# 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](/en/tracks/financial-literacy) — learning path 2 of 3
- **Length:** 3 chapters · 6 lessons · 3 hours a week
- **Level:** Beginner

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1. [Financial Foundations](/en/paths/financial-foundations) — 2 chapters · 3 hours a week
2. **Markets & Trading** — 3 chapters · 3 hours a week · 1 checkpoint
3. [Digital Assets & Tokenization](/en/paths/digital-assets-tokenization) — 3 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.