Asset Class Guides

An asset class is a family of markets that trades with its own hours, volatility profile, and rules: spot forex pairs, stock indices, individual stocks, cryptocurrencies, and commodities like gold and oil. The asset you choose shapes everything downstream -- when you have to be at the screen, how large your stops need to be, and which strategies are even viable.

For funded traders the question has an extra layer: what does your prop firm actually allow? Firms differ on weekend crypto trading, news-event restrictions, and which instruments count toward consistency rules. FundedFast challenges include forex, stocks, crypto, indices, and metals in a single account, but every firm publishes its own instrument list and conditions -- check it before you pay an entry fee, not after.

These guides cover the fundamentals of each asset class from a trader's perspective: what moves it, when it is liquid, what typical spreads and leverage look like, and what beginners should trade first (and avoid).