Syllabus
Course structure
The curriculum “From Zero to Pro: Equity & Options Trading”: 10 modules and 66 lessons, from the foundations to a complete working process. This is what the course looks like, module by module.
Swing Trading in the Capital Markets
Beginners only A topic taught only in the beginners track. Everything else is for all tracks.
01
Foundations
- What a market is and why it exists
- Shares, ownership and market capitalization
- Exchanges, tickers and how a trade executes
- Order types, the bid/ask spread, liquidity and slippage
- Accounts, brokers and fees; long vs short
- ETFs and the indices that read the market
- Reading a chart: candlesticks, timeframes, scale and volume
- The risk-first mindset
02
Reading the Market (the Tide)
- Why market direction is the first decision
- Trend and regime with moving averages
- Multi-timeframe regime: weekly vs daily
- Breadth and participation
- The VIX and volatility regimes
- Risk-on / risk-off: reading market appetite
- Macro literacy with FRED
- The economic calendar: actual vs forecast
03
Sectors & Rotation
- The 11 sectors and their ETFs
- Relative strength between sectors
- Relative Rotation Graphs (RRG)
- Using rotation in practice
04
Fundamentals
- Earnings and the three financial statements
- Earnings growth: quarterly and annual
- Earnings quality and consistency
- The “new” catalyst and why leaders make new highs
- Supply and demand: float and shares outstanding
- Leadership and relative strength
- Institutional sponsorship and 13F filings
- Earnings dates, ex-dividend dates and event risk
- Schools of thought: value vs growth
05
Technical Analysis I: Trend & Structure
- Trend, trendlines, support and resistance
- Moving averages: SMA vs EMA, and lengths as trend horizons
- The moving-average stack as trend strength
- Moving-average crossovers as timing
- Chart structure and patterns, with candlesticks
- Stage analysis as an integrating lens
06
Technical Analysis II: Momentum, Volume & Relative Strength
- Momentum with RSI and the 50 line
- Williams %R as a reversal and momentum tool
- Volume: surge, crossover and accumulation/distribution
- The relative-strength line on the chart
- Liquidity filters: average and daily dollar volume
- The multi-timeframe method
07
Entries, Stops & Sizing
- Trigger vs confirmed entry
- The two setups
- Time-based invalidation
- Signal prioritization: the dominant setup
- Stops: structure and ATR
- Position sizing: the 1% rule
- R-multiples and expectancy
- Exit discipline
08
Options as Leverage
- Options mechanics
- The Greeks
- The high-delta call as leverage
- Choosing an expiration; DTE and 0DTE
- Dealer positioning: gamma exposure (GEX)
09
Psychology & Process
- The trader's mindset
- Process over prediction; a fixed daily routine
- The written trading plan
- The trade journal
- Common beginner traps and how the rules defend against them
10
Capstone: The Synthesis
- The professional funnel
- The synthesis method, end to end
- Honest contrast with other approaches
- Case study: a leader in a healthy market (shares)
- Case study: the same idea with a high-delta call
- Case study: a losing trade managed correctly
- Building your own repeatable process
Education, not financial advice: the course teaches skills and decision-making and does not recommend securities. Any stock mentioned is a teaching example only. Trading involves substantial risk of loss.
