Education

Free online investment classes

ASX offers a free education program of online classes from introductory to advanced. Classes are easy to follow and complete; diagrams to make learning easier and activities to test your knowledge. Understand the various investment options and key concepts such as risk, return and diversification.

• Online share classes -  the essentials of investing in shares.

• Browse the full list of classes on Options, Warrants, Instalments, Futures & ASX Listed CFDs.

Where do you start?

• What are shares? Learn about their features, benefits and risks.

• Getting started in shares (PDF 724KB) provides you with the basic information you will need to understand and get started with investing.

• First-time investors - starting in the sharemarket might seem daunting to start with, visit the First-time investors page for a step-by-step guide.

Events and seminars

• Investor Hour seminars - Lunchtime trading and financial education seminars in Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney.  
• Hear from Craig James of CommSec in Brisbane on July 1.
• Can't get to a seminar?  Audio and Slide recordings provide users with an experience similar to attending the event.

• Calendar of events and seminars

ASX Games and simulators

Create your own portfolio using live market prices and real time trades - all without spending a cent of your own money!

• ASX Sharemarket Games
• ASX Listed CFD Trading Simulator
• Sydney Futures Exchange Trading Simulator
  Please note that the SFE Trading Simulator will be discontinued on 5 July 2009. The simulator will continue to be available up until this date.

Free education booklets and resources

• Getting started in shares (PDF 724KB)

• Teacher Resources - download sharemarket lessons to help teach secondary students the basics of investment in a fun, educational and innovative way.

• Australian share price movement chart (PDF 2MB)

• Full range of ASX documents and publications

• Sharemarket Software (PDF 1.3MB) - vendors who distribute market information from the Australian Securities Exchange and Sydney Futures Exchange trading platforms.
• Buying and selling using computer programs - FIDO, the ASIC consumer website.
• More from FIDO - the ASIC consumer website: Visit www.fido.gov.au for a wide range of advisory publications on investing in listed and unlisted financial products. Learn about what to ask your adviser and where you can go for consumer assistance.