Beginner 12 lessons · 3h 20m

Trading Fundamentals

Master the building blocks of financial markets. This course takes you from understanding what a market is to placing your first confident trade - with no assumed prior knowledge.

What you'll learn

  • Understand how financial markets work and who participates in them
  • Read bid/ask spreads and understand how brokers make money
  • Place market, limit, and stop orders with confidence
  • Calculate position size based on your account balance and risk tolerance
  • Identify the difference between CFDs, stocks, and futures
  • Build a basic risk management framework for your first trades

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Course Curriculum

12 Lessons in 4 Modules

Module 1: How Financial Markets Work

4 lessons
  • 01 What is a financial market?
  • 02 Market participants - who buys and sells
  • 03 The role of a broker: spreads and execution
  • 04 Market hours across Stocks, Options, and Crypto

Module 2: Order Types & Execution

3 lessons
  • 01 Market orders vs. limit orders
  • 02 Stop-loss and take-profit explained
  • 03 Slippage and how to minimise it

Module 3: Risk Management Basics

3 lessons
  • 01 What is leverage and margin?
  • 02 Calculating position size (the 1% rule)
  • 03 Drawdown - what it is and why it matters

Module 4: Your First Trade

2 lessons
  • 01 Reading a price chart for the first time
  • 02 Placing your first trade on the demo account
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