BeginnerMarket Essentials
Build a working understanding of financial markets before you place your first practice trade.
Explain how markets work and create a checklist for observing them.
Preview the 6-module curriculum
- How financial markets work
- Asset classes and instruments
- Exchanges, brokers, and participants
- Order types and execution basics
- News, liquidity, and price movement
- Guided market observation exercise
No prior trading experience needed.
Practice exerciseCreate a market observation sheet and compare how different order types work.


