From Tips to Understanding
Know what you are buying and how the market around it works.
Why professionals choose AAFM® India
The American Academy of Financial Management® has set standards in financial certification since 1996. AAFM® India brings these international standards to Indian professionals, with a curriculum built for Indian markets, regulation, and clients.
Recognized in 151 countries
Conferred under AAFM® international standards, with certification issued from the USA.
300,000+ global alumni
Join a worldwide community of certified wealth managers, planners, and private bankers.
Faculty who practice
Instructors hold CA, CFA, FRM, CFP, and CWM® designations with current industry experience.
A curriculum for this decade
AI in portfolio management, alternative funds, international tax, behavioral finance - updated continuously.
Who this is for
For Anyone Building a Stronger Market Foundation
Designed for learners who want to understand market participation before moving toward more advanced investing or trading concepts.
First-Time Market Learners
Understand the language, participants and practical steps of market participation.
New Investors
Build habits for allocation, return tracking and risk-aware decisions.
Aspiring Market Professionals
Gain a foundation in IPOs, stock behaviour, orders and market events.
Students & Early-Career Learners
Explore investing and trading concepts before choosing an advanced path.
Why choose this course?
Start With the Market Basics. Build Smarter Investing Habits.
A practical beginner-focused course designed to replace market guesswork with structured understanding, risk awareness and informed decision-making.
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Built From Zero for Beginners
Start with saving versus investing, asset classes and market basics before progressing to stocks, IPOs, trading and derivatives.
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Understand How the Indian Market Works
Learn the roles of NSE, BSE and SEBI, and understand primary and secondary markets, demat accounts and trading accounts.
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From Market Screen to Market Decision
Understand bid-ask prices, order concepts, corporate actions, news and basic market data before acting on an opportunity.
04
Risk Awareness Before Real Money
Build awareness of allocation, position sizing, stop-loss concepts, common scams and investor-protection practices.
The pathway
From Market Basics to Risk-Aware Participation
Understand the Market
Learn asset classes, exchanges, SEBI, primary and secondary markets, and market accounts.
Assess an Opportunity
Study stocks, IPOs, corporate actions, news and basic market data.
Plan the Action
Explore trading terminals, order concepts, investment approaches and derivatives basics.
Protect Your Capital
Use allocation, position sizing, risk awareness and scam checks.
Program Overview
Start With the Basics. Invest With a Clearer Plan.
This beginner-friendly certificate course offers 12 hours of structured learning across 11 units. It explains how the stock market works and helps learners build practical awareness before making investing or trading decisions.
Learning goal: Understand the market ecosystem, ask better questions about opportunities and use risk-aware investing habits.
Build From Asset Classes to Market Participation
Start with asset classes, investing habits, primary and secondary markets, NSE, BSE, SEBI, and demat and trading accounts. Study IPOs, shares, price movements, news and basic market data.
Then explore order execution, corporate actions, economic events, allocation, regular investing, valuation ideas and ETFs. Finish with an introduction to futures and options, live market observation, position sizing, scam awareness and investor protection.
Skills You Will Build
1. Market Ecosystem Literacy
Explain exchanges, market segments, SEBI, demat and trading accounts.
2. IPO & Stock Basics
Understand share ownership, IPO processes, risks and basic market information.
3. Trade Execution Awareness
Read market watch and bid-ask prices and understand basic orders and stop-loss concepts.
4. Corporate-Action Interpretation
Identify dividends, bonus issues, splits, rights issues and buybacks.
5. Investment Planning
Explore allocation, regular investing, valuation ideas, ETFs and return calculations.
6. Risk & Investor Protection
Recognise common scams and mistakes and apply basic position-sizing principles.
Learn from experience
◆Meet Your Trainers
AAFM INDIA
Puneet Grover
Head – Academics (Markets & Exchanges), AAFM® India
• 20+ Years of Experience in Trading, Research & Investor Training
• Financial Markets Training & Education (NSE & NISM Programs)
• Technical Analysis & Trading Model Development
The shift
Replace Guesswork With Market Understanding
Learn what a stock represents, why prices respond to company and economic events, how an order works and where risk enters a decision. Check information and plan exposure before acting.
From Price Moves to Market Context
Connect company developments, economic events and market information with price behaviour.
From Clicking Buy to Order Awareness
Understand trading screens, bid-ask prices and basic order concepts.
