The Online Trading Academy has been in business for 13 years now. Their goal is to provide professional trader education. They have expanded that mission to include beginning investors. To entice you into signing up for their programs they offer several incentives:

Free membership

You will need to sign up in order to access the other free incentives. This process is fast and easy. After having tested it, it also does not appear to be spam intensive, something I always worry about. Getting informative e-mails is great, being bombarded by sales pitches is not.

Free online courses

After listening to one of their free online courses, I can tell you, they offer overviews of what you need to know with a bit of a sales pitch thrown in for their in depth classes. This is not unusual. After all, there is always more to learn, and which company does not want you to do your learning with them? You can dip into the world of exchange traded funds, gold, foreign exchange currency trading and more with these.

Free pro trader class

This one is being offered around the United States and in Canada by Online Trading Academy. I am a big believer in learning and having immediate access to the instructor is always good.

Free traders’ virtual magazine

This is an online publication which really looks like a magazine. You will find interesting articles in here. The lead article in the October issue is on modern trading systems. I found the articles to be well written and informative.

Free Power Trading Radio

This is a daily broadcast, generally by one of the  Online Trading Academy instructors. The one I listened to started with a recap of the trading day. They save their broadcasts for later access by their membership.

Having been in business for over a decade, gives their product some degree of credibility. They also appear to have a following of students who were very satisfied with what they learned, always a good sign. The negative reviews tended to focus on cost.

The Online Trading Academy provides enough free content, you should be able to get a feel for whether their product will be worthwhile for you. In any kind of learning, it depends on where the student is at, to know which step they need to take next in order to learn more. I always am happy to see free offers when evaluating the value of a course.

Only you know, where you are at. You need to take that into consideration for any course you consider. If you sign up for a Master’s degree course and you haven’t graduated from high school yet, you are probably setting yourself up for failure. On the other hand, if you have a lot of knowledge on a particular topic and you sign up for an introductory course, you are likely to be bored and consider it a waste of your time. Honestly evaluate where you are at and then find the courses that provide the next step.

The free courses at the Online Trading Academy are a great way to assess yourself. If the content resonates with you, if you understand what they are talking about and find you are adding to your knowledge, then this may be the perfect next step for you. If, on the other hand, you could be teaching the course, you may want to get in contact with them and see if they need more instructors.

You certainly cannot go wrong with their free content. Every investor has to start somewhere. Investing is the type of activity that requires continuous learning, if it isn’t learning about the methods of investing, it most certainly is learning about the current world events that may impact your investments.