
Markets 101
What a stock actually is, how exchanges work, orders, liquidity, and volatility.

The textbook that treats investing like a real skill — not a meme. Everything a beginner-to-intermediate investor needs, in one book.

hardcover · 280 pages

What a stock actually is, how exchanges work, orders, liquidity, and volatility.
Earnings, valuation, cash flow — how to read a balance sheet without falling asleep.
Charts, trends, support/resistance, indicators — when they help and when they don’t.
Risk, position sizing, portfolio allocation, psychology. The part most books skip.
Start from zero and build real understanding without sifting through 500 YouTube videos.
Finance interns, analysts, and anyone getting up to speed for a first trading desk.
You’ve had a 401k for a decade and never really understood it. This fixes that.
We don't teach kids to guess the market.
We teach them to understand it.
Finally a trading book that doesn’t feel like it was written by a guy trying to sell me a course.
“I now recommend this to every student asking me what to read first.”
“Cleared up more in two weekends than my first internship did.”
Yes — and it scales. Ch.1 starts at “what is a share?” Ch.12 gets into position sizing and portfolio construction. You can come back to later chapters as you grow.
Basic arithmetic and percentages. There’s a bit of compounding math but we walk through it step by step.
Both. We cover timeframes and styles so you can figure out what fits you, rather than pushing you into one camp.
Physical, printed, ships to your door. No ebook version currently.
If you're not completely satisfied, return it within 30 days for a full refund — no questions, no hoops. Free US shipping both ways. We stand behind every page.
“Built for the kitchen table. Tested in real classrooms.”