This Financial Education Center is designed to introduce you to the basic terminology and concepts you will need to become more successful as an investor or trader. To excel in this fascinating world of money, you need to continue to study and learn. Especially as a novice, it is important for you to become familiar with the market in all aspects, whether your intent is to trade or invest long-term.

Investing Essentials

Covers the basics of traditional investing, including value investing, growth investing, relative valuation, fundamental analysis and a brief history of the investors that made these terms popular.

Trading Essentials

Covers the advantages of direct access trading versus other trading methods, how to engage in the psychological aspects of trading, using technical indicators, and preparing yourself for live trading.

Trading Mini-movies

Specially developed streaming content that appear throughout this Financial Education Center, covering introductory topics such as risk management, technical analysis and execution skills.  They are designed to get you started in each topic, but are by no means an exhaustive discussion of each.  More in-depth coverage of each topic is available from OTA.

The Glossary

A comprehensive list of trading terms to help you add new trading terminology to your vocabulary.  As you advance through this Financial Education Center, look up unfamiliar words in the glossary as you go along.

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