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Trading courses worth your time

Free and paid courses for every level. Start free, and only pay once you know what you want to learn.

Udemy · Beginner

Trading courses on Udemy

Huge range of low-cost courses. Quality varies, so check recent reviews, the instructor's background and the course update date before buying.

Markets: Stocks, forex, crypto
Price: Often about $15–$25 on sale
Format: Self-paced video
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Coursera · Beginner

Financial Markets (Yale)

Robert Shiller's well-known course on how markets, risk and behavioural finance work. Not a trading system, but excellent foundations.

Markets: General markets
Price: Free to audit
Format: University course
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Coursera (ISB) · Intermediate

Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets

Structured program from the Indian School of Business covering technical indicators, backtesting and strategy design.

Markets: Stocks
Price: Subscription
Format: Specialisation
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Babypips · Beginner

Babypips School of Pipsology

The classic free forex course. Explains pips, leverage, order types and risk in plain language.

Markets: Forex
Price: Free
Format: Written lessons
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TradingView · Intermediate

TradingView Pine Script docs

The official guide to writing your own indicators and strategy backtests on TradingView.

Markets: All
Price: Free
Format: Docs and tutorials
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Investopedia · Beginner

Investopedia Academy

Polished paid courses on day trading, options and technical analysis from a well-known finance publisher.

Markets: Stocks, options
Price: From about $100+
Format: Self-paced video
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Be wary of any course or "mentor" promising guaranteed income, showing only winning trades, or pushing you to a specific offshore broker. Good education teaches risk management first.