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What a free account gets you

Anyone can read the lessons and use the market pages. An account is for the parts where you do something and keep track of it.

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Quizzes and progress. Every lesson ends with a short quiz, and your Learn page shows what you've finished and what's next.
Points and a daily streak. Lessons, correct market calls and trading rounds all earn points, and the streak counts the days in a row you show up.
The daily market call. Before the 9:30 open, call whether the market closes higher or lower. A right call is worth 4 points.
Ranked trading floor rounds. A new simulated market every day, one ranked try per level, and a daily leaderboard.
The strategy tester. Write a trading rule in Python and backtest it on ten years of real prices, right in your browser.
Interview practice. 50 quant and game-theory questions, Easy to Extreme, each with the full reasoning.

Read the first lesson

All 200 lessons

Foundations of Finance & Markets, lesson 1, about 16 minutes

What Is a Financial Market?

A financial market brings together people who want to buy and people who want to sell. They trade and agree on a price. You use markets all the time, such as when you buy groceries. A financial market follows the same basic idea, but people trade financial assets instead of food.

An asset is something you can own that has value. A financial asset gives you a claim on something else. A stock, for example, gives you a claim on part of a company's future profits. A bond gives you the right to be repaid on a loan. For now, picture buyers and sellers meeting and settling on a price.

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All 200 lessons

Ten units, twenty lessons each, free to read. Start at Unit 1 if you are new to finance.

Foundations of Finance & Markets What markets are, who the players are, and how money moves through the financial system.
Accounting & Financial Statements Read the three core statements and the ratios analysts live by.
Valuation & Fundamental Analysis Estimate what a company is actually worth.
Technical Analysis & Charting Read price action, trends, and the most-used indicators.
Probability & Statistics for Quants The math foundation every quant needs.
Portfolio Theory & Risk Management Build portfolios and manage downside like a professional.
Derivatives & Options Options, futures, and the Greeks.
Algorithmic & Quantitative Trading Turn ideas into testable, rules-based strategies.
Macroeconomics & Markets How the economy drives markets.
Behavioral Finance & Professional Practice Psychology, ethics, and careers in finance & quant.

Markets

Overview

S&P 500SPY	763.25	-1.11%
Nasdaq 100QQQ	709.80	-2.50%
Dow JonesDIA	519.10	-0.40%
Russell 2000IWM	270.44	-1.69%

Index funds that track each market. Prices can be delayed.

Practice

Daily trading floorA simulated market with a new scenario every day and a daily leaderboard.
Strategy testerWrite a strategy in Python and backtest it on ten years of prices.
Interview questions50 quant and game-theory questions with full reasoning.
CompetitionsTeam and individual events run through the year.

What it looks like

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A lessonA short explanation, a worked example and a quiz.

The research labQuotes, charts, financials and comparisons.

Your dashboardPoints, streak, badges and rank.

Interview practice50 quant and game-theory questions.

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The FQS Site Has A New Layout

All 200 lessons are now open to read without an account, and there's a new Markets section with stock pages, financial statements and economic data.

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Common questions

Who runs FQS?

Students. We started it because most finance content online is either too basic or all over the place, and almost none of it lets you try things on real data. More about us.

Do I need an account?

Not to read. Every lesson and market page is open to everyone. You need a free account to take the quizzes, save your progress, earn points, make the daily market call and play ranked trading floor rounds.

Do I need any finance background?

None. Unit 1 starts with what a market is and how an exchange works. If you can read and do basic algebra, you're ready. The later units get genuinely quantitative, but you build up to them.

Is it really free?

Yes. Creating an account, the full 200-lesson curriculum, the research tools, the strategy tester, the daily call, and competition entry are all free.

How long does a lesson take?

About 10 to 20 minutes. Each one is a short explanation, an example or activity, and a five-question quiz. Your progress saves as you go, so you can stop and pick up later.

Where does the market data come from?

Prices come from free public sources and are delayed, often to the previous close, and every table says which day its numbers are from. Company financials come straight from SEC filings, economic data from the Federal Reserve's FRED database, and charts from TradingView. It's for learning, not for live trading decisions.

Start with Unit 1, or make an account first so your progress is saved from the first lesson.

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