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8 modules, 48 lessons – from “What is a stock?” to option Greeks and Monte Carlo. Every lesson: a short read, then practice. The path always shows you where to go next.
Stock Market Basics
What actually happens on an exchange – from the first trading floor to your first order.
- 1 What Is the Stock Market?6 min · 13 exercises
- 2 What Is a Stock?6 min · 13 exercises
- 3 How Are Stock Prices Made?7 min · 13 exercises
- 4 Exchanges and Trading Hours6 min · 13 exercises
- 5 Stock Indices: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq & Co.6 min · 12 exercises
- 6 Brokers, Accounts and Order Types6 min · 13 exercises
- Module testCheck your knowledge – or skip the module
Asset Classes
Stocks are only the beginning. Bonds, ETFs, commodities, currencies, crypto and real estate – what they are and how they behave.
- 1 Bonds: How Rates and Prices Move Together5 min · 13 exercises
- 2 Mutual Funds and ETFs5 min · 13 exercises
- 3 Commodities and Gold5 min · 10 exercises
- 4 Currencies and Currency Risk4 min · 11 exercises
- 5 Cryptocurrencies4 min · 11 exercises
- 6 Real Estate and REITs4 min · 10 exercises
- Module testCheck your knowledge – or skip the module
Return & Risk
How to measure returns properly, why risk is more than volatility, and how diversification, costs and time shape your outcome.
- 1 Measuring Returns Properly5 min · 13 exercises
- 2 Inflation and Real Returns4 min · 11 exercises
- 3 Volatility and Drawdowns4 min · 11 exercises
- 4 Diversification4 min · 11 exercises
- 5 Costs and Taxes4 min · 11 exercises
- 6 Savings Plans and Asset Allocation4 min · 11 exercises
- Module testCheck your knowledge – or skip the module
Analysing Companies
Balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, ratios and valuation – how to read a company like a professional.
- 1 Reading the Balance Sheet5 min · 12 exercises
- 2 Income Statement and Cash Flow4 min · 12 exercises
- 3 Valuation Ratios4 min · 13 exercises
- 4 DCF Valuation: What Is a Company Worth?4 min · 12 exercises
- 5 Quality and Economic Moats4 min · 11 exercises
- 6 Dividends5 min · 12 exercises
- Module testCheck your knowledge – or skip the module
Markets & Macro
Central banks, interest rates, economic data, the yield curve, bubbles and sentiment – the big forces behind prices.
- 1 Central Banks and Interest Rates4 min · 10 exercises
- 2 Understanding Economic Data4 min · 11 exercises
- 3 The Yield Curve4 min · 10 exercises
- 4 Market Cycles and Bubbles4 min · 11 exercises
- 5 Market Sentiment4 min · 9 exercises
- 6 Sectors, Styles and the Business Cycle4 min · 10 exercises
- Module testCheck your knowledge – or skip the module
Charts, Derivatives & Leverage
Technical analysis, short selling, leveraged products, options and futures – powerful tools you must understand before touching them.
- 1 Technical Analysis – and Its Limits4 min · 11 exercises
- 2 Short Selling4 min · 11 exercises
- 3 Leverage, Margin and Leveraged Products4 min · 12 exercises
- 4 Options Basics4 min · 13 exercises
- 5 Option Strategies4 min · 9 exercises
- 6 Futures and Futures Markets4 min · 11 exercises
- Module testCheck your knowledge – or skip the module
Professional Insights
Market microstructure, efficient markets, portfolio theory, behavioural finance and risk management – the toolkit of institutional investors.
- 1 Market Microstructure and Liquidity4 min · 11 exercises
- 2 Efficient Markets and Factors4 min · 11 exercises
- 3 Modern Portfolio Theory4 min · 11 exercises
- 4 Behavioral Finance – the Human Factor4 min · 10 exercises
- 5 Risk Management4 min · 10 exercises
- 6 Your Investment Plan4 min · 7 exercises
- Module testCheck your knowledge – or skip the module
Expert Knowledge
Option Greeks and Black-Scholes, duration and convexity, financial statement analysis, performance measurement and Monte Carlo withdrawal plans – the maths behind professional tools, step by step.
- 1 The Greeks: Delta, Gamma, Theta and Vega7 min · 14 exercises
- 2 How Options Are Priced: Binomial Trees, Black-Scholes and Put-Call Parity7 min · 14 exercises
- 3 Duration, Convexity and Interest Rate Risk6 min · 14 exercises
- 4 Advanced Financial Analysis: DuPont, Working Capital and Earnings Quality6 min · 14 exercises
- 5 Measuring Performance: Sharpe, Sortino, Alpha and Factor Regression6 min · 14 exercises
- 6 Withdrawal Planning: the 4% Rule, Sequence Risk and Monte Carlo6 min · 14 exercises
- Module testCheck your knowledge – or skip the module
End of the path. Review regularly under “Practice” so the knowledge sticks.
Practice