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Stock and Forex Trading Basics

Stock and Forex Trading Basics: practical lessons, hands-on labs, quizzes, free and paid practice tests and a final exam.

Professional Stock and Forex Trading Basics course covering: How financial markets, stocks and forex work; Brokers, accounts, orders and trading costs; Reading charts, candlesticks and timeframes; Technical analysis: trends, support, indicators; Fundamental analysis and economic news; Risk management, position sizing and leverage; Trading psychology, plans and journaling; Paper trading, regulation, scams and taxes. Practical lessons, hands-on labs, exercises, quizzes and a final exam. Includes lesson videos from professional YouTube instructors, practical exercises and an 80% pass mark on quizzes and the final exam.

32h Certificate available
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Curriculum

One complete track with its own final exam and certificate.

Professional Stock and Forex Trading Basics course covering: How financial markets, stocks and forex work; Brokers, accounts, orders and trading costs; Reading charts, candlesticks and timeframes; Technical analysis: trends, support, indicators; Fundamental analysis and economic news; Risk management, position sizing and leverage; Trading psychology, plans and journaling; Paper trading, regulation, scams and taxes. Practical lessons, hands-on labs, exercises, quizzes and a final exam.

How financial markets, stocks and forex work

  • Architecture of Financial Markets and Market Participants Lab60 min
  • Equity Markets: Mechanics of Stock Ownership and Exchange Operations Lab60 min
  • The Foreign Exchange Market: Structure, Currency Pairs, and Global Sessions Lab60 min
  • Price Discovery, Liquidity Dynamics, and Stocks vs Forex Comparison Lab60 min

Careers this prepares you for

    How you study

    Every lesson pairs an in-depth video with written notes, key takeaways, a hands-on lab, exercises and a quiz. Work at your own pace, then sit the final examination for your Erudex certificate.