Selection: 50+ materials for understanding the stock market

Trading on the stock exchange is a source of income for many funds and online traders. However, it’s not so easy to start making money in the securities market, because not every novice trader or inexperienced investor will be able to independently understand his complex structure (what we have written here ). We bring to your attention 53 useful materials about trading and financial instruments, exchanges and their slang, which will make the peculiarities of the stock market more understandable for a beginner.

Structure and general features of the securities market:

Quick start to the stock market: 10 steps
Financial Market: Beginner Rules
Functions and structure of the stock market . "Basic" terminology;
How economic news affects the stock market . How publications in the media change the structure of the securities market;
Russian stock market today . Features of the modern domestic stock market;
How is the exchange trading in Russia . Domestic stock market and organization of exchange trading;
Dictionary of financial terms - ABC novice investor;
Why finance is so difficult . The scientific rationale for the fear of "opacity" of the stock market;
How to keep finances in the stock market : how risk management works.

Why non-professionals may need a stock exchange:

The state will pay citizens for familiarity with the stock market - an overview of the possibilities of using individual investment accounts;
Favorable purchase of currency on the exchange - in which situations it can be more convenient than going to a bank or exchanger;
The purchase of precious metals on the Moscow Stock Exchange - how everything is arranged, and what it does;
Where it is more profitable to keep finances: banks or stock exchanges ;

Stock Market Toolkit:

Derivatives - what it is and how it is used in the economy;
Infrastructure of the Russian securities market ;
Investing in shares is a personal experience of a habrauser;
Tools of the stock market - what are stocks, bonds, futures and options;
Types of securities circulating on the stock market;
What are options and how do they work ;
What are futures and how do they work ;
Stock exchange futures trading and modern futures exchanges;

How everything is arranged on the exchange:

How exchanges are organized and why they are needed - a detailed analysis with answers to common questions;
Moscow Exchange - description of the largest exchange platform of our country;
Stock exchanges of the world: the best "seven" ;
How one of the world's largest stock exchanges in Chicago works;
Why the stock exchange is an IT company - the story of the engineers of the Moscow stock exchange in a blog on Habré;
The history of the development of world exchange technologies.

What are stock indexes, and who needs them:

A detailed account of existing stock indices , their "producers" and calculation methods;
Stock indexes - definition and calculation methods;
Stock indexes: functions and application ;
Stock Zodiac . What algorithms and tools help predict changes in stock prices for stocks.

Exchange slang and traders work features:

"Wolves and Sheep", "Zombies" and "Lobster Traps" - a brief dictionary of stock slang;
Dictionary of Russian exchange jargon ;
“Poetry” of trading halls - unexpected images hidden in the stock slang;
How is the working day trader in the stock market;
Big Money - extravagant actions of Wall Street brokers;
How everything is arranged - the work of the domestic trader on the exchange.

How to start an independent trading on the stock exchange:

How to start independently investing in stocks and trading on the stock exchange ;
Choosing a broker and "common sense" : how not to lose money;
How to choose the best promotions ;
How to buy shares of the world's leading corporations in Russia ;
Is it worth now to invest in domestic stocks ;
What to invest in the devaluation of the ruble ;
How to save finances : ways to minimize risks when investing on the stock exchange;
Five fears of novice investors and methods of dealing with them;
When and how to buy shares of promising startups - advice from an experienced investor;

Online trading on the stock exchange - the first steps and what you need to be ready for:

How nonprofessionals create trading strategies on the stock exchange and whether they succeed;
“Pitfalls” for newbies who first invest in the Internet;
Instructions for opening a brokerage account online ;
"Negative experience": as a young programmer went bankrupt on trading stocks on the Internet .