Two new trading courses are now available to study for free on investingLive Academy.
Learn how to scan stock markets using Bollinger Bands or understand how interest rates, liquidity and the US dollar affect cryptocurrency prices. Each course combines a focused video lesson with a graded challenge, helping you test what you have learned.
Fast-track technical scanning with Bollinger Bands
Taught by Itai Levitan, this 40-minute course presents a practical method for reviewing stocks using a single technical indicator.
Instead of relying on complex chart patterns, you will learn how Bollinger Bands can help you assess market conditions across a watch list in minutes.
What will you learn?
The course explains how to adjust and apply Bollinger Bands on a daily chart. Key topics include:
- Replacing the standard Simple Moving Average with a 20-period Exponential Moving Average
- Using the middle EMA line as the price’s “centre of gravity”
- Understanding why two standard deviations cover around 95% of price activity
- Reading the direction and angle of the bands
- Identifying bullish, bearish and neutral market conditions
- Reviewing price action around major events, including earnings
- Setting automated alerts at important band levels
- Assessing risk-to-reward before entering a trade
The course also includes a stock walkthrough showing how traders can sort an S&P 500 watch list by volume and assess several stocks within a short period.
By reviewing the position of the price against the middle EMA, the direction of the bands and recent earnings activity, you can learn how to separate weak setups from possible accumulation patterns.
Course details
- Instructor: Itai Levitan
- Rating: 4.8
- Students: 100+
- Video lesson: 15 minutes
- Graded challenge: 25 minutes
- Total course time: 40 minutes
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Crypto Education: Why Macroeconomics Moves Crypto
Build a repeatable method for assessing changes in the crypto market
Crypto prices are often linked to headlines, online trends and market hype. However, some of the biggest changes in the crypto market are driven by wider economic conditions.
Taught by Cezar Vana Silaghi, this free course explains how central bank decisions, interest rates, inflation policy and market liquidity can affect Bitcoin and other digital assets.
What will you learn?
The course covers the main economic factors that influence crypto market cycles, including:
- How interest-rate changes affect investor risk appetite
- Why liquidity can support major crypto bull markets
- How central-bank action against inflation can put pressure on speculative assets
- The link between the US Dollar Index and crypto prices
- Where cryptocurrencies sit within the wider risk market
- How to separate short-term headlines from major economic trends
The lesson uses recent market periods, including the 2020 crypto bull run, to show how changes in interest rates and liquidity can affect digital-asset prices.
By the end of the course, you will have a clear method for assessing crypto market changes through an economic lens.
Course details
- Instructor: Cezar Vana Silaghi
- Rating: 4.8
- Students: 100+
- Video lesson: 7 minutes
- Graded challenge: 23 minutes
- Total course time: 30 minutes
Study at Your Own Pace for Free
Both courses are short, focused and available at no cost through investingLive Academy. In just over an hour, you can improve your understanding of two key areas of market analysis: technical indicators and global economic conditions.
Start learning today, complete the graded challenges and build practical skills that can support more informed market analysis.
Join investingLive Academy and access both courses for free.
This article was written by investingLive at investinglive.com.
