About

The purpose of this Trading Basics course offered by Coursera in partnership with Indian School of Business is to equip you with the knowledge required to comprehend the financial statements of a company and understand the various transactions that take place in the stock market so that you can replicate the strategies discovered by the extant academic literature.

Overview

Key Features

The first part of the Trading Basics course offered by Coursera in partnership with Indian School of Business provides a brief introduction to financial statements and various common filings of firms.

You will learn how to obtain information regarding a company's performance from them and use the information to build trading strategies.

Next, you are taught basic asset pricing theories so that you will be able to calculate the expected returns of a stock or a portfolio.

Finally, you will be introduced to the actual functioning of asset markets, type of players in the market, different types of orders and the efficient ways and opportune time to execute them, trading costs and ways of minimizing them, the concept of liquidity .etc. This knowledge is required to develop efficient algorithm to execute various trading strategies.

Skills you'll gain

Financial Trading
Financial Statement Analysis
Securities Trading
Financial Statements
Market Dynamics
Financial Market
Equities
Return On Investment
Income Statement
Risk Analysis
Market Liquidity
Financial Analysis
Balance Sheet
Cash Flows
Order Entry
Portfolio Management
Order Management

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Financial Statements

Financial Statement Analysis
The Balance Sheet

Asset pricing theories

Market Microstructure
Stop-Loss Orders

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 1 days

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Self-paced

Campus Location

Mountain View, United States

Disciplines

Finance View 120 other Short Courses in Finance in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Beginner level

No previous experience necessary
This course is aimed at learners interested in financial markets who want to understand trading fundamentals, analyze financial statements, and develop strategies for investing and executing trades effectively.

Tuition Fees

Additional Details

Course is free for the first 7 days. After 7 days, the course can be accessed with the Coursera Plus Subscription

Funding

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