Market Basics Morning
A Saturday morning in Farnham for people who feel lost in the vocabulary before they even open a chart: what a session is, what bid and offer mean in ordinary speech, and why a chart is a history of traded prices rather than a forecast.
£75 per person · One Saturday, 09:30–12:30, including a short tea break
Who it is for
Complete newcomers, partners of people who already look at charts, and anyone who has been embarrassed to ask what 'the offer' means. It is also a sensible first step if you are unsure whether the six-week workshop is for you.
What you should be able to do afterwards
You should leave able to explain, in your own words, the difference between a quoted price and a last traded price, why London hours matter on a UK share chart, and why a gap on a daily page is not a hole in the paper.
Scope
Talk and table work only. No chart marking beyond a few labelled sketches. We will not open a broker page or walk through an order ticket.
Included
- A seat at the table (twelve people at most)
- A stapled glossary you keep
- Tea or coffee
Left out on purpose
- The full chart-marking syllabus of the six-week series
- Any discussion of a specific trade you are considering
Tutor, place, preparation
Helen Cartwright.
The same classroom at 93 Cefn Road Farnham GU9 4UD United Kingdom.
No reading list. Arrive by 09:20 so we can start on time. The morning is conversational; you will be asked to try definitions out loud, not to sit in silence.
Adults only. Not a substitute for regulated financial advice. If you want the marking practice, book the Chart Structure Workshop rather than repeating this morning.
How the sitting is shaped
Prices as agreements
Two people have to meet for a trade to print. We use a simple classroom auction with scraps of paper so bid and offer stop sounding like jargon.
Sessions and the calendar
A daily candle for a London-listed share is not 'the whole planet that day'. We mark session hours on a clock sketch and talk about weekends, holidays, and why some bars look empty.
What a chart is allowed to claim
We look at one printed page and list what it can tell you (where trades happened) and what it cannot (what you ought to do next). Questions are welcome; speeches about systems are not.
Fee
£75, payable once a Saturday is confirmed. Full refund if you cancel five or more days before; see the refund page for shorter notice.
See also the fees page and the refund terms.
Next step
Enquire with a Saturday month that would suit you. Dates are posted when four people have asked for the same window.
Questions people actually ask
Can I bring a teenager who is curious?
The morning is aimed at adults. If they are eighteen, they are welcome. Younger visitors are not seated.
Is this the same as the first evening of the workshop?
No. The workshop assumes you already accept that a chart records trades. This morning is for the people who want that sentence unpacked first.