Foundations of Financial Markets & Trading is a beginner-to-intermediate course that blends the rigor of academic finance with the practicality of trading. It guides learners through the fundamentals of global markets from currencies, equities, bonds, and commodities to the macroeconomic forces that drive them, such as growth, inflation, and central bank policy. Alongside this, it introduces market structure and technical tools for timing trades, while emphasizing risk management, trading psychology, and behavioural finance. The course is designed to help students think like professional traders and portfolio managers, integrating macro analysis with technical execution, and culminates in a capstone project where learners develop and present a structured trade thesis.