Plain English
What the words mean.
The terms you’ll meet in the sessions and the community, explained without jargon.
- The four pillars
- The four subjects the course teaches, one at a time.
- Macro
- How the big picture (interest rates, inflation, the economy) moves share prices.
- Fundamentals
- How to judge whether a company’s shares are worth buying or selling, from its business and its numbers.
- Options
- Contracts linked to a share’s price, used to profit from a move or protect against one. We teach them risk-first.
- Risk management
- How much to put into each trade, so no single loss does serious damage.
- Week Ahead
- A live session at the start of each week on what could move markets in the days ahead.
- Market Education
- Deeper live sessions on how part of the market works. Currently open to all members.
- Idea Sessions
- Mentors walk through specific trade ideas: what they’d do, and why. Part of Established.
- Foundation and Established
- The two membership levels. Everyone starts on Foundation.
- Fast-Track
- Apply to move straight to Established if you already know the material.
- Long and short
- Long means expecting a share’s price to rise; short means expecting it to fall.
- Ticker
- A company’s short share code. For example, ORCL is Oracle.
- Trade idea
- A view on one company’s shares — long or short — and the reasons for it.
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