Investing for beginners can seem intimidating—especially if you’ve made the decision to control your own investments rather than paying an advisor or buying a mutual fund or annuity. But take heart. As a self-directed investor you’ve got the potential not only for greater profits (because everything you earn goes to you, not a paid advisor) but to

Investing for beginners starts with an understanding that every price is determined by supply and demand. At Online Trading Academy, we identify points where supply and demand are out of balance, because that is when price is going to move. If there are more willing buyers than sellers the price will go up. If there are more willing sellers, the price goes down. It really is that simple and the same principle applies whether you are buying and selling stocks, bonds, real estate, options, currency pairs, commodities or another asset.