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VEXA Academy

A 30-day investing crash course: about 15 minutes a day, at your own pace
GlossaryStart Day 1

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Start with Day 1: what investing is and how the stock market works.

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      Week 1

      Investing fundamentals

      What markets are, what you can buy, how orders work, and why risk, time and diversification matter more than any single pick.

      1. 1 What investing is and how the stock market works12 min
      2. 2 Stocks, ETFs, index funds, bonds and cash14 min
      3. 3 Exchanges, tickers, market orders and limit orders12 min
      4. 4 Risk, return, volatility and why prices change14 min
      5. 5 Compound growth and the importance of time12 min
      6. 6 Diversification, asset allocation and concentration risk14 min
      7. 7 Week 1 review and a beginner case study18 min
      Week 2

      Understanding stocks

      Read a company’s results, judge its financial health and valuation, and learn what charts and indicators can and cannot tell you.

      1. 8 Revenue, expenses, profit and earnings14 min
      2. 9 Balance sheets, cash flow, debt and financial health15 min
      3. 10 P/E ratio, earnings per share and valuation15 min
      4. 11 Revenue growth, profit margins and return on equity13 min
      5. 12 Reading stock charts and understanding price movements15 min
      6. 13 RSI, moving averages, MACD, volume and volatility16 min
      7. 14 Week 2 review and a guided stock-analysis exercise20 min
      Week 3

      Strategies and risk management

      Choose an approach that fits you, size positions sensibly, read news without overreacting, and understand what models and backtests can really show.

      1. 15 Long-term investing versus short-term trading13 min
      2. 16 Growth, value, dividend and broad-market strategies15 min
      3. 17 Position sizing, diversification and managing risk14 min
      4. 18 Market news, earnings announcements and economic data14 min
      5. 19 Building and testing an investment thesis15 min
      6. 20 How quantitative investing and machine learning work16 min
      7. 21 Predictions, uncertainty, overfitting and backtesting18 min
      Week 4

      The paper portfolio challenge

      Put the course into practice with $10,000 of simulated cash on real market prices, then review your decisions honestly.

      1. 22 Set up a virtual portfolio with $10,00012 min · Paper Challenge task
      2. 23 Research a company and explain why you might invest16 min · Paper Challenge task
      3. 24 Build a diversified portfolio14 min · Paper Challenge task
      4. 25 Compare individual stocks with index funds13 min · Paper Challenge task
      5. 26 Review portfolio risk, allocation and concentration13 min · Paper Challenge task
      6. 27 Track performance against the S&P 50012 min · Paper Challenge task
      7. 28 Review your decisions and write a journal entry15 min · Paper Challenge task
      8. 29 Reassess your portfolio using what you learned13 min · Paper Challenge task
      9. 30 Final assessment and learning summary20 min · Final assessment
      Educational content written for beginners. It explains how investing works; it does not recommend any security. Simulated trading with virtual money on real end-of-day prices. Nothing is bought or sold for real, and results in a game do not predict real-world results.