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Financial Markets

Equities · Bonds · Forex · Commodities · Digital Assets

A comprehensive, practical introduction to global financial markets, with live practice on MetaTrader 5.

Duration
50 hours
Schedule
3 hrs, every other day
English level
B1 (intermediate)
Assessment
Test/project + demo trading

About this course

About this course

Fifty hours across six modules, from how capital markets work to equities, bonds, forex, commodities and crypto, with demo trading on MetaTrader 5.

This course provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to global financial markets. We start with the foundations of capital markets, including risk and return, market structure, regulation, and the role of major US and international exchanges.

Equity markets: types of shares, trading mechanics, the bid-ask spread, going long and short, indices, ETFs vs. mutual funds, valuation and earnings. Bond markets: pricing and yields in Excel, Treasury auctions, corporate bonds and ratings. Forex and commodities: FX arbitrage, leverage, hedging, futures, and key concepts like contango and backwardation. We link all of this to real-world economic indicators and instruments, including options and CFDs.

Finally, we cover digital assets through the CFA lens: distributed ledger technology and blockchain, proof of work vs. proof of stake, permissioned vs. permissionless networks, smart contracts, DeFi and tokenization; plus direct vs. indirect crypto investment vehicles, stablecoins, CBDCs, NFTs and security tokens. We use MetaTrader 5 as the platform for leveraged trading and short-term profit taking.

Connect to your real goal, becoming a pro, rather than chasing a cash grab. It's impossible to make money without hard-earned skills.

Who it's for

Tailored for people with no prior knowledge of the financial markets who want a good grip of what they entail. Very useful for investors, and for students who want insight into how macroeconomics affects local and global markets. The course might open doors to financial independence: enough wealth to live comfortably with minimal work from home.

An intermediate level of English (B1) is required to fully engage with the course materials.

Course outline

01 Capital Markets Basics 7 topics
  • Risk and return in the stock market
  • Major US markets
  • The shrinking stock market
  • International markets
  • Regulation and the capital markets
  • Signal providers
  • Copy trading
02 Equity Markets 17 topics
  • What are stocks?
  • Investing in stocks
  • Types of shares
  • Stock market operations
  • Setting up stock market accounts
  • The bid-ask spread
  • Buying and selling in the stock markets
  • Shorting and going long
  • Stock market indices
  • Stocks, ETFs and mutual funds
  • Basics of stock valuation
  • Earnings reports and major stock events
  • Returns in the stock market
  • Risk in the stock market
  • Value and growth stocks
  • Call options and stocks
  • Put options and stocks
03 Bond Markets 9 topics
  • Bond market basics
  • Investing in bonds
  • Bond valuation in Excel
  • Bond yields in Excel
  • Three important relationships in bonds
  • Returns on corporate bonds
  • Treasury bond markets
  • Treasury auctions
  • Bond ratings
04 Forex 10 topics
  • FX market basics
  • Buying and selling in FX
  • FX arbitrage
  • Leverage
  • Forex market types
  • Chart types
  • Exotic chart types
  • Hedging
  • Fibonacci sequence
  • Contract for Difference (CFD)
05 Cryptocurrencies 6 topics
  • Distributed ledger technology and blockchain
  • Proof of work vs. proof of stake
  • Permissioned vs. permissionless networks
  • Smart contracts, DeFi, tokenization
  • Direct vs. indirect crypto investment (coins vs. trusts, futures, ETFs)
  • Stablecoins, CBDCs, NFTs, security tokens
06 Economic Indicators & Key Concepts 8 topics
  • SPAC
  • Underwriter
  • Rule of 72
  • Fungibility
  • Commodity market basics
  • Buying and selling in commodities
  • Commodities and contango
  • Financial instruments

Assessment

End-of-course test and/or project, and making transactions using a demo account.

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