🎯 Target Audience:

• Beginners interested in trading
  
  

• Part-time traders
  
  

• Aspiring full-time retail traders
  
  

• Anyone looking to understand financial markets practically
  
  

⏱️ Course Duration:

6–8 weeks (or ~25–30 hours of content + assignments)

🧱 Course Structure:

Module 1: Introduction to Retail Trading

• What is retail trading?
  
  

• Role of retail traders vs. institutional traders
  
  

• Types of financial markets (stocks, forex, crypto, commodities)
  
  

• Risk vs. reward: What trading is not
  
  

Assignment: Quiz on market types and trader categories

Module 2: Setting Up for Success

• Opening a brokerage account (with platform demos: Zerodha, Robinhood, etc.)
  
  

• Choosing the right asset class
  
  

• Hardware & software essentials
  
  

• Understanding trading costs (spreads, commissions, slippage)
  
  

Assignment: Simulated account setup walkthrough

Module 3: Market Fundamentals

• Understanding market participants and price movement
  
  

• Supply and demand theory
  
  

• News & economic indicators (CPI, NFP, FOMC, etc.)
  
  

• Intro to fundamental analysis
  
  

Assignment: Analyze the impact of recent news on a stock/forex pair