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Fundamental Analysis Mastery

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Fundamental
Analysis Mastery

Learn to read balance sheets like Buffett, think about risk like Dalio, and value companies like the analysts who actually move markets. This isn’t a surface-level overview — it’s the institutional-grade edge most retail investors never get.

Financial analysis
8Modules
42Lessons
16Quizzes
15+Hours
ProAccess
What You’ll Gain

What this course covers

Build real skills in financial analysis, valuation, and risk management.

01

Financial Statement Fluency

Read balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements like a native language. Spot the red flags companies try to hide and the strengths they underreport.

Balance SheetsIncome StatementsCash Flow
02

Valuation Mastery

DCF models, P/E ratios, P/B, EV/EBITDA, PEG ratios, and dividend discount models. Know when a stock is cheap, fair, or dangerously expensive — with math, not intuition.

DCFP/E & P/BEV/EBITDA
03

Think Like Buffett & Soros

Not motivational quotes — the actual decision-making frameworks of the greatest investors. Their screening criteria, allocation models, and the mental patterns behind billion-dollar calls.

Value InvestingReflexivityMental Models
04

Portfolio Diversification

Modern Portfolio Theory, correlation matrices, the All-Weather approach, and asset allocation across stocks, bonds, commodities, and geographies. Build portfolios that survive what you can’t predict.

MPTAll-WeatherCorrelation
05

Risk Architecture

Position sizing for portfolios, drawdown limits, rebalancing triggers, tail-risk hedging, and the mathematical relationship between risk and return that most investors get catastrophically wrong.

Kelly CriterionBlack SwansRebalancing
06

Macro & Sector Intelligence

Economic cycles, interest rate impacts, sector rotation, competitive moats, and 10-K filing analysis. Understand the terrain before you pick the stocks standing on it.

Economic CyclesSector Rotation10-K Analysis
Real Edge

Insights from the course

A few examples of what you’ll learn inside.

Why Free Cash Flow Beats Earnings Every Time

Earnings can be manipulated with accounting tricks — depreciation schedules, revenue recognition timing, one-time charges. But free cash flow shows you the actual cash a company generates after all capital expenditures. Buffett calls it “owner’s earnings” for a reason. In Module 1, you’ll learn to calculate it from any 10-K filing in under 5 minutes, and why companies with high earnings but low FCF are often value traps.

The DuPont Analysis Trick Professionals Use

When you see a company with 25% ROE, most investors think “great, buy it.” But DuPont breaks ROE into three components: profit margin × asset turnover × financial leverage. A 25% ROE driven by high leverage is a completely different animal than one driven by high margins. In Module 2, you’ll learn to decompose any company’s ROE and instantly know whether the return is sustainable or a house of cards.

Why 20 Tech Stocks Isn’t Diversification

Most investors think they’re diversified because they own 20 different stocks. But if all 20 are tech companies, their correlation in a downturn approaches 1.0 — they all crash together. In Module 6, you’ll learn to measure portfolio correlation, build truly uncorrelated positions across asset classes and geographies, and stress-test your portfolio against historical crises.

Soros’s Reflexivity: Why Markets Are Never “Efficient”

The Efficient Market Hypothesis says prices reflect all available information. Soros proved this wrong by showing markets create feedback loops — rising prices attract more buyers which pushes prices higher, disconnected from fundamentals. In Module 5, you’ll learn to identify reflexive bubbles and understand why being “right” about value means nothing if your timing ignores market psychology.

Full Curriculum

8 modules, 42 lessons

Click any module to see the full lesson breakdown.

01

The Language of Financial Statements

6 Lessons · ~2 hours
Why Financial Statements Matter — The Foundation of Every Investment Decision
18m
The Balance Sheet — Assets, Liabilities & Shareholder Equity Decoded
25m
The Income Statement — Revenue, Margins & the Bottom Line
22m
The Cash Flow Statement — Operating, Investing & Financing Activities
24m
How the Three Statements Connect — The Accounting Triangle
20m
Red Flags & Earnings Manipulation — How Companies Hide Bad Numbers
22m
02

Ratio Analysis & Financial Health

6 Lessons · ~2 hours
Profitability Ratios — ROE, ROA, ROIC & Gross/Net Margins
20m
Liquidity Ratios — Current Ratio, Quick Ratio & Cash Ratio
18m
Leverage Ratios — Debt/Equity, Interest Coverage & Debt/EBITDA
20m
Efficiency Ratios — Inventory Turnover, Receivables & Asset Turnover
18m
DuPont Analysis — Decomposing ROE Into Its True Drivers
22m
Industry Benchmarking — How to Compare Against Sector Peers
16m
03

Valuation Models & Intrinsic Value

6 Lessons · ~2.5 hours
Price vs. Value — Why Market Price Is Often Wrong
16m
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) — Building Your First Valuation Model
30m
Relative Valuation — P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA & PEG Ratios in Practice
25m
Dividend Discount Model — Valuing Income-Generating Stocks
20m
Margin of Safety — The Concept That Protects Your Portfolio
18m
When Models Fail — Limitations, Pitfalls & Stress-Testing Assumptions
20m
04

Competitive Moats & Qualitative Analysis

5 Lessons · ~1.5 hours
Economic Moats — Network Effects, Switching Costs, Intangibles & Cost Advantages
22m
Management Quality — Evaluating the People Running the Company
18m
Porter’s Five Forces — Industry Structure Analysis in Practice
20m
Reading 10-K & 10-Q Filings — What the SEC Requires Companies to Reveal
24m
Competitive Advantage Period — Estimating How Long the Moat Will Last
16m
05

