The BetterTrades system of learning the trade the stock market is built on the idea of learning the basics before jumping into advanced forms of trading. The same thing is true for almost any other endeavor. A pilot must have a specific number of training hours in a simulator and a specific number of hours in the sky before being allowed to go solo. Every good master chef started as an assistant in another chef's kitchen before they were allowed to go out on their own. At the start of every football season, the coaching staff goes back over fundamentals before allowing the players to have their first scrimmage or opening game. Better Trades feels the same thing about basics. The fundamentals are essential.

BetterTrades refers to the basics of stock market education as Foundation Fundamentals and, much a house would crumble without a foundation, a student's chances to be successful in the market without learning the fundamentals would be sheer folly. Better Trades presents the basics of investing by explaining in detail such important topics as how the stock market works, how to buy and sell options, and how to find a stock broker or open an online brokerage account. Even someone who is an experienced hand in the stock market will benefit from the refresher course in the basics and may even find some new material they didn't know.

Basics are important to BetterTrades because it allows a trader to learn the correct way to do things in the beginning. Too many self-taught traders make critical mistakes because they simply don't know any better, but students who come through Better Trades are provided with the education that allows them to cruise around the speed bumps with aplomb. Learning the fundamentals allows a student to put their efforts on fast forward and gets them ready to actually trade the market faster.

BetterTrades teaches a variety of strategies and ensures its students knows the circumstances under which is to be used. Some strategies work only in a bearish market, others work only in a bullish market, and others can be used profitably regardless of the market's general direction. Better Trades provides the sort of quality education that enables a student to make the right decision. Students learn how to buy calls and puts, the essence of trading in the options market, and are taught a variety of strategies, including covered calls, trading the news, bull put spreads, bear call spreads, Iron Condors, butterflies and long-term options.

The company also has a staff of instructors that will help ease the transition from beginner to experienced trader. These trading coaches are part of the experienced staff and they teach more advanced strategies, giving students the knowledge that will help permit them to advance in skill and competency. Each member of the staff has their own teaching style and has their own trading emphasis. The depth of the staff is just another reason that the material can really work for anyone.