Where is the best resource to learn the basics of stock and options trading?
The Wall Street Journal (used to?) publish the Guide to Money & Markets with a paid subscription, a free site is Investopedia.com University 101, I’ve referred my friends to this site since the sections are short enough that you can figure out quickly if you already know this part and can move on to the next one. http://www.investopedia.com/university/?viewed=1 One of the common challenges of investor and trader education is since we are the most well informed group of consumers than anyone else in the world, most investor education tools are half boring and rehash. The Idiots Guides are a fine series of publications but these aren’t excempt from rehashing what we already know. The Investopedia site is very similar to the WSJ Guides which were being published before the web even existed and were equally modular and concise. Investopedia also has one of the largest online contextual dictionaries of financial terms when you’re curious and becoming comfortable with exploring strategies. I
