Trading lessons

Financial markets are where millions of professional and retail traders buy and sell assets. In our first StoneX Trading Academy course, we’re going to cover which markets you might want to trade, plus how you can get started.

Bonds offer a unique asset class that’s popular among investors – and can bring plenty of opportunities for traders too.

Commodities are the building blocks of the global economy – and can be an exciting asset class to trade. In this lesson, we learn more about how the market works.

It’s time to get to grips with the fundamentals of the forex market – one of the biggest financial markets on the planet.

Now let’s cover the markets that track the prices of a group of shares: stock indices.

Finally in this course, let’s take a look at a market that’s watched by millions: interest rates. 

Shares are one of the best-known asset classes around. Follow this quick guide for an introduction to what stocks and shares are, how the stock market works and more. 

As we’ve seen, technical analysts believe that trading charts can suggest where prices may move to in the future. So, let’s take a look at how to read them.

Both the relative strength index (RSI) and stochastic oscillator help traders identify whether an asset is overbought or oversold. Let’s take a look at each indicator and how you can use them to enter or exit a position.

When markets bounce off a price level, they’re said to have reached a line of support or resistance. This is another concept that will crop up again and again throughout this course. So, before we go any further, let’s look at what support and resistance are.

Indicators are a core part of technical analysis. They’re used to identify trends and to make decisions about when to enter and exit trades. In this lesson, we’re going to take a closer look at why they’re popular, as well as the potential disadvantages of using indicators.

One of the terms you’ll hear again and again in technical analysis is the idea of following a trend, or trending markets. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at what that means and how you can identify a trend.