CLF after BabyPips — not versus. After.

BabyPips taught you the language.
Nobody ever tested you on it.

The verdict in 20 seconds

Let us say it without hedging: BabyPips’ School of Pipsology is the best free forex education on the internet, and if you have not finished it, go do that first — seriously. What it is not, and does not claim to be, is a qualification: there is no exam anyone marks, no external moderation, no certificate an employer can look up. That is the step CLF sells, and it costs £120 all-in: two days live consolidating what you learned, a 30-question externally moderated exam, and a TQUK certificate on an Ofqual-regulated framework. Free education, then assessed proof. They stack.

How we compared: BabyPips’ publicly available School of Pipsology, read and verified 14 July 2026. We credit what they do well and link every claim to something you can check. Spot an error? Tell us and we will correct it.

One question exposes everything

What free education gives you — and the one thing it can’t.

School of Pipsology · the exit check
ResourceBabyPips School of Pipsology
CostFree — and genuinely excellent
Exam anyone marksNo
Certificate on a regulated frameworkNo — it does not claim one
ProviderCome Learn Forex
What it addsAssessment: 30-question exam, externally moderated
What you holdTQUK certificate · Ofqual-regulated · £120 all-in
Checkable · before you pay

Reading medicine textbooks free is possible too. The exam is what makes it checkable. Same logic, £120.

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Who they are

The best free school on the internet — and the step after it.

BabyPips has taught more people what a pip is than every paid course combined. The School of Pipsology is free, sequenced, well written, and honest about risk — it is where we tell complete beginners to start when they are not ready to spend anything, and this page exists because thousands of its graduates search for what comes next.

What comes next depends on what you want to hold. If reading was the goal, you are done. If proof is the goal — something assessed, moderated by people who do not work for the provider, sitting on a framework an employer or a sceptical parent can look up — then no amount of further free reading produces it, because assessment is the one thing free content structurally cannot give you. CLF’s Level 2 is built as exactly that step: two live days that consolidate the concepts BabyPips introduced (and add our own frameworks — order-flow balance and imbalance, currency indices, APM), a 30-question exam at a 70% pass mark with external moderation, and a certificate through TQUK, regulated by Ofqual, centre 38286404878. £120, everything included. Free school, then real exam. It is the same ladder every serious field uses.

Side by side

Free learning + assessed proof.

What matters
BabyPipsSchool of Pipsology · free
Paid course, no exam$499–$4,997 · completion PDF
Come Learn ForexLevel 2 · £120 all-in
Cost
Free — the honest kind
$499–$4,997
£120 all-in
Education quality
Excellent for foundations
Varies wildly
Live, floor-taught, in-house syllabus
Exam anyone marks
No
No
30 questions, 70% pass
External moderation
No
No
Yes — independent of us
Certificate on a regulated framework
No (not claimed)
Seller-issued PDF
TQUK — Ofqual-regulated
Right order to use them
First
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After BabyPips — this page’s whole point

This page compares a free educational resource with an accredited qualification because that is the journey thousands of BabyPips graduates actually take. BabyPips does not claim to offer qualifications and nothing here suggests otherwise; our claim is only that assessment is the step free content cannot supply, and that ours costs £120 with the exam and certificate included.

The honest bit

When BabyPips is genuinely the right call.

You are brand new and unsureDo not pay anyone yet — including us. Finish the School of Pipsology free, then decide if trading education deserves a penny of yours.
You want more free depth firstBetween BabyPips and our free Taster and Discord, you can learn for months at £0. The exam will still be here.
You never need the certificateIf proof matters to nobody in your plans — no employer, no clients, no self-doubt to answer — free education plus screen time may be all you ever need. That is a legitimate path.
But be honest about the gap: after all that free reading, could you pass a 30-question exam a stranger marks? £120 is what finding out costs — and passing leaves you holding the one thing free content can never print: a certificate on a register.
Test us for free first

Do not trust this page either. Test it.

1Start freeTake the 3-lesson Taster on our platform — our actual teaching, no card. Check centre No. 38286404878 on the public register while you do.
2Sit Level 2 for £120Two days live, London floor or online. Exam and TQUK certificate included — an accredited qualification either survives an exam or it does not.
3Climb only if it earns itLevel 3 (from £4,400) holds your place with a £500 deposit that counts toward the price.
Questions

The obvious questions.

Yes — the School of Pipsology is, in our view, the best free forex education on the internet: sequenced, well written, honest about risk. This page recommends finishing it before paying anyone, including us.
No, and it does not claim to. It is free education without assessment: no externally marked exam, no certificate on a regulated framework. That is the structural gap between free content and a qualification.
If you want assessed proof of what you learned: an accredited qualification. CLF's Level 2 is £120 all-in — two live days consolidating the foundations (plus CLF's own frameworks), a 30-question externally moderated exam at a 70% pass mark, and a TQUK certificate on an Ofqual-regulated framework, centre 38286404878.
You are not paying for information — BabyPips proved information is free. You are paying for assessment: an exam someone independent marks and a certificate anyone can look up. Free content structurally cannot produce that, at any length.
No. It certifies assessed knowledge, nothing more. Most retail traders lose money; anyone promising otherwise — free or paid — is showing you a red flag.

Free taught you the language.
£120 proves you speak it.

Written by the Come Learn Forex team, led by founder Shoaib Ghauri. Published 14 July 2026. Facts from BabyPips’ publicly available School of Pipsology on that date; we correct errors on request. Trading involves substantial risk and most retail traders lose money; no course, ours included, can promise profit.

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