Online Trading Academy Education

							Online Trading Academy
Stock Trading Education
The world’s most trusted name in trader and investor
                    education™
  The Online Trading Academy Story
• Online Trading Academy has seen rapid growth from one financial
  center in 2001 to 36 today.

• 30,000 graduates have completed trading curriculum with Online
  Trading Academy

• Students have a choice of online and on-location educational path

• XLT (Extended Learning Track) advanced classes share an
  instructor’s desktop for live trading
The Six-Step Path to Trading Mastery
• Step 1: Attend a FREE Power Trading Workshop
   – Introductory class required for all incoming students
• Step 2: Online Trading Orientation
   – Includes a mini-lesson and live market commentary
• Step 3: Pro Trader/Core Strategy Course
   – Learn how to build a simple, rules-based strategy then apply it making live trades with
     our accounts and our money
• Step 4: XLT – Stock Trading*
   – A “graduate” version of our Pro Trader/Core Strategies curriculum, taught online
• Step 5: XLT – Stock Mastery*
   – For serious market speculators who want to develop into the complete market-driven
     trader
• Step 6: Mastermind Community
   – The ultimate elite level for accomplished traders
           Stock Trading Curriculum
• Professional Trader (on-location) Or Core Strategies (online)
   – The foundation course required for all incoming students, where you’ll learn
     trading strategies that can be applied to any asset class. 7 days.


• XLT - Stock Trading
   – A “graduate” version of our Professional Trader course, in which you’ll master the
     tools, techniques and trading skills needed to produce consistent profits from
     intraday, swing and momentum trading. Online Course.


• XLT - Stock Mastery
   – This advanced course builds on the objective, rules-based strategies presented
     in XLT - Stock Trading. It is intended specifically for serious market speculators
     who want to develop into the complete market-driven trader. Online Course.
             Why Trade Stocks?
“When you buy a stock, you’re
buying a piece of a publicly traded
company with a great deal of
history to help you determine a
trading strategy. You’re also
participating in one of the most
popular forms of investing—while
using strategies that can be
applied to any asset class
including Forex, Options and
Commodities.”
         -Online Trading Academy
         FOREX (Currency) Trading
               Curriculum
• Professional Trader/Core Strategies (prerequisite)

• Forex Trader
   – Trade currency pairs using the latest tools and software. Focus on the
     advantages of Forex Futures trading vs Spot (cash) trading. Part 1 (two days)
     teaches the fundamentals of how the pros make money and the differences
     between Forex and equities trading. Part 2 (four days) is a lab intensive with live
     streaming data designed to help you develop your own trading model.


• XLT - Forex Trading
   – With its high volatility, the foreign exchange market can be daunting to a new
     trader. This course provides real world experience that will dramatically shorten
     your learning curve and help you start making money. Online Course.
                Why Trade FOREX?
“Forex trading, also known as FX or
currency trading, gives you access
to the largest market in the world
with over $2 trillion in daily
transactions. Trade on your own
schedule with markets open 24
hours a day, 5+ days a week. 50:1
leverage, which should be prudently
applied, gives traders the
opportunity to achieve dramatic
results with far less capital.”
         -Online Trading Academy
        Options Trading Curriculum
• Professional Trader/Core Strategies (prerequisite)

• Options Trader
   – Learn how to take advantage of the leverage of options while managing risk. Part
     1 (two days) teaches the fundamentals of writing and trading calls and puts and
     introduces a state-of-the-art trading platform with live streaming data. Part 2 (3
     days) helps you build your own options strategy with sophisticated approaches to
     preserve and build capital.


• XLT - Options Trading
   – Practice the skills you need to create, manage and evolve various strategies and
     produce consistent profits from options trading—in a live market where you’ll
     identify, assess and execute trading opportunities. Online Course.
                Why Trade Options?
“Options allow traders to control a stock
for a fraction of its per-share price
without ever owning it. The leverage and
volatility of options trading can allow
dramatic results with small amounts of
capital. But trading and writing options
can also be used to: insure your
portfolio, manage risk, guarantee an
income stream or lock in a profit in
advance of the sale. All these strategies
are taught in detail in our options trading
classes.”
      - Online Trading Academy
         Futures Trading Curriculum
• Professional Trader/Core Strategies (prerequisite)

• E-mini Futures
   – Enjoy instant diversification as you invest based on future price levels of index
     funds tied to the S&P 500, Dow 30 and more. 5 days.


• Commodity Futures
   – Apply modern strategy and electronic trading to the timeless practice of
     commodities trades that capitalize on or hedge against world developments. 2
     days.


• XLT - Futures Trading
   – Learn how to leverage the unique benefit of true non-correlated markets in which
     there’s always an opportunity somewhere, and your job is to find it and profit.
     Online Course.
                  Why Trade Futures?

“Futures trading adds the dimensions of
time to investing. Whether your chosen
instrument is traditional commodities or
E-mini index funds, futures trading
allows you to speculate about what an
asset will be worth at a specific point in
the future - thus increasing the
scenarios in which a trained trader can
reap dramatic profits.”
      -Online Trading Academy
    Wealth Management Curriculum
• ProActive Investor
   – Learn to think like a professional portfolio manager, whether you are
     masterminding your own investments or monitoring someone who does it for
     you. Includes many workshop exercises to improve self-confidence and
     discipline and drive home what you’re learning. 5 days. Part 1 also available as
     Live! Online.


• XLT - ProActive Investing
   – The XLT – ProActive Investing is a graduate-level course that builds on the
     strategies delivered in ProActive Investor. It is intended for students who aim to
     become extremely proficient at managing their wealth using advanced portfolio
     management strategies. Online Course.


• Professional Real Estate Investor
   – Learn how to give yourself an “unfair advantage” in today’s real estate market by
     applying the skills and discipline taught at Online Trading Academy to the local
     and national real estate market. Includes examples of live real estate deals as
     the class decides to “buy it or let it go.” 2 Days. Also available Live! Online.
          Why Wealth Management?
“Many investors and traders like to think of
their wealth as a “big bucket” for more
conservative long term planning, and a
“little bucket” for active trading. For the big
bucket, it’s key to invest in such a way that
value continues to grow while risk is
mitigated. You can’t do this by sitting by and
letting your broker make decisions, nor by
letting your portfolio run itself.”
        -Online Trading Academy
           Graduate Program (XLT)
• The next step in the development of a successful trader.
• XLT combines academic training with live in-the-market sessions -
  learn a topic one day, then apply it in your trades the next day.
• Class sessions are scheduled around the unique timetable of each
  asset class so you can combine planning and analysis with real-time
  action.
• Interact with your instructor during the session with live text and
  audio, or correspond between classes via email.
• Each XLT includes one year of asset-specific Pro Picks… a $2400
  value!
                       Specialty Courses
•   Personal Trading Plan
     – This intensive course will help you tackle one of the most challenging obstacles
        faced by new and experienced traders: how to develop a decisive trading plan.
        1 day.
•   Platform Immersion
     – Your electronic workstation is at the center of your daily trading business. This
        hands-on class is about how to use it most effectively. 3 days. Also available
        Live! Online.
•   Mastering the Mental Game
     – Learn to break bad habits and escape self-sabotaging behavior through a series
        of effective, easy-to-use and fast acting tools that will quickly create positive
        change.
        2 days. Also available Live! Online.
•   Technical Analysis Strategies
     – Learn the technical tools and behaviors that dominate the market in order to
        properly time your trades. Focus is on price-based technical analysis. 2 days.
        Also available Live! Online.