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Five financial literacy courses. None of them teaches trading and none ends in a recommendation about what to buy.

Personal finance foundations

From a budget to a reserve, and on to what time does to money.

12 hours · 4 sessions

Who it is for

For anyone who wants their personal finances in order before taking on anything more complicated.

What is inside

A household budget that survives longer than a month
The reserve: what it is for, how big, and where to keep it
Inflation and purchasing power on your own numbers
Simple and compound interest, the rule of 72
The difference between saving and investing

After the course you can

Build a budget and set the size of your reserve
Work out the real value of a saving after some years
Tell a savings product from an investment product

Reading financial documents

The contract, the fee schedule and the key information document, line by line.

10 hours · 3 sessions

Who it is for

For those who have signed something before and were not sure exactly what.

What is inside

How a contract is built and where the substance usually sits
Fees: entry, ongoing, exit, and the ones hidden in the rate
The key information document and what can be read out of it
APR and interest rate, and why they are not the same
What to ask before you sign

After the course you can

Find every fee in a document
Compare two offers on a like-for-like basis
Build your own list of questions for the other side

How financial markets are organised

Who takes part, what is traded where, and where prices come from.

14 hours · 5 sessions

Who it is for

For those who want to follow economic news and know what is being discussed.

What is inside

Market participants and their roles
Shares, bonds, funds and ETFs as legal constructions
How a price forms and what liquidity means
The role of the central bank and of interest rates
What market data can and cannot tell you

After the course you can

Follow the vocabulary of market reporting
Describe the difference between a fund and direct ownership
Explain why rates move bond prices

Risk, spread and diversification

What is actually measured when risk is discussed, and what diversification can and cannot do.

10 hours · 3 sessions

Who it is for

For those who have heard that risk should be spread and want to know on what basis.

What is inside

Risk as a spread of outcomes rather than a threat
Volatility, drawdown, correlation
Why a higher expected return cannot be separated from the spread
When diversification does not work
The time horizon and how it changes the whole question

After the course you can

Interpret the three basic measures of risk
Recognise when a spread is only apparent
State your own horizon and what follows from it

Protecting yourself from offers that do not add up

A practical way to check the counterparty and the documents before any money moves.

8 hours · 2 sessions

Who it is for

For everyone. This material is useful even to someone who never buys anything.

What is inside

The typical marks of a problematic offer
The commercial register and the CNB lists in practice
What pressure to decide looks like and how to answer it
Reward for recruiting others, and why that is a different model
Where to turn when something has already happened

After the course you can

Check a counterparty in two public registers
Work through an offer using the seven-point list
Know what is reported to whom

Formats

Online, in Prague, one to one or for a company

Group course online

Live teaching in a small group over video. Materials and recordings stay available to participants.

Group course in Prague

In-person teaching at the company's offices on Na Strži. Dates are arranged as a group fills.

One-to-one teaching

Pace and content set by what you already know. Suited to going through one subject in depth.

Corporate training

Teaching for employees as part of a company's training programme. Content is assembled to the brief.

The process

Four steps and no surprises

You write to us

Fill in the form or call. It is enough to say what interests you and where you are starting from.

A short call

Fifteen minutes about what you need. If we have nothing suitable for you, we will say so straight away.

You choose a format

A group, one-to-one teaching or corporate training. You get the terms in writing beforehand.

You start

We confirm the date by email. Withdrawal follows the terms set out in the contract.

Questions

What you ask most often

No. Trading Academy s.r.o. is an education company. We hold no licence from the Czech National Bank, we manage nobody's money and we give no recommendations on particular products. We teach how to understand financial matters and how to check them.

No. Personal finance foundations assumes nothing. The other courses build on it, but can be taken on their own if you already know the material.

No, not even if you ask directly. We are not authorised to, and without knowing your circumstances it would be irresponsible. We will teach you how such a decision is made.

The price depends on the format and the scope. We send it in writing after a short call so that we offer what you actually need. No payment is taken on this website.

Czech by default. One-to-one and corporate teaching is also delivered in English; just say so in your enquiry.

We issue a certificate of completion at the end of a course. It is a record of attendance on an educational course, not a professional licence and not an authorisation for any regulated activity.

Yes. The terms for withdrawal and refund are in the contract terms and you receive them in writing before you confirm anything.

Because it is the best demonstration of how we teach. If you read it and need nothing further, that is fine. You still got what you came for.

Not sure which course is yours?

Write and tell us what you need. If we have nothing suitable, we will say so straight away.

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