Online Course – Google Certified Professional Trading Internship, Interactive Brokers

Discover the interconnectedness of global capital markets with a practical emphasis on trading. Upon completion of the specialization, students will have a solid understanding of the connections between the various capital markets, both for those interested in understanding the mechanics of the market and for trading investors with limited existing knowledge.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Understanding global market volatility
  • Hedging risk using commodity contracts
  • Developing a diversified stock portfolio
  • Researching the impact of a parallel market on assets
  • Understanding the connections between capital markets
  • Practical experience in a simulated meter environment
  • Knowledge of capital market principles

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Oil trader
  • Stock trader
  • Investment Portfolio Manager
  • Capital Market Analyst
  • Capital markets investor
  • Commodity trader
  • Investment advisor
  • Risk Manager
  • Financial Markets Trader
  • Capital market specialist

Internship – a four-part course series

Imagine you are an experienced oil trader who tracks global market volatility and wants to hedge your risk with commodity contracts, or perhaps you are a stock trader looking to develop a more diversified portfolio. This specialization is designed for students who are already involved in one aspect of the capital markets but want to better understand how capital flows around the world.

Participants will be able to utilize their understanding of financial markets to explore how a parallel market can influence, or be influenced by, the asset class they are familiar with.

At the end of the internship, the connection between several capital markets will be clear to students interested in learning about its mechanics, as well as to investors whose strengths are limited to their existing trading knowledge.

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Hands-on Learning Project

Students can continue their engagement with this material by opening a demo account in the Trader Workstation, which will allow them to gain hands-on experience in a safe and simulated environment, while immersing themselves in the principles behind the capital markets.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Stock Basics

Course 1
11 hours
4.3 (317 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Acquire skills and understanding related to stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and mutual funds
  • How to perform basic fundamental analyses
  • Learn how to evaluate the benefits and risks of investing
  • Gain practical knowledge through hands-on demonstrations of certain online trading methods

The skills you will acquire

  • Business cycle
  • Fundamental analysis
  • Sectors
  • Mutual funds
  • stock

Forex – Trading Around the World

Course 2
10 hours
4.3 (174 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Knowledge of the foreign exchange market, participants in the system, drivers, products, risks, margin accounts, methods and tools related to trading platforms
  • Acquire the skills to execute foreign exchange market trading transactions on an online trading platform
  • Understand the major and minor currency pairs, related trading products and risks, market participants and their reasons, as well as margin accounts.

The skills you will acquire

  • Monetary policy
  • Foreign Exchange Market (FOREX)
  • Forex case study
  • Currency pairs
  • Forex trading

The Basics of Investing in US Bonds

Course 3
15 hours
4.6 (49 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Distinguish between types of debt issuances by companies and municipal authorities in US dollars
  • Identify corporate and government bonds that can be bought and sold on an online trading platform
  • Understand the market mechanisms that drive each type of fixed income security
  • Perform basic analyses and point out critical investment risks

The skills you will acquire

  • Corporate bonds
  • Interest
  • Bond analysis