Module 0 — Before You Trade

Module 0 has 17 lessons and must be passed before Module 1. Each lesson has four parts: Explanation, Key points, Try it and Sources. Every fact is linked to a regulator, a peer-reviewed or working paper, or a book in the course library. When no trustworthy source gives a number, the lesson says so instead of guessing.

Main sources for this module

• Regulators: the U.S. SEC’s Investor.gov, FINRA and ESMA.
• Research: Chague, De-Losso and Giovannetti, Day Trading for a Living? (2020); Barber, Lee, Liu and Odean, The Cross-Section of Speculator Skill (2014).
• Book: Mark Douglas, Trading in the Zone (2000), Chapter 2.