Frequently asked questions.

Yes. Our courses assume no prior knowledge of financial trading. We teach in a structured, step-by-step way designed so that anyone can learn, starting from the basics.

All three are levels of the same accredited syllabus. Forex Basics covers modules 1–6 (equivalent to Level 3), Intermediate Trader covers modules 1–16 (equivalent to Level 5) and ProTrader covers all 26 modules (equivalent to Level 7). If you are completely new, our Forex Starter Course gives you a brief overview of trading.

Forex Starter Course: 1 month. Forex Basics: 3 months. Intermediate Trader: 7 months. ProTrader: 9 months. Access starts when you enrol.

Yes. Our courses are accredited qualifications, and you also receive a CPD certificate documenting your training hours.

Yes. Our courses are accredited by our accreditation body, and CPD awards are issued through a CPD approval institute. Our KHDA-approved programmes are listed on astcdubai.com.

Your accredited qualification, a CPD certificate documenting your training hours, and a UK Trading Academy course certificate. Students who enrol through our UAE partner academy ASTC Dubai receive KHDA certification.

No, they are two different things. Your qualification is issued by our accreditation body (or by KHDA if you enrol through ASTC Dubai), while the CPD certificate is a separate record of the hours you have completed.

Yes, in the UAE. KHDA (Knowledge and Human Development Authority) is Dubai’s education regulator, and our courses are approved by KHDA when delivered through our partner academy ASTC Dubai. To receive KHDA certification you enrol through ASTC Dubai. Students who enrol directly with UK Trading Academy receive our accredited qualification.

You can resit each exam up to two more times (three attempts in total). To qualify you need to complete the required study hours and pass every exam at 60% or above.

Each course does exactly what it says: it teaches you how the markets work, risk management, trading plans and the strategies our traders use. How you apply what you learn is up to you, and trading results are never guaranteed.

Yes. Forex Basics students can upgrade to ProTrader to continue with modules 7–26. You’ll find a discount code for 10% off ProTrader at the end of the final Forex Basics video — just enter it at checkout. There is currently no upgrade path from Intermediate Trader to ProTrader.

Yes. All students can join our bi-weekly, one-hour live training sessions, which are posted in the members’ announcements area for as long as you have course access.

No. Your student account is created at checkout. The email address and password you enter at checkout become your login for your course and the student members’ area.

Yes, for Intermediate Trader (£177 × 6 months) and ProTrader (£237 × 9 months). Forex Starter and Forex Basics are one-off payments.

Course access is paused straight away and we retry the payment automatically over the following days. As soon as the payment goes through, access is restored. If it remains unpaid for 30 days after the plan is suspended, the plan and enrolment are cancelled with no refund. Full details are in our Terms and Conditions.

Courses are non-refundable once enrolment is complete, because you get immediate access to the digital course materials and your enrolment is registered for accreditation. When you enrol you agree to immediate access and acknowledge that you lose your 14-day right to cancel. Your statutory rights are not affected.

No. You can practise on a free demo account using virtual money, and many brokers allow live accounts from around £100. Only ever trade with money you can afford to lose.

No, it is a separate subscription. Course students receive a lifetime 10% discount code, which you’ll find in your course materials.

Our team trades for most of the day, with trades typically placed between 08:30 and 20:30 UK time. There are usually around five opportunities a day, sometimes up to ten. Sometimes all according to market movement or lack of it there could be none or just a few but this is quite rare.

Yes. Members can take the details from the trades our team are placing on our accounts and place the trade on their own trading account, entirely at their own discretion and responsibility. Trade Opportunities is not a signal, or recommendation or personalised investment advice.

Every trade our team places is shown, winners and losers, so you can judge for yourself. Trading results can never be guaranteed, past performance is not a guide to future results, and your results may differ from ours.

No. For every service we offer, your money stays in your own account with a regulated broker. We never take custody of client funds.

Managed accounts are provided by the regulated brokers we work with, under a Limited Power of Attorney between you and the broker. UKTA provides the trading services to those brokers.