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Stock Trading Courses

Stock trading courses can help you learn technical analysis, chart patterns, risk management, and trading strategies. You can build skills in interpreting market trends, executing trades effectively, and managing your portfolio. Many courses introduce tools like trading platforms, stock screeners, and financial news aggregators, that support analyzing stocks and making informed decisions. You'll also explore concepts like options trading, short selling, and the impact of economic indicators on stock prices.


Popular Stock Trading Courses and Certifications


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    University of Michigan

    Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age

    Skills you'll gain: Data Analysis, Analytical Skills, Experimentation, Critical Thinking, Research Design, Behavioral Economics, Decision Making, Regression Analysis, Statistical Inference, Probability, Correlation Analysis, Adaptability

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Michigan

    Innovations in Investment Technology: Artificial Intelligence

    Skills you'll gain: Investment Management, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Investments, FinTech, Financial Trading, Portfolio Management, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Financial Market, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    416 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Python for Finance: Beta and Capital Asset Pricing Model

    Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Plotly, Data Visualization, Investment Management, Financial Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Financial Data, Risk Modeling, Market Data, Finance, Equities, Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Python Programming

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    47 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Google Cloud

    Deploy a Modern Web App connected to a Cloud Spanner Instance

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Node.JS, Application Deployment, Google Cloud Platform, Full-Stack Web Development, Web Applications, Server Side, Development Environment, Database Application, Data Import/Export, Back-End Web Development

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Indian School of Business

    Design your own trading strategy – Culminating Project

    Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Data Collection, Financial Trading, Project Design, Portfolio Management, Business Planning, Financial Market, Market Analysis, Market Trend, Investment Management, Performance Analysis, Equities

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    105 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    McMaster University

    Finance for Everyone: Markets

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Equities, Financial Policy, Finance, International Finance, Investments, Market Dynamics, Market Trend, Financial Regulation, Market Analysis, Presentations

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    413 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Rice University

    Biases and Portfolio Selection

    Skills you'll gain: Behavioral Economics, Portfolio Management, Investments, Wealth Management, Financial Market, Investment Management, Asset Management, Market Dynamics, Capital Markets, Decision Making, Finance, Market Analysis, Psychology, Performance Analysis

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    281 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    New York University

    Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Unsupervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Machine Learning, Financial Trading, Financial Market, Reinforcement Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Financial Services, Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Portfolio Management, Python Programming, Artificial Neural Networks, Jupyter

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    341 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Geneva

    Meeting Investors' Goals

    Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Investments, Investment Management, Business Ethics, Wealth Management, Behavioral Economics, Financial Market, Decision Making, Market Dynamics, Finance, Market Data, Economics

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    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    New York University

    Overview of Advanced Methods of Reinforcement Learning in Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Market Dynamics, Risk Modeling, Financial Modeling, Technical Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Applied Machine Learning, Physics, Probability & Statistics

    3.8
    Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
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    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Introduction to Finance: The Role of Financial Markets

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Capital Budgeting, Capital Markets, Finance, Securities (Finance), Financial Management, Resource Allocation, Investments, Financial Analysis, Equities, Return On Investment, Cash Flows, Risk Management, Risk Analysis

    Build toward a degree

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Investments II: Lessons and Applications for Investors

    Skills you'll gain: Investments, Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Finance, Return On Investment, Behavioral Economics, Equities, Financial Market, Asset Management, Performance Analysis, Income Tax, Financial Trading, Tax Management, Decision Making, Benchmarking

    Build toward a degree

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    881 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular stock trading courses

  • Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age : University of Michigan
  • Innovations in Investment Technology: Artificial Intelligence: University of Michigan
  • Python for Finance: Beta and Capital Asset Pricing Model: Coursera
  • Deploy a Modern Web App connected to a Cloud Spanner Instance: Google Cloud
  • Design your own trading strategy – Culminating Project: Indian School of Business
  • Finance for Everyone: Markets: McMaster University
  • Biases and Portfolio Selection: Rice University
  • Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance: New York University
  • Meeting Investors' Goals: University of Geneva
  • Overview of Advanced Methods of Reinforcement Learning in Finance: New York University

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