Markets & Trading

How exchanges actually fill your orders, what each order type promises, and how to size risk against your own runway — mechanics, never advice.

• Part of: Financial Literacy & Digital Assets — learning path 2 of 3
• Length: 3 chapters · 6 lessons · 3 hours a week
• Level: Beginner

1. Financial Foundations2 chapters · 3 hours a week
2. Markets & Trading3 chapters · 3 hours a week · 1 checkpoint
3. Digital Assets & Tokenization3 chapters · 3 hours a week · 1 checkpoint

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Syllabus

1. What a market actually is

• 3 lessons
• Skills: Market Mechanics · Order Types

2. Risk management as arithmetic

• 2 lessons
• Skills: Risk Management · Portfolio Thinking

3. Capstone: your written plan

• 1 lessons
• Skills: Risk Management · Portfolio Thinking
• Checkpoint: Trading Plan Gate

Checkpoints

To pass each checkpoint you hand in a piece of real work. What each one asks for:

• Trading Plan Gate: Submit a one-page plan covering: runway boundary, holding criteria, position-sizing rule, the 'I was wrong' level, full round-trip costs, and review cadence. Evaluated for internal consistency and sourcing — never for which assets you chose.