Stock trading courses can help you learn technical analysis, chart patterns, risk management, and trading strategies. You can build skills in interpreting market trends, executing trades effectively, and managing your portfolio. Many courses introduce tools like trading platforms, stock screeners, and financial news aggregators, that support analyzing stocks and making informed decisions. You'll also explore concepts like options trading, short selling, and the impact of economic indicators on stock prices.

Interactive Brokers
Skills you'll gain: Equities, Investments, Financial Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Balance Sheet, Financial Market, Business Metrics, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Income Statement, Business Economics, Cash Flows
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Technical Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Predictive Modeling, Market Data, Financial Forecasting, Applied Machine Learning, Trend Analysis, Financial Analysis, Data Visualization, Google Sheets, Interactive Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Data Manipulation, Data Import/Export
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Market Data, Google Sheets, Data Import/Export, Equities, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, Financial Market
Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Investment Management, Investments, Finance, Portfolio Management, Business Valuation, Financial Modeling, Financial Market, Equities, Return On Investment, Financial Analysis, Portfolio Risk, Asset Management, Microsoft Excel, Regression Analysis, Risk Analysis, Performance Analysis, Estimation, Cash Flows
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Investments, Portfolio Management, Finance, Return On Investment, Behavioral Economics, Equities, Financial Market, Asset Management, Portfolio Risk, Performance Analysis, Income Tax, Decision Making, Benchmarking
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Equities, Balance Sheet, Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Corporate Accounting, Financial Reporting, Accounting, Market Liquidity
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Go To Market Strategy, Financial Market, Business Valuation, Underwriting, Market Dynamics, Price Negotiation, Due Diligence, Strategic Thinking, Corporate Finance, Compliance Management, Financial Regulation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Derivatives, Financial Market, Securities (Finance), Finance, Risk Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Financial Modeling, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Probability, Advanced Mathematics, Differential Equations, Applied Mathematics, Calculus
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

New York Institute of Finance
Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Financial Trading, Deep Learning, Portfolio Management, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Neural Networks, Applied Machine Learning, Markov Model, Portfolio Risk, Financial Market, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Risk Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
McMaster University
Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Equities, Financial Policy, Finance, Investments, Market Dynamics, Market Trend, Financial Regulation, Market Analysis, Presentations
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Interactive Brokers
Skills you'll gain: Risk Analysis, Securities Trading, Investments, Analysis, Financial Market, Tax, Financial Regulations, Capital Markets, Financial Analysis, Financial Industry Regulatory Authorities, Credit Risk, Income Tax, Market Dynamics, Due Diligence
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Risk Analysis, Financial Analysis, Portfolio Risk, Return On Investment, Financial Services, Investment Management, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Equities
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours