Foundation Path Overview
See the complete six-module sequence, lesson IDs and progression from market mechanics through real-world market context.
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Learn how the pieces fit together.
Financial education often explains one term at a time and leaves the reader to assemble the market afterward. StockScreen.art Learning takes the opposite approach. We connect instruments, valuation, market behavior, risk, technical analysis and derivatives into structured learning paths designed to build understanding progressively.
The Foundation Path is live.
The complete Foundation Path now contains 36 lessons across six connected modules. Every lesson below is directly linked from this Learning hub and from the Foundation overview so readers — and crawlers — can move through the curriculum without relying on the sitemap alone.
Markets & Investing Foundations
Start with exchanges, instruments, liquidity, order types, risk, compounding, rates and inflation.
Start the First Lesson →36 Connected Lessons
Lessons are sequenced across module boundaries, so finishing one module leads directly into the next rather than ending in a cul-de-sac.
Browse the Curriculum →Four Legacy Lessons, Same Canonical URLs
The original technical-analysis, momentum, options and futures guides remain at their established blog URLs while participating in the Foundation sequence.
View a Legacy Foundation Lesson →Foundation Path curriculum
Six modules, one connected path. Every published lesson is a crawlable link below; the same curriculum definition also drives the Foundation overview and lesson-to-lesson navigation.
1. Markets & Investing Foundations
Understand what financial markets are, what securities represent, how orders meet, and why risk and return travel together.
- How Stock Markets and Exchanges Actually Work FND-MKT-01
- Stocks, Bonds and ETFs: What You Actually Own FND-MKT-02
- Bids, Asks, Spreads and Liquidity FND-MKT-03
- Market Orders vs. Limit Orders FND-MKT-04
- Risk, Return, Volatility and Compounding FND-MKT-05
- Interest Rates, Inflation and Market Expectations FND-MKT-06
2. Understanding Companies & Valuation
Learn how businesses make money, how investors measure that performance, and why price and value are not the same thing.
- Revenue, Earnings and Cash Flow FND-VAL-01
- Income Statements and Balance Sheets FND-VAL-02
- Free Cash Flow FND-VAL-03
- P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and Price-to-Book FND-VAL-04
- Growth vs. Value FND-VAL-05
- Discounted Cash Flow Fundamentals FND-VAL-06
3. Stock Analysis & Screening
Turn thousands of listed companies into a repeatable research process using technical, quantitative and screening concepts.
- Best Technical Indicators for Stocks Foundation · Legacy URL
- How to Screen Stocks for Momentum Foundation · Legacy URL
- How Stock Screening Works FND-SA-03
- Understanding Relative Strength FND-SA-04
- Volume, Breakouts and Confirmation FND-SA-05
- Risk/Reward and Position Planning FND-SA-06
4. Derivatives & Leverage
Understand what changes when exposure is created through contracts, margin, leverage, expiration and volatility.
- Options, Leverage & a Good Stock Idea Foundation · Legacy URL
- Futures: Trading the Contract Instead of the Asset Foundation · Legacy URL
- Why Oil, Gold and Wheat Don't Trade Like Stocks FND-DER-03
- Forex and Currency Pairs FND-DER-04
- Leverage and Position Sizing FND-DER-05
- Stocks vs. Options vs. Futures vs. Forex FND-DER-06
5. Portfolio & Risk
Move beyond individual securities and learn how diversification, correlation, concentration and position sizing shape a portfolio.
- Diversification and Concentration FND-PR-01
- Correlation and Overlapping Risk FND-PR-02
- Position Sizing FND-PR-03
- Drawdowns and Volatility FND-PR-04
- Modern Portfolio Theory FND-PR-05
- Rebalancing and Hedging FND-PR-06
6. Markets in the Real World
Connect securities and portfolios to economic cycles, rates, currencies, commodities, sectors and broader market forces.
- Economic Cycles and Market Regimes FND-RW-01
- Central Banks and Interest Rates FND-RW-02
- The Yield Curve FND-RW-03
- Commodity Markets and Sector Effects FND-RW-04
- Currency Moves and Corporate Exposure FND-RW-05
- Economic Releases and Market Reactions FND-RW-06
HOW WE TEACH
Practical before complicated.
StockScreen.art Learning is designed around understanding rather than memorization. We use worked examples, visual explanations and real-world scenarios while clearly separating educational material from investment advice.
Plain English
Technical terms are introduced when they help—not because finance had an unused acronym lying around.
Visual Explanations
Complex concepts should be easier to understand after seeing the graphic, not harder.
Connected Concepts
Lessons show how markets, instruments, valuation, risk and analysis interact rather than living in separate definitions.
Practical Examples
Hypothetical and real-market examples help translate abstract ideas into decisions investors actually recognize.
Progressive Difficulty
Fundamental lessons establish the base; intermediate material builds on it rather than assuming it.
Educational Independence
The purpose is understanding. StockScreen.art Learning does not provide personalized financial advice.
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