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    Find the Best Trading Course for Your Goals

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Università di Napoli Federico II

      Finance

      Skills you'll gain: Market Liquidity, Financial Market, Portfolio Management, Securities Trading, Investments, Securities (Finance), Equities, Financial Trading, Capital Markets, Finance, Market Dynamics, Risk Analysis, Economics, Fixed Asset, Market Data, Risk Modeling, Derivatives, Technical Analysis, Asset Management, Risk Management

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      6 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Understanding Financial Statements: Company Performance

      Skills you'll gain: Income Statement, Financial Statements, Financial Statement Analysis, Cash Flows, Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis, Balance Sheet, Accounting, Performance Analysis

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      777 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of London

      Object Oriented Programming

      Skills you'll gain: Pseudocode, C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Integrated Development Environments, Computer Programming, Development Environment, Programming Principles, Debugging, Data Structures, Program Development, Algorithms, Interactive Design, Software Engineering, Test Data, Data Validation, Unit Testing, Data Import/Export, Data Management, Command-Line Interface

      Build toward a degree

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      225 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Technical University of Munich (TUM)

      Cost Accounting

      Skills you'll gain: Cost Accounting, Management Accounting, Income Statement, Operating Cost, Cost Management, Inventory Accounting, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Gross Profit, Strategic Decision-Making, Accounting, Product Planning, Resource Allocation, Product Assortment, Depreciation, Financial Accounting, Production Process, Financial Statements, Price Negotiation, Capacity Management, Decision Making

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      271 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Free
      C

      Coursera Project Network

      Construct Stock Market Indices

      Skills you'll gain: Market Data, Google Sheets, Data Import/Export, Equities, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, Financial Market

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      194 reviews

      Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      New York University

      Guided Tour of Machine Learning in Finance

      Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Statistical Methods, Artificial Neural Networks, Predictive Modeling, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Regression Analysis, Deep Learning, Financial Services, Finance, Tensorflow, Jupyter, Reinforcement Learning

      3.8
      Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
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      679 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Investment Banking: Financial Analysis and Valuation

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Investment Banking, Financial Forecasting, Business Valuation, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Mergers & Acquisitions, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Corporate Finance, Forecasting, Cash Flows, Benchmarking, Spreadsheet Software

      Build toward a degree

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      178 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IE Business School

      Business Opportunities and Risks in a Globalized Economy

      Skills you'll gain: Economic Development, International Finance, Economics, Business Economics, Market Opportunities, International Relations, Global Marketing, Demography, Business Risk Management, Analysis, Growth Strategies, Policy Analysis

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      173 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Duke University

      Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives

      Skills you'll gain: Loans, FinTech, Payment Systems, Key Management, Cryptography, Digital Assets, Market Liquidity, Financial Trading, Transaction Processing

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      428 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Applying Data Analytics in Finance

      Skills you'll gain: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Portfolio Management, Financial Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Analytics, Financial Trading, Financial Market, Performance Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Investment Management, Risk Management, Risk Analysis, Regression Analysis, Algorithms

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      221 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Interactive Brokers

      Investing using Value, Growth, Momentum and Economics

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Investments, Supply And Demand, Real Estate, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Risk Management, Property and Real Estate, Market Dynamics, Market Trend, Portfolio Management, Growth Strategies, Business Economics, Economics, Business Valuation, Financial Trading, Technical Analysis, Research

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      13 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Politecnico di Milano

      Fundamentals of financial and management accounting

      Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Financial Statement Analysis, Accounting, Financial Reporting, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Analysis, Balance Sheet, Capital Budgeting, Standard Accounting Practices, Cost Accounting, Income Statement, Bookkeeping, Cost Management, Cash Flows, Capital Expenditure, Depreciation, Decision Making

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      739 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular trading courses

    • Finance: Università di Napoli Federico II
    • Understanding Financial Statements: Company Performance: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Object Oriented Programming: University of London
    • Cost Accounting: Technical University of Munich (TUM)
    • Construct Stock Market Indices: Coursera Project Network
    • Guided Tour of Machine Learning in Finance: New York University
    • Investment Banking: Financial Analysis and Valuation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Business Opportunities and Risks in a Globalized Economy: IE Business School
    • Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Primitives: Duke University
    • Applying Data Analytics in Finance: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Why Learn Trading?

    Trading involves buying and selling financial assets—like stocks, currencies, or commodities—with the goal of making a profit based on market movements. It plays a central role in global finance and requires knowledge of risk, strategy, and timing. Learning trading can help you build practical skills to navigate markets and make more informed financial decisions.

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