Stocks trading is by far the most well-known form of trading. Every day billions of dollars worth of stocks change hands on exchanges worldwide. In order to be able to flourish in this exciting but also challenging world, you need to start at the basics to understand what stocks are, how are they different from other types of financial assets and how can they be traded.
In this course we will lay the foundations, as well as introduce you to the most common investment horizons, such as how to trade stocks short, medium and long term.
If you are new to stocks or trading in general this course is for you.
In this course, you will learn:
- what are stocks and shares
- how stocks and shares are traded: what is a CFD?
- what is a stock market index and how to use it to trade individual stocks
- how to pick stocks
- how to find which investment horizon suits you the most