Stock Market Basics for Beginners: Free One-Page Cheat Sheet

Stock Market Basics Cheat Sheet

Everything a beginner needs on one page: what a share is, how orders work, where stocks trade, what ETFs are, and when the market is open.

Preview

Share	A small piece of ownership in a company.
Exchange	Where buyers and sellers meet, like the NYSE or Nasdaq.
Bid / Ask	The highest price buyers offer and the lowest price sellers accept.
ETF	A fund that holds many stocks or bonds and trades like a single stock.
Market hours	Regular US session: 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET on trading days.
Order types	Market, limit, stop, and stop-limit, and when each fills.

One printable page (letter and A4)
Plain-English, beginner-first

Get the printable Stock Market Basics Cheat Sheet

It's part of the Free Money Options Toolkit. Enter your email once to unlock this cheat sheet and every other printable in the library. You'll also get occasional new free tools and course updates.

Unlock the free toolkit