Trading Education Guide

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How Do Trading Education Companies Work?

Trading Education companies exist to help beginner, intermediate and advanced traders learn more about how to trade in various asset classifications. Most offer courses and online trading rooms to help traders learn stocks, options, forex, and futures. Some companies offer in person as well as online classes while others focus in on one or the other. Most offer a free introductory class either in person or online or a time trial to allow traders to get a sense of the material offered.

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What To Look For In Choosing a Company

When evaluating a company you want to look for one that aligns best with what your individual objectives are. You want to look at independent consumer reviews in helping to guide your decision. You may also want to look at the industry leaders as well as how long they have been in business. Online Trading Academy, for example, has been around for over twenty years. Others that we’ve reviewed are more recently established and have limited history with consumer reviews and independent analysis.

The process of getting started and learning to trade online is fairly straightforward and typically involves the following steps:

1. Research and identify companies that may be right for you. Fill out an online form or give them a call to inquire and learn more.
2. Discuss what options may be available to you; what you’re looking to learn; what your current experience level is; what pricing/financing look like; whether they offer in person or online classes and to have your additional questions answered.
3. Attend an introductory course either in person or online. From there you can ascertain if the material presented is a good fit as well as what type of learning experience may align best with what you’re looking to accomplish.
4. Determine what additional courses may help accomplish what you’re looking to achieve. You may want to focus in on stocks, forex, options or other asset classifications.
5. Proceed by signing up with the trading education company that you’ve picked. Several offer financing options to help with the cost of the education while others are simply month to month costs.

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How We Rate Trading Education Companies

We independently identify trading education companies. From there our editors review them in a myriad of ways from impartially secret shopping to checking consumer and independent reviews to validating fees/prices, types of products offered and customer service and support. Our goal is to present objective representations of companies to give consumers informed information to make a decision. Disclosure: We do receive advertising compensation from some companies. For additional details please click here.