Level Beginner
Introduction to Stocks
If you are new to investing and want to begin to understand stock market fundamentals, this course will help familiarize you with some common terms and concepts surrounding investments.
Finance Courses
Traders’ Academy offers several courses about, or related to, corporate stocks and equity-related funds to help traders and investors make more informed financial trading and investment decisions. Many practical introductory courses help beginner stock traders learn about company shares, the broader stock market, as well as U.S. equity market structure, and stock market indexes. Traders’ Academy also offers a host of trading strategies, such as short-selling stock, margin trading, and securities lending and borrowing, along with details about IBKR’s Stock Yield Enhancement Program (SYEP). A broad variety of equity-related exchange-traded products (ETPs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are also on tap for those traders and investors interested in alternative financial products outside of single corporate stocks.
If you are new to investing and want to begin to understand stock market fundamentals, this course will help familiarize you with some common terms and concepts surrounding investments.
The market is broken down by 11 sectors: Communications, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial, IT, Materials, Real Estate, and Utilities. In this lesson, we will review the broader markets, industries, advantages and disadvantages of investing, and more of the 11 market sectors.
This course provides an introduction to indexes. You will learn what an index is, how it is used, and how index constituents are selected. We will discuss what it means for an index to be float-adjusted, as well as how index values are calculated, and how those values are used to calculate performance.
We explain what Exchange-Traded Funds are; how they differ from mutual funds; the types of ETFs available to you; where you can buy and sell ETFs; and how the basic structure of an ETF works.
Learn about Value investing which is a style of investing that involves identifying stocks or other assets that are undervalued by the market.
Learn about growth investing which is a stock-buying strategy focused on investing in companies that are expected to grow at an above-average rate compared to their industry or the market.
Unlike other investment strategies that focus on valuation or long-term growth potential, momentum investing relies primarily on the movement of stock prices.
Let's explore dividends, known to serve several key roles in an investment portfolio. First, they offer a steady income stream, appealing to investors seeking cash flow, such as retirees. Second, reinvesting dividends to buy more shares can accelerate growth through compounding. This effect boosts wealth accumulation for long-term investors.
This course is aimed at helping investors wanting to take a short position in stocks understand what to do and where to find key information in Trader Workstation. We explain the short selling cycle and how investors can easily find out stock loan availability in the platform.
This course covers the basics of U.S. exchanges and the rules that govern U.S. equities trading. Presented by IEX, it uses The Investors Exchange as an example for what happens to your order when it gets sent to a stock exchange. About IEX Group, Inc. IEX is a technology company committed to raising the bar for performance, fairness and transparency. In 2016, we launched the Investors Exchange, a stock exchange working to protect investors. Since then, the Investors Exchange has grown to be one of the largest exchange operators globally, by notional value traded. To learn more about the exchange and other IEX businesses visit iextrading.com or search IEX.
This course by State Street Global Advisors will discuss ETF trading factors, market structure and executions, liquidity considerations and ETFs and market volatility events.
This course will discuss Retirement and explore issues of spending, income, Social Security and the new IBKR Retirement Planner. The Retirement Planner is a tool that may be used to gain a better understanding of your Retirement Outlook.
This course provides an overview of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), including different categories and types of ETPs, as well as some of the opportunities and risks these products present to investors. Lessons in this course will also explore physically backed commodity ETPs, such as those underpinned by gold and silver, as well as synthetic ETPs such as oil ETPs and Short and Leveraged (S&L) ETPs. Some insights into what investors should be aware of when deciding to invest in these products, and ways of mitigating certain risks, are also offered.
ETFs resemble mutual funds in structure but can be traded throughout the day like stocks. Direxion offers leveraged ETFs — daily trading tools that are designed to help increase exposure and stay agile in rapidly changing markets.
Corporate actions are strategic decisions made by publicly traded companies that directly impact their shareholders and stakeholders. These initiatives, approved by a company's board of directors, can fundamentally alter a company's structure, operations, or financial position.