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Stock Market Basics

Understand the Market. Read Charts. Manage Risk.

This course will teach you the stock market basics. Learn about stocks, options, order entry, trading style, trading strategy, and how to get started.

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What You’ll Learn About Stock Market Basics

  • Discover your trading style​
  • Determine your trading strategy​
  • How to create a trading plan​
  • How to buy and sell stocks
  • Difference of traders vs investors
  • How to look up ticker symbols
  • Best times of day to trade stocks
  • Bullish and bearish differences
  • How the bid and ask works
  • Learn why stock volume is important​

Requirements

  • Get access by registering for free
  • A desire to become a trader
  • Understand that trading is hard
  • Passionate about learning trading
  • Committed to completing this course

Description

There are essential factors to consider before choosing your trading style. Stock trading basics include how the stock market works, why you want to become a trader, your trading experience, your work-home-life situation, your trading goals, what type of equipment is suggested to trade, and how much money is in your brokerage account. Trading offers several strategies, including day trading, swing trading, futures, and options. This course goes over each of these strategies and helps you discover what trading style is the right fit for you.

What else?

  • Access to this course without expiration
  • This course will be updated with new content
  • Gain access to our member trading courses
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Stock Market Basics Content

13 lectures • 1 hr 20 min total length

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  • How to Buy and Sell Stocks
  • How to Become a Shareholder
  • Becoming a Stock Trader
  • Ticker Symbol Breakdown
  • How Stock Splits Work
  • Stock Market Hours
  • Best Times to Trade
  • Bullish vs. Bearish
  • Bid vs. Ask Price
  • Stock Volume Importance
  • Discover Your Trading Style
  • Determine Your Trading Strategy
  • Creating a Trading Plan
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  • 2:21
  • 7:41
  • 00:35
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  • 2:19
  • 1:56
  • 4:29
  • 17:19
  • 13:43
  • 22:35

Courses Included

Swing Trading Basics

Swing Trading Basics

Learn how swing traders use trends, price action, chart patterns, indicators, and trade planning.
Options Trading Basics

Options Trading Basics

Learn how calls, puts, strike prices, expiration, options contracts, and risk management work.
Futures Trading Basics

Futures Trading Basics

Learn how futures contracts, symbols, ticks, trading hours, margin, leverage, and risk management work.
Day Trading Basics

Day Trading Basics

Learn how day traders use price action, chart patterns, scanners, indicators, and risk management.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Gap and Go. Day trading the leading penny stocks
  • Shorting. Bearish on overextended stocks or reversals
  • Bull Flags. Long entry when price breaks out of the flag
  • Bear Flags. Short entry when price fails the flag
  • Long Calls. Bullish options strategy
  • Long Puts. Bearish options strategy
  • Selling Options. Selling naked calls and puts
  • Credit Spreads. Selling a combination of a call and put
  • Debit Spreads. Buying a combination of a call and put
  • Day Trading Options. Buy and sell options intraday
  • Investing is a long-term strategy
  • 401k, IRA, or buy-and-hold stocks
  • Financial advisors invest money for retirement
  • TD Ameritrade and Fidelity are popular brokers
  • Manage your funds in a brokerage account
  • Subject to market cycles up and down
  • Economic news and uncertainty affect investments
  • Fundamentals show a company's financial health
  • Long-term chart timeframes gauge trends
  • Blue chip stocks are popular and often pay dividends
  • Securities are shares of a company you can trade
  • They are called stock symbols or ticker symbols
  • Fundamental analysis shows a company's financials
  • Technical analysis shows buy and sell zones
  • Candlesticks are the foundation of trading
  • The trend is your friend
  • Most indicators are lagging and not real-time
  • Look for a tight bid/ask spread
  • High volume shows the liquidity of a stock
  • Cut your losses and let winners run

Instructor

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Lucien Bechard

Lucien Bechard is the founder of Bullish Bears, a trading education platform that has helped more than 132,000 traders since 2016. He has nearly a decade of experience teaching traders day trading, swing trading, futures, options, price action, and technical analysis, with a focus on practical trading education rather than trade alerts. His goal is to help traders build confidence, manage risk, and develop consistency in the markets.
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Free Stock Market Basics Course

Learn how the market works, reading charts, creating a trading plan, and managing risk

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  • Long-term vs short-term trading
  • Bullish vs bearish trade setups
  • How to read charts and indicators
  • Finding your trading style
  • Rated Best Value by Investopedia
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