🧩Topics Covered:

• Overview of Financial Markets
  Evolution from early instruments to modern markets (stocks, bonds, derivatives, crypto).
  
  

• Types of Financial Markets
  Primary vs. secondary markets, including real-world examples and activities.
  
  

• Asset Classes & Market Instruments
  Detailed review of tradable instruments like equities, forex, commodities, ETFs, and CFDs.
  
  

• Derivatives & CFDs Explained
  Introduction to contracts like futures, options, swaps, and especially popular CFDs—how they work and why they’re used.
  
  

• Market Participants
  Who’s trading? Retail traders, institutional players, brokers, hedge funds, market makers, and more.

🎯 What You Will Learn:

✔ Understand the structure, evolution, and importance of global financial markets.

✔ Differentiate between primary and secondary markets and their role in the financial ecosystem.

✔ Identify and classify various asset classes and the instruments traded within them.

✔ Grasp the concept and mechanics of CFDs, and how they compare to other derivatives like futures and options.

✔ Recognize the key players in the market and how they interact.

✔ Explore a curated list of essential readings and download the study PPT for easy, structured revision of key concepts.

✔ Put Your Market Knowledge Into Action and solidify your learning via completing Assignment

🎯 Why it Matters:

✥ No trader can succeed without knowing what they’re trading and who they’re trading with.

✥ This session gives you the intellectual edge to back your practical strategies, helping you become a more informed and confident market participant.

Day 4 | Foundations of the Financial Markets – Your Gateway to Global Trading