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Plain-English lessons for beginners and novice traders. Stocks, ETFs, technical analysis, options, and risk. No logins, no quizzes, no tests.

Stocks 101

How stocks work, how the market runs day to day, and how to place your first order.

  1. What a stock is, and what market cap means
  2. Market mechanics: bid, ask, spread and hours
  3. Order types: market, limit and stop-loss
  4. How to execute your first trade
  5. Dividends explained

ETFs

Baskets that trade like stocks: what ETFs are, how they stay honest, and which ones fit which job.

  1. What is an ETF?

Technical Analysis

Reading price charts: candlesticks, moving averages, RSI, volume, and the levels where price turns.

  1. Candlestick basics: reading OHLC
  2. Core indicators: SMA, EMA and RSI
  3. Understanding volume and liquidity
  4. Support and resistance

Options Trading

Calls, puts, strikes, expirations, the Greeks, risk — and income strategies like cash-secured puts.

  1. Calls vs puts: the fundamentals
  2. Strike prices and expiration cycles
  3. Understanding the Greeks: delta, theta and IV
  4. Buyer risk vs seller risk
  5. Cash-secured puts
  6. Options in plain English: calls and puts
  7. Covered calls: getting paid on stocks you own
  8. Earnings and IV crush

Risk & Survival

The math of staying in the game: position sizing, assignment, and the costs that quietly eat returns.

  1. Position sizing

Resources

Quick-reference tools.

  1. Glossary
  2. Calculators

Education only, not investment advice. Trading involves real risk of loss, including loss of everything you put in. See the full disclaimer.