Stock market Basics- Full Course

Learn how price and volume data on charts power technical analysis to guide buy, sell, or hold decisions, using candlesticks, opening and closing, and bull and bear trends.

Identify trend lines by connecting highs and lows to reveal support and resistance, forming bullish or bearish channels. Breakouts indicate buying opportunities and potential trend reversals.

Discover chart patterns and trend lines in technical analysis, including consolidation, triangles, double peaks, and head and shoulders, to identify potential breakouts and decide when to buy, sell, or hold.

Assess how volume drives liquidity and trade execution by comparing shares traded to the average daily volume. Use volume changes to confirm trends and gauge whether price movements are sustainable.

learn how moving averages on charts reveal long-term trends and generate buy and sell signals via 50-day and 200-day lines, highlighting correlations among Apple, Google, and Tesla.

Explore MACD, a moving average convergence divergence indicator using a 9-day and 24-day pair and a histogram to flag buy and sell signals and trend reversals.

Master the relative strength index (RSI) to measure momentum, spot overbought and oversold conditions, and generate buy or sell signals for stocks using trends and MACD.

Analyze Tesla with trend lines, volume, Mac D, and RSI to spot buy signals at support. Confirm with rising volume and a Mac D crossover.

Define your goal, time frame, and risk, then adopt one of three plans—swing (1–4 weeks), dividend (3–5 years), or day trading (2–6 hours)—with clear buy and sell rules.

Learn how stop losses limit downside risk by automatically selling a stock at a predefined price, with examples from Caterpillar and Apple and trailing stop concepts.

Options are contracts granting the right to buy or sell stock at a strike price before expiry, including 100-share contracts and call options.

Examine the big picture economy, industry, and company, then set up your chart with the correct currency, timeframe, and indicators (RSI, MACD) to guide your trades.

Analyze the big picture, align with your strategy, and size the position before executing the stock trade; mitigate risk with stop losses, protective put options, and diversification.

Explore how exchange traded funds provide instant diversification by tracking an index and trading like a stock with low fees, versus mutual funds not traded intraday and often higher fees.

execute a trade by assessing the global market, reviewing your chart lists, aligning with your strategy, and setting a stop loss and exit plan.

Follow a trader's daily routine with chart lists to analyze the Dow Jones, world index, and stocks like Apple, Amazon, and Ali Baba, identifying channels, resistance, and breakouts.

Identify the broader market trend by tracking the Dow Jones, a period of consolidation, and potential breakouts above all-time highs for stocks like Facebook, Microsoft, Square, and Lululemon.

Master technical trading by analyzing price action, using indicators, patterns, and volume, while following a defined risk-managed strategy across markets and currencies.

Learn to manage a down day by evaluating which holdings to exit and which to buy, considering factors like interest rates and other market drivers, using chart-based decisions.

Explore the VIX, the volatility or fear index, and how rising VIX signals market decline by comparing the S&P 500 to put options for sentiment.

Explore fundamental analysis and long-term investing, weighing price against value to select high-quality companies for dividends and capital gains.

Learn to read a company’s financials by examining the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flows, and locate 10-K and 10-Q filings via investor relations, Edgar, or Yahoo Finance.

Learn how to read the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, including revenue, cost of goods sold, assets, liabilities, and equity, through practical examples.

Learn how ratios from financial statements analyze company performance, including net profit margin, price to earnings ratio, current ratio, and dividend yield, using Apple as an example.

Compare technology companies using four ratios: net profit margin, price-to-earnings, current ratio, and dividend yield to identify the best value and liquidity, as shown with Apple, Microsoft, and IBM.

Understand how market cap and shares outstanding determine a company’s value. Explore how share price can mislead due to dilution, splits, and listings; compare firms by market cap and ratios.

Discover how dividends work and who controls them; track the declaration, record, ex-dividend, and payment dates, and explore the drip reinvestment plan and tax considerations.

Explore how dividends create quarterly cash flow from retained earnings and evaluate stocks by yield, payout ratio, dividend history, and dividend growth rate to compare John Deere and Caterpillar.

Explore diversification across cash, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, index funds, gold, crypto, and real estate, and learn how diversification lowers risk and balances long-term returns.

Master position sizing and diversification across long-term, swing, and day trading, aiming for 15–25 diversified positions with 4–12% per stock and strict stop-loss risk management.

Balance and diversify your stock portfolio with four industry weights near 25 percent, rebalance to 5 to 8 percent per holding, and track risk with an Excel spreadsheet.

Short selling lets you profit from a stock's decline by borrowing shares, selling them, and buying back at a lower price, using a margin account and stop-loss to manage risk.

