BASIC
Segment 1: Operational Mastery & Statistical Validation (Weeks 1鈥4)
- Weeks 1鈥2: The Tactical Interface. Students achieve fluency in the MT4 (MetaTrader4 platform. This "flight school" covers order types (limit, stop, OCO), demo account architecture, and execution mechanics.
- Week 3: The AI Audit (Claude Simulation). Before a single trade is placed, students observe a two-year historical simulation using Claude AI. This provides the "validation" that the H4 SAR/Ichimoku system offers a viable trading edge, removing emotional doubt.
- Week 4: Risk management: Students learn institutional risk frameworks, position sizing and Chikou-based trend analysis
Segment 2: Strategic Plumbing & Structural Analysis (Weeks 5鈥12)
- Weeks 5鈥10: The H4 Deep Dive. Students spend 6 weeks exclusively on the 4-hour chart, learning the structural plumbing of tiered systems.
This involves deconstructing the Ichimoku Kumo, Donchian Channel boundaries, Parabolic SAR sensitivities and the 3x3 sma mechanics. - Weeks 11-12: The Macro Extension. Students transition from Forex to Equities and ETF's (S&P 500 and ASX 200) through the 52-week High/Low Range Analysis. They learn how investors use annual price location to assess risk and opportunity.
Students remain on the H4 timeframe to preserve comprehension, reduce noise, and build disciplined decision-making.
ADVANCED
Segment 1: Advanced Execution & Diversification (Weeks 13-23)
- Weeks 13-18: "Run with the Lead" Live Labs: Students trade real market conditions on demo accounts, side-by-side with instructors in a guided, day-by-day live-market environment.
- Week 19: Measuring Performance: Students evaluate their performance in weeks 13-18 using institutional metrics鈥攚in/loss ratio, and hit rates, expectancy, adherence to the 2% risk rule
- Weeks 20-22: Precision Scalping & Equity Investing: Timeframe Graduation: Students "zoom in" to H1 and M15 charts to learn precision scalping while the H4 chart remains the mandatory Trend Anchor. In week 22 students "zoom out" to the Daily charts to learn to long term weekly trend structures and weekly momentum
- Week 23 : Value-Trend Integration: Students synthesize fundamental quality (eg. High ROIC companies) with technical timing. Students learn to apply trend-following strategies to acquire high-performing companies only when they are "priced cheaply" relative to their long term trend.
Segment 2: The Capstone Audit (Week 24)
- Self-guided Trading: Students execute their personalized version of the system independently.
- The Canvas Portfolio: Every trade, screenshot, and rationale is submitted to the Canvas LMS to enable a full audit for: rule adherence, risk management, execution discipline
- Grading: Grades follow a 3:1 weighting 鈥 3 parts Compliance & Risk Management 鈥 1 part Profitability. This mirrors institutional evaluation frameworks.
Program Outcomes
- Foundations of the FX market: understanding currency movements, major influences, session dynamics, and volatility
- Risk management and position sizing: strategies for safeguarding capital and building consistent performance
- Core methodologies utilized in this program: short-term, medium-term, and long-term trends and strategies used for trading on those trends, Donchian Channels (breakouts), Thermocline concepts, 5-Day breakout structure, and supplementary tools integral to SK鈥檚 approach
- Execution discipline: chart configuration, entry/exit protocols, journaling techniques, and review best practices
- Applied laboratories: supervised exercises using demo accounts and structured practice environments
Instructors
Lead Instructor Suneil Kucchal (SK)
Decades of experience in financial markets, specializing in rule-driven trend analysis and disciplined risk management.
Suneil Kucchal is a seasoned financial strategist and business leader with over 34 years of experience driving value at the intersection of finance, technology, and operations. A dual-qualified Chartered Accountant with an MBA in finance, Suneil specializes in building and scaling commercial banking, shared services, and payments businesses.
Throughout his career, Suneil has established a reputation for navigating complex business transformations, from high-stakes startups to large-scale unit turnarounds. He is a veteran of the markets with 20 years of expertise in value investing and momentum trading, a published author on currency trading, and a 鈥淕old鈥 certified trader at Apiary Fund (USA). Currently serving as president of NESTT Holdings, Suneil blends deep fundamental and technical analysis with customized algorithms to deliver measurable financial outcomes. He is also the author of a recently published book, A Practical System for Trading Foreign Exchange: Master the Market with Strategy and Discipline, and regularly shares expert insights via podcasts and video content.
Assistant Instructor Nisheet Gupta
Conducts classes on basic topics and manages student onboarding, laboratory sessions, office hours, and program logistics during US time zones.
Nisheet Gupta is a senior finance executive, entrepreneur, and educator with over two decades of global leadership experience across Fortune 500, private equity鈥揵acked, and high-growth organizations. He currently serves as chief financial officer of a private equity portfolio company, where he leads enterprise transformation, financial strategy, and long-term value-creation initiatives.
As an adjunct professor of advanced finance and management finance at 糖心logo入口, Nisheet integrates real-world corporate finance applications with academic learning. His teaching emphasizes decision analytics, performance management, and the linkage between financial strategy and enterprise value.
Throughout his career, Nisheet has held key executive roles driving financial transformation, M&A, and operational excellence at companies including Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ: APOG), Pace Analytical (Leonard Green Partners), Land O鈥橪akes, Diebold Nixdorf, and Fiserv/First Data.
Nisheet earned his executive MBA from Columbia Business School in New York and is a chartered accountant.
