#CareerBytes: 6 online-courses that will make you Stock Market Expert

Trading Campus offers various online finance courses. Its free seven-day "Basics of Financial Markets" course is great for those with little or no finance background.

It also offers certification courses from the National Stock Exchange-owned NSE Academy, including the three-month "Live Trading Strategies" program, which covers Technical Analysis, Options Strategies, Algorithmic Trading, Fundamental Analysis, and Portfolio Construction. The complete course costs Rs. 50,000.

Leading online financial education provider, Elearnmarkets, offers a range of courses on its platform.

Popular courses include "Introduction to Stock Markets" and "Gateway to Stock Markets Pro". While the entry-level 32-hour program costs Rs. 1,999, the stock markets professional program costs Rs. 3,799.

Elearnmarkets also has "NSE Academy Certified Stock Market for Beginners" course, comprising 56 lectures, study material, full-length test, for Rs. 5,880.

Nifty Trading Academy (NTA) has many diploma/certification online stock market courses.

Its Rs. 5,999 "Diploma in Technical Analysis Course" (Stock Market Course for Beginners) is designed for those who are new to stock market but want to learn basics.

There's another "Intraday Trading Course" for those who are already into trading but unable to make good profits. NTA charges Rs. 9,999 for the course.

India's leading financial website and research publisher, EquityMaster, also offers online financial courses, including the "EquityMasters Secrets" (Rs. 5000 per year).

The course focuses on revealing to students the complete process behind EquityMaster's own "stock-picking strategy" which has yielded very high returns.

It has been designed in such a manner that even those with no prior financial knowledge can understand about "value" stock investing.

Share Gurukul is another online learning platform that offers different financial markets-related courses.

Its "Stock Market Trading Operations and Management" course provides an in-depth knowledge about the financial markets to students.

Anyone (should have passed 10+2) wishing to make a career in stock market trading can opt for the course, which covers the basics, securities operations and risk management, equity derivatives, and live trading.

India's first discount stock broker, Zerodha, offers a "collection of stock market lessons" on its Varsity platform.

While it isn't exactly a course, one can benefit from the free lessons on stock market with in-depth coverage and illustrations.

On Zerodha Varsity, there are as many as 10 modules, including introduction to stock markets, technical/fundamental analysis, options strategies, risk management, and professional trading among others.