Averaging down is buying more as prices fall to lower your cost basis. It works when the asset generates cash flow or dividends, but not for young, non-cash-flow stocks.

Explore stock market basics, combining fundamental and technical investing to build diversified portfolios, plan each trade with entry, exit, stop loss, and leverage dividends and compound interest for long-term gains.

Explore Beyond Meat trading, buying 50 shares using RSI and MACD indicators with resistance levels and an ascending triangle, selling for a 44% gain in 10 days, about $2,600.

Explore growth stocks to watch during the pandemic recovery, analyzing lululemon, facebook, and good food market corp through chart patterns, revenue growth, and potential buy points.

The lecture analyzes a covid era market breakout, showing a Dow Jones consolidation breakout and buying Facebook and Lululemon as long-term uptrends with entry plans.

update on Air Canada options trade with chart analysis, noting support, higher low, and potential breakout; includes call option details, expiry, strike, and a 31% three-day gain.

Assess Air Canada options breakout from an ascending triangle toward October break-even while monitoring covid trends on Worldometer and India and Brazil to gauge market risk and short selling.

Lock in profits on an Air Canada options trade by selling half the position after rapid weekly gains. Monitor break-even and let the rest run for potential further gains.

Learn how an initial public offering works, compare private and public companies, why firms go public, and how liquidity, reporting, and growth shape IPO outcomes, illustrated by Very Good Butchers.

Learn how to buy a call option on Air Canada, choose an October expiration and strike price, compute break-even, and place a multi-contract trade for a potential travel rebound.

Learn how practice accounts enable risk-free stock trading by using real prices with fake money to test strategies and build confidence before investing real funds.

The lecture outlines a Sunday trading routine: evaluate holdings, build a weekly watch list, and plan buys, shorts, or options exits using chart patterns and support levels.

Evaluate whether to buy more, hold, or sell Tesla ahead of earnings after a 73 percent month-long gain. Lock in profits by selling Tesla and documenting a disciplined exit.

Learn to manage a down day by reviewing your portfolio for exits, understanding market catalysts, and spotting buying opportunities, with practical chart analysis of holdings like Tesla, Goodfood, and Square.

Explore real estate exposure through REITs, which trade like stocks, offer liquidity and regular dividends, and provide tax advantages without owning property.

Confront fomo by recognizing it triggers overtrading, bad trades, or missed opportunities that shake stability. Start slow on a practice account, refine your strategy, and focus on the next opportunity.

Master five essentials for day trading and swing trading: maintain a trading journal, test a clear strategy in a practice account, and refine risk management and diversification.

Build a 20-year long-term portfolio by selecting growing, important industries like e-commerce and technology, including Amazon, Shopify, Apple, Google, DocuSign, Palo Alto Networks, Tesla, Berkshire Hathaway, and drone delivery Canada.

Learn three ways to buy into an IPO: bid at issue price, invest in an IPO ETF, or buy on day one, noting broker limits and volatility.

Learn to set stop losses using price action and support and resistance, manage risk with position sizing and diversification, and apply a two to one risk-reward ratio with trailing stops.

Learn day trading basics, including margin or cash accounts versus registered accounts and how income taxes apply to profits, using Quest Trade with level two data and live charts.

Set up and customize a linked trading dashboard with charts, level one and level two data, order entry, bracket orders, and drawing tools to monitor stocks and manage trades.

Learn how a trading journal tracks every trade, strategy, and mindset to reveal analytics, win rates, and performance metrics, helping you refine strategies with Excel or Trade Sync.

Learn how hotkeys enable fast stock trades by programming keyboard shortcuts to place market orders, with tips on macro recording, delays, and avoiding accidental trades.

Explore order duration types and how they affect fill outcomes, from day orders to good-till-date, good-till-cancel, good-till-extended market, fill-or-kill, and immediate-or-cancel, including pre-market and post-market considerations.

Explore day trading and swing trading order types, including market, limit, stop loss, trailing stop loss, stop limit, trailing stop limit, limit on open, and limit on close.

Learn how to set up key indicators on stock charts, including macd with histogram, relative strength index, and volume, to spot buy or sell signals.

Learn how to spot a high-probability Uber options trade with a 500% gain using technical analysis, support and resistance, and a strategy to lock in profits early and diversify.

Explore a one-page trading strategy with a morning checklist, price-action based entries and exits, and strict risk management, plus journaling to review and improve.

Master pre and post market trading, including order types, routing, and hours for US and Canadian securities, while weighing low liquidity, wider spreads, and the advantage of greater control.