The Market Foundations class prepares our traders for life as a professional trader with the firm. As traders begin to tackle the markets, their understanding of the basics will provide a solid foundation for their investing/trading lifetimes. From the understanding of market terminology, stock market fundamentals, broad market analysis, and institutional sector rotation, our traders are confident to make investments and grow their trading accounts. Market Foundations takes the beginning investor through the process of first recognizing their individual personalities and their strengths and weaknesses as a trader. Then, the trader will begin to craft their personal trading plan and choose the setups, strategies, risk management and position management styles they will employ during their trading with the firm. In the Market Foundations class, we spend alot of time on our Top Down Approach methodology to indentify broad market and sector rotation moves in the market that will allow our traders to capture the strong and weak stocks in the market. The Market Foundations class prepares each trader for a lifetime of successful trading for the firm.
Session #1 - Introduction to the Markets
- Welcome to the Firm
- Following the Road Map
- Personality Assessment Test
- Creating your Trading Plan
Session #2 - Broad Market Analysis
- Broad Market Overview
- Market Internals
- Market Cycles
- Economic Cycles
Session #3 - Sector Analysis/Top Down Approach
- Broad Market Analysis
- Sector Analysis
- Stock Selection
Session #4 - Preparation for Live Trading
- Online Brokerage Accounts
- Paper Trading
- Order Entry
- Journaling