Thinking Like the Legends

6 Lessons · ~2 hours
Warren Buffett — Value Investing, Circle of Competence & Owner’s Earnings
25m
George Soros — Reflexivity Theory & Trading the Macro Thesis
22m
Peter Lynch — Growth at a Reasonable Price & the PEG Ratio
20m
Ray Dalio — All Weather Portfolio, Risk Parity & Principles-Based Investing
24m
Charlie Munger — Mental Models, Inversion & the Latticework of Knowledge
20m
John Templeton — Contrarian Investing & Global Opportunity Seeking
18m
06

Diversification & Portfolio Construction

5 Lessons · ~2 hours
Modern Portfolio Theory — The Efficient Frontier & Optimal Allocation
25m
Correlation — Why Owning 20 Tech Stocks Isn’t Actually Diversified
22m
Asset Classes — Stocks, Bonds, Commodities, Real Estate & Alternatives
24m
Geographic Diversification — Domestic, International & Emerging Markets
20m
Building Your Portfolio — Core-Satellite, Barbell & All-Weather Approaches
22m
07

Risk Management for Investors

5 Lessons · ~1.5 hours
Risk vs. Volatility — Why Standard Deviation Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
20m
Position Sizing for Portfolios — The Kelly Criterion & Fractional Methods
22m
Rebalancing — When, Why & How to Maintain Your Target Allocation
18m
Tail Risk & Black Swans — Protecting Against What You Can’t Predict
20m
Behavioral Traps — How Fear & Greed Destroy Even Great Portfolios
18m
08

Macro Analysis & Sector Rotation

3 Lessons · ~1 hour
Economic Cycles — Expansion, Peak, Contraction, Trough & What to Own in Each
24m
Interest Rates — How the Fed Moves Markets & Your Portfolio
22m
Sector Rotation — Cyclicals vs. Defensives & Timing the Business Cycle
20m
Learn From the Greatest

Six investors. Six frameworks.

How the best investors think about markets, risk, and opportunity.

WB

Warren Buffett

Value Investing

Wonderful companies at fair prices. Owner’s earnings over reported earnings. Circle of competence. The moat. Patience as competitive advantage.

Margin of SafetyOwner’s EarningsCompounding
GS

George Soros

Reflexivity & Macro

Markets aren’t efficient — they’re reflexive. Perception shapes reality, which shapes perception. Understanding this loop is where the real alpha lives.

ReflexivityMacro ThesisAsymmetric Bets
PL

Peter Lynch

GARP Investing

The PEG ratio, “invest in what you know,” and the six categories of stocks. Lynch averaged 29% annually finding growth before Wall Street noticed.

PEG Ratio10-BaggersLocal Knowledge
RD

Ray Dalio

Risk Parity

Don’t predict — prepare. The All Weather portfolio and risk parity frameworks protect capital across every economic environment without sacrificing returns.

All WeatherRisk ParityEconomic Machine
CM

Charlie Munger

Mental Models

Invert, always invert. A latticework of mental models — psychology, physics, biology, history — creates decisions that avoid stupidity before seeking brilliance.

InversionMultidisciplinaryWorldly Wisdom
JT

John Templeton

Contrarian Global

Buy at the point of maximum pessimism. Templeton pioneered global investing and proved the best bargains exist where others refuse to look.

Max PessimismGlobal HuntingPatience
Practice Tools

Try the calculators

Run quick valuation calculations right here.

DCF Calculator

Enter values and click Calculate

Valuation Comparator

Enter values and click Analyze
Master These Ratios

The ratios that matter most

The financial ratios you’ll use regularly in your analysis.

P/EPrice to Earnings
ROEReturn on Equity
DCFDiscounted Cash Flow
D/EDebt to Equity
FCFFree Cash Flow
PEGPrice/Earnings/Growth
EVEnterprise Value
MOSMargin of Safety
FAQ

Common Questions

Do I need accounting knowledge to start?
No. Module 1 starts from absolute scratch — what each line on a balance sheet means, how the three financial statements connect, and how to spot manipulation. By Module 3, you’ll be building DCF models and generating target prices. The progression is designed so a complete beginner reaches an advanced level.
How is this different from Trading Fundamentals?
Trading Fundamentals teaches how markets work — exchanges, orders, chart reading. Fundamental Analysis Mastery teaches you how to evaluate companies — financial statements, valuation, and long-term investment strategy. They’re complementary: one teaches the mechanics, the other teaches what to buy and why.
Will I learn to build actual valuation models?
Yes. Module 3 walks you step-by-step through building a complete DCF model, performing comparable analysis, and stress-testing assumptions. By the end you’ll generate target prices for any publicly traded company and know your margin of safety before investing a dollar.
Is this for traders or investors?
Primarily long-term investors, but swing traders and position traders benefit enormously. Even day traders use earnings reports and financial data as catalysts. Understanding fundamentals gives you context that pure technical traders lack — and context is edge.
What access level do I need?
Pro access unlocks all 8 modules, 42 lessons, quizzes, and interactive tools. Module 1 (Financial Statement basics) is available as a free preview when you create an account — try before committing.
How long will it take to complete?
The full course is approximately 15 hours of content. Most students finish in 3–5 weeks at a comfortable pace. All content is self-paced, always available, and your progress is saved automatically.

Ready to get started?

Preview Module 1 for free, then decide if it’s for you.

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