Money Moves: Trading for Beginners

Trading looks complicated, but every big idea starts small. A lemonade stand. A slice of pizza. A ball bouncing in a room.

Money Moves is a 40-page beginner workbook that teaches you the basics of trading in 10 short lessons, about 20 minutes a day, in plain words with original illustrations.

What you’ll learn:

What trading is, and what stocks, tickers and brokers are

How to read a candlestick chart, spot floors and ceilings, and use moving averages

How to work out your position size and set a stop-loss

How to write your own trading plan

How to practise with pretend money first

How to handle fear, greed and FOMO

How to review your trades with a simple report card

What’s inside:

10 story pages and 10 play pages, with activities and answer keys

A glossary of 28 grown-up words

A cheat sheet with the formulas and a before-every-trade checklist

A one-page trading plan to fill in

A trade log, trade review pages and weekly review pages

A completion certificate

Instant PDF download, to print or fill in on a tablet

Perfect for: complete beginners who want to start slowly, learn the vocabulary, and build good habits before using real money.

Educational content only. Not financial advice. Trading involves risk, including loss of money. No results are promised.