behind it and what would cancel it. It’s set before the open and can only be revised in the second look, with the reason for it.
- Trading desk and analyst-strategist#
- At a bank or a firm, the desk is the team that trades; its analyst-strategist prepares each session. That’s the job Djinnex Desk does with its analysis system.
U
- USD/CAD#
- Currency pair: the price of one US dollar in Canadian dollars. Unlike EUR/USD, here the US dollar comes first: if USD/CAD rises, the US dollar is strengthening against the Canadian dollar. Because Canada exports a lot of crude, the Canadian dollar tends to move with WTI: when WTI rises, USD/CAD tends to fall. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the New York session. At your broker, it’s usually called USDCAD.
W
- Wick#
- The thin line on a candle: it shows how far the price went before coming back.
- WTI#
- WTI crude (West Texas Intermediate) is the US oil benchmark; its futures trade in New York. As well as supply, OPEC+ decisions, demand and the dollar, it’s heavily influenced by weekly US inventories (the EIA report, on Wednesdays). It usually trades a few dollars below Brent. Djinnex Desk analyses it in the New York session. As a CFD, it’s usually called USOIL or XTIUSD.
Our commitment
Serious work, every session day.
What we give you: a clear analysis in every session, the why behind every point and what would cancel each expectation, written down from the start.
What you bring: your decisions, your rules and your plan for each session. Trading CFDs or futures carries a high risk of loss, and no analysis removes it.
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