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Stocks

How buying and selling really works, reading a stock, funds, valuation, and charts.

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Section 1

Unit 2 — How Investing Actually Works

From 'I get it' to 'I can place a trade.' The nuts and bolts of buying and selling.

Start

What a brokerage account is

3 min - 3 questions

What you can actually buy

Complete the lesson above

How a trade works

Complete the lesson above

Market hours & why prices move

Pro

Fractional shares & dollar investing

Pro

Section 2

Unit 3 — Reading a Stock

Learn the labels and numbers that help you put a stock quote in context.

Ticker symbols & finding a company

Pro

Price vs. market cap

Pro

What a price chart is telling you

Pro

Volume — how much is being traded

Pro

52-week high/low in context

Pro

Section 3

Unit 4 — Funds & Diversification

See how funds can spread risk and why small costs matter over time.

ETFs vs. individual stocks

Pro

The S&P 500 & big indexes

Pro

Mutual funds vs. ETFs

Pro

Diversification across sectors

Pro

Fees & expense ratios

Pro

Section 4

Unit 5 — What a Company Is Worth

Connect a business's sales, profits, and payouts to the way investors value it.

Why a company has value

Pro

Revenue vs. earnings

Pro

The P/E ratio, explained simply

Pro

Dividends & dividend yield

Pro

Growth stocks vs. value stocks

Pro

Section 5

Unit 11 — Reading Charts

The visual skills: candlesticks, trends, support and resistance, and when a trend breaks.

Reading a candlestick

Pro

Support & resistance

Pro

Break of structure

Pro

Reading a real chart

Pro

Section 6

Investing Foundations 2

Part 2 of your investing foundations learning path.

Research versus tips

Pro

Reading financial headlines

Pro

Company ownership

Pro

Shares and market value

Pro

Market indexes

Pro

Bull and bear markets

Pro

Market corrections

Pro

Recessions and markets

Pro

Currency and purchasing power

Pro

Liquidity basics

Pro

Section 7

Stocks: Next Steps 1

Part 1 of your stocks: next steps learning path.

Stock exchanges

Pro

Ticker symbols

Pro

Market sessions

Pro

Earnings reports

Pro

Revenue and profit

Pro

Balance sheets

Pro

Cash flow

Pro

Valuation basics

Pro

Price-to-earnings ratio

Pro

Competitive advantage

Pro

Section 8

Stocks: Next Steps 2

Part 2 of your stocks: next steps learning path.

Dividends and buybacks

Pro

Stock splits

Pro

Market orders

Pro

Limit orders

Pro

Stop orders

Pro

Bid and ask

Pro

Volume

Pro

Support and resistance

Pro

Trends

Pro

Candlestick basics

Pro

Section 9

Stocks: Next Steps 3

Part 3 of your stocks: next steps learning path.

News risk

Pro

Sector rotation

Pro

Building a stock thesis

Pro

Tracking a position

Pro

Reviewing a stock decision

Pro