Great free resources
100 hand-picked places to learn markets and trading without spending a dime — from regulator classrooms to full university courses. All external, all free (or with a genuinely useful free tier).
Foundational / general education
Start-here encyclopedias and structured basics.
- Investopedia investopedia.com
- BabyPips babypips.com · forex focused
- Khan Academy khanacademy.org · economics & finance section
- Corporate Finance Institute corporatefinanceinstitute.com · free resources
- TradingView tradingview.com · ideas, education, charts
- StockCharts ChartSchool stockcharts.com
- Investopedia Academy free articles investopedia.com
- Morningstar Investing Classroom morningstar.com
- Bogleheads Wiki bogleheads.org
- NerdWallet Investing nerdwallet.com
Broker education portals
Free courses from the big brokerages — no account usually required.
- Fidelity Learning Center fidelity.com
- Charles Schwab Insights & Education schwab.com
- TD Ameritrade / Schwab tdameritrade.com · thinkorswim education
- E*TRADE Knowledge etrade.com
- Interactive Brokers Campus (Traders' Academy) ibkrcampus.com
- Merrill Edge Investor Education merrilledge.com
- Vanguard Investor Education investor.vanguard.com
- Webull Learn webull.com
- Robinhood Learn robinhood.com
- tastylive (tastytrade) tastylive.com · options
- OANDA education oanda.com
- IG Academy ig.com
- Saxo Bank education home.saxo
- Plus500 Trading Academy plus500.com
- FOREX.com learn forex.com
Options & derivatives
Contracts, Greeks, and strategy — from the exchanges themselves on down.
- CBOE Options Institute cboe.com
- OIC — Options Industry Council optionseducation.org
- CME Group education cmegroup.com
- Option Alpha optionalpha.com · free courses
- Project Finance / projectoption optionstrat.com · resources
- The Options Playbook optionsplaybook.com
- Nasdaq options education nasdaq.com
- Fidelity options education fidelity.com
- Schwab options education schwab.com
- tastylive Learn Center tastylive.com
Technical analysis
Charts, patterns, indicators, and how to actually read the tape.
- StockCharts.com stockcharts.com
- ChartMill education chartmill.com
- Incredible Charts incrediblecharts.com
- School of Pipsology (BabyPips) babypips.com
- TradingView education hub tradingview.com
- Technical Analysis on Investopedia investopedia.com
- Elearnmarkets elearnmarkets.com
- Trading Setups Review tradingsetupsreview.com
- TheChartGuys thechartguys.com · free YouTube + site
- Elliott Wave International elliottwave.com · free club
Regulators & nonprofits
Highly reliable and truly free — the official investor-protection material.
- SEC Investor.gov investor.gov
- FINRA Investor Education finra.org
- CFTC (Commodity Futures) cftc.gov
- SIFMA / Stock Market Game sifma.org
- MyMoney.gov mymoney.gov
- Federal Reserve Education federalreserveeducation.org
- Bank of England education bankofengland.co.uk
- ASIC MoneySmart moneysmart.gov.au · Australia
- European Securities & Markets Authority esma.europa.eu
- Council for Economic Education councilforeconed.org
News, analysis & market context
Free tiers and screeners for staying on top of the market.
- Yahoo Finance finance.yahoo.com
- Google Finance google.com
- MarketWatch marketwatch.com
- CNBC cnbc.com
- Bloomberg bloomberg.com · free articles
- Reuters Markets reuters.com
- Seeking Alpha seekingalpha.com · free tier
- The Motley Fool fool.com · free articles
- Benzinga benzinga.com
- Finviz finviz.com · free screener + maps
Forex
Currency-market schooling and calendars.
Crypto
Exchange academies and research desks for the digital-asset side.
- Binance Academy academy.binance.com
- Coinbase Learn coinbase.com
- Kraken Learn Center kraken.com
- CoinMarketCap Alexandria coinmarketcap.com
- CoinGecko Learn coingecko.com
- Investopedia crypto section investopedia.com
- Crypto.com University crypto.com
- Gemini Cryptopedia gemini.com
- Bitcoin.org resources bitcoin.org
- Messari messari.io · free research
Free courses & MOOCs
University-grade finance courses you can audit for free.
- Coursera coursera.org · audit for free
- edX edx.org · audit for free
- Alison free finance courses alison.com
- MIT OpenCourseWare ocw.mit.edu · finance
- Yale Open Courses oyc.yale.edu · financial markets
- Udemy udemy.com · free courses section
- FutureLearn futurelearn.com · free access
- Saylor Academy saylor.org
- OpenLearn (Open University) open.edu
- Great Learning free courses mygreatlearning.com
Communities, blogs & extras
Forums, data troves, and simulators to round it out.
External sites — DegenMix isn't affiliated with and doesn't endorse any of them. Free tiers and URLs change; if a link rots, let us know. None of this is financial advice.