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Practical Guide to Trading

Interactive Brokers

Embark on a journey to comprehend the interconnectedness of the global capital markets with the Practical Guide to Trading course. Delve into the intricacies of trading options, futures, currencies, and equities while acquiring knowledge of fixed income products. Gain hands-on experience with IBKR’s global trading platform using a simulated trading account.

MODULES:

  1. Acquire skills and understanding related to stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and mutual funds. Learn how to perform basic fundamental analyses and examine investment benefits and risks.
  2. Explore the FX market, participants and motives, products, risks, margin accounts, and related trading platform methods and tools. Acquire the skills to make stock transactions in the foreign currency market on an online trading platform.
  3. Distinguish between types of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate and municipal debt issuance, identify available bonds, and grasp the market mechanics underlying each type of fixed income instrument.
  4. Gain an understanding of the language of stock options, the mechanics of trading in the futures markets, and learn how to deconstruct options, distinguish between call and puts, examine multiple stock option payoff charts, and determine breakevens and maximum profit and loss.

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Practical Guide to Trading
Course Modules

The course modules cover acquiring skills in equities, exploring forex trading, understanding U.S. bond investing basics, and gaining insights into derivatives such as options and futures.

Fundamentals of Equities

Acquire skills and understanding related to stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and mutual funds. Learn how to perform basic fundamental analyses and examine investment benefits and risks. Gain hands-on know-how through practical demonstrations of certain online trading methods.

Forex - Trading Around the World

Explore the FX market, participants and motives, products, risks, margin accounts, and related trading platform methods and tools. Acquire the skills to make stock transactions in the foreign currency market on an online trading platform. Understand major and minor currency pairs, trading products, risks, market participants, and their motives, as well as margin accounts.

U.S. Bond Investing Basics

Distinguish between types of U.S. dollar-denominated corporate and municipal debt issuance, identify corporate and municipal bonds available to purchase and sell on an online trading platform, and grasp the market mechanics underlying each type of fixed income instrument. Conduct basic analyses and flag critical investment risks.

Derivatives - Options & Futures

Gain an understanding of the language of stock options, the mechanics of trading in the futures markets, and learn how to deconstruct options, distinguish between call and puts, examine multiple stock option payoff charts, and determine breakevens and maximum profit and loss.

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