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Educational Content Only
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Understand how markets actually work - from order matching to price discovery. Learn the fundamental mechanics that drive every trade.
Introduction to market mechanics and what you'll learn in this module.
Learn about market makers, institutions, retail traders, and algorithms - and how they interact.
Understand market orders, limit orders, and how they're matched in the order book.
Why the spread exists, who profits from it, and how it affects your trades.
How buyers and sellers find equilibrium and what drives price movement.
What liquidity means, how to measure it, and why it matters for your trading.
Why you don't always get the price you expect and how to minimize slippage.
The hidden mechanics of exchanges, dark pools, and order routing.
How to interpret the tape and understand real-time order flow.
Strategic considerations for order type selection in different scenarios.