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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
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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.