From Excitement to Risk Control
Think about allocation, position size, scams and downside before committing capital.
11 Units. One Strong Market Foundation.
A structured beginner journey covering the market ecosystem, stocks, IPOs, trading mechanics, investment planning, derivatives basics and investor protection.
Certificate Course In Stock Market Foundation 24 Lessons 10:54:19
Chapter-1 Intro to asset classes and Investor journey
2 Lessons
00:47:42 Hours
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Introduction to Investing & Types of Asset Classes
Preview 00:31:47
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What is Stock Market and Top 10 Investors
00:15:55
Chapter-2 The Stock Market Ecosystem
1 Lessons
00:23:16 Hours
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Stock Market Participants, Ecosystem & Common Market Scams
00:23:16
Chapter-3 Understanding IPO from Basic to Analysis
2 Lessons
00:52:15 Hours
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Chapter 1- Understanding IPOs – Basics and Process
00:22:44
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IPO Analysis, Examples and Risks
00:29:31
Chapter-4 Understanding How Stocks Works
2 Lessons
00:44:29 Hours
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What is a Stock & Types of Stocks
00:17:11
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Understanding Market News and Data Analysis
00:27:18
Chapter-5 Trading Practical
3 Lessons
00:59:06 Hours
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What is a Stock Market Index
00:16:47
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Trading Platforms and Essential Function Keys
00:25:46
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Types of Orders and Stop-Loss Orders
00:16:33
Chapter-6 Corporate-Actions
2 Lessons
01:03:20 Hours
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Corporate Actions and Their Impact on Stock Prices
00:33:01
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Stock Splits, Rights Issues and Buybacks
00:30:19
Chapter-7 Key-Economic-Events-and-Their-Impact-on-Stock-Markets
2 Lessons
00:42:09 Hours
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Major Domestic and International Economic Indicators
00:16:52
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Policy, FII Data, Auto Sales and Other Key Indicators
00:25:17
Chapter-8 Investment Strategies and Portfolio Building
2 Lessons
00:53:44 Hours
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SIP and Dollar-Cost Averaging
00:19:51
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Value Investing and ETF-Based Portfolio Construction
00:33:53
Chapter-9 Futures, Options and Other Derivatives
3 Lessons
01:20:32 Hours
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Understanding of Futures Trading
00:28:49
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Understanding of Options Trading
00:23:26
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Understanding of Currency and Commodity Markets
00:28:17
Chapter-10 Intraday Trading – Live Practical Sessions
4 Lessons
02:31:06 Hours
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Live Practical –1
00:32:13
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Live Practical– 2
00:22:22
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Live Practical– 3
00:48:32
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Live Practical– 4
00:47:59
Chapter-11 Investor Protection and Smart Investing
1 Lessons
00:36:40 Hours
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Investor Protection and Smart Investing
00:36:40
Before you begin
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a beginner-level AAFM India program that builds a foundation in investing, market structure, IPOs, trading basics, risk management and market analysis. The curriculum has 11 modules and 100 practice questions.
Yes. The course is positioned as a beginner-friendly foundation program, and no minimum educational requirement is specified.
It is designed for first-time investors, students and finance learners, business owners and managers, new investors moving beyond tips, and learners exploring IPOs and trading.
Yes. The course explains the roles of exchanges, regulators, depositories, brokers, banks and clearing corporations, plus common market scams and Demat and trading accounts.
Yes. Two lessons cover IPO basics and process, followed by IPO analysis, examples and risks, so learners understand the primary market before participating.
Learners study stock market indices, trading platforms and function keys, bid-ask prices, order books, order types and stop-loss orders.
Yes. Corporate actions are covered, including stock splits, rights issues and buybacks, and how they can affect stock prices and investors.
The course covers SIP and dollar-cost averaging, value investing, ETF-based portfolio construction, diversification, and return measures such as absolute return and CAGR.
Yes. A module introduces futures, options and other derivatives, along with currency and commodity markets, at a foundation level.
It covers diversification, position sizing and disciplined risk management, market-moving economic events, common scams and investor protection, and includes live intraday practical sessions.
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₹3000
+ 18% GST
₹3540 payable today
- 12 hours of structured learning
- 11 learning units
- Indian stock market ecosystem
- IPOs, stocks & corporate actions
- Trading & derivatives basics
- Risk awareness & investor protection
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