Fundamentals

The Fundamentals Course is the place to learn the very basics. If you don’t know even the first thing about trading in the stock markets, this is the best place to start. In this course you’ll learn the terminology widely used in investment news and information and you’ll learn the core concepts to build on in order to understand how to trade options.

After completion of all the courses, you will have enough understanding of both stocks and options to:

• read and understand stock and options charts in your broker’s trading application
• understand what would happen if you decided to make a trade

Course Contents

If you are a complete novice to the markets, these courses “layer in” knowledge and should be taken in the order presented below. If you have just a little experience, I think it’s best to do the same. If you are confident you have more experience than a true beginner, feel free to skip around!

Beginner

The beginner course covers the very basics of stock trading concepts:

• important terminology related to stocks, with in-depth explanations and examples
• the mechanics of a stock trade: that is, what is actually occurring when you buy or sell a stock
• a complete example of a single stock trade
• a case study using real historical data, complete with charts and detailed explanation

At the end of the Beginner course, you should have a good foundation and understanding of critical terminology and all the components of a stock trade.

Options Basics

The options basics course covers the very basics of options concepts:

• important terminology related to options, with in-depth explanations and examples
• the relationship of options to stocks
• the mechanics of an options trade
• a complete example of a two options trades
• case studies using real historical data, with charts and detailed explanations

At the end of the Options Basics course, you should have a good foundation and understanding of critical terminology and all the components of an option trade.

Advanced Options

The advanced options course goes more in depth on options. It covers:

• in-depth discussion of additional terminology
• different parameters that go into how options are priced
• the purposes different options are used for

At the end of the Advanced Options course, you will have completed the Fundamentals courses, and be ready to move on to the trading courses, where you will learn how to develop strategies to use to make decisions about your trades.