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Tapeboard

Academy

Learn Tapeboard

Four quick-start guides, then the Academy: 73 lessons from your first tick to a running desk. Free to read, built to be run live in the terminal.

Quick start

Four short guides with screenshots and numbered steps. Start with the one for what you want to do first.

1. 01How to use a stock scanner in 3 stepsThe scanner lists the stocks that are moving right now. Here is how to read it without getting lost. It takes about three minutes.3 min
2. 02How to place a practice stock trade in 4 stepsThe simulator trades with practice money against live prices, so you can learn the buttons before real money is involved. Five minutes covers it.5 min
3. 03How to build a watchlist and set price alertsA watchlist and one alert turn Tapeboard from a place you visit into something that tells you when to look.3 min
4. 04How to read your trading journal in 3 stepsTraders improve by reviewing, not by trading more. Your journal already holds your practice trades, and it reads them back to you in plain words.2 min

Tapeboard Academy

Every lesson page teaches the concept in plain language, then pairs it with a live mission inside the Tapeboard terminal. Reading is free. Missions need a free account. The ladder runs Rookie, Trader, Operator, Specialist, Desk Pro, Markets, Daily Desk.

Rather start from a goal than a rank? 6 learning paths order the same lessons toward one outcome, like making your first stock trade or learning risk and position sizing.

Rookie

7 lessons · 1 modules · grade index

Trader

10 lessons · 3 modules · grade index

Operator

14 lessons · 3 modules · grade index

Specialist

15 lessons · 4 modules · grade index

Desk Pro

4 lessons · 1 modules · grade index

Markets

15 lessons · 3 modules · grade index

Daily Desk

8 lessons · 2 modules · grade index

What is Tapeboard Academy?

Tapeboard Academy is a 73-lesson trading curriculum built into the Tapeboard terminal. The ladder starts at "what even is a stock" (Rookie) and ends with running a full daily desk, and every lesson pairs teach copy with a hands-on mission you run live in the terminal.

Is Tapeboard Academy free?

Yes, every lesson is free to read on these public pages. Running the live missions inside the terminal requires a free Tapeboard account, and some advanced mission panels sit on paid plans.

Who is it for?

Anyone who wants to learn trading by doing. The Rookie grade assumes zero prior knowledge; later grades cover chart reading, order types, risk and sizing, journaling, shorting, candlesticks, crypto, commodities, forex, bonds, options and daily-desk routines.