YouTube Channels

Channel of a New York proprietary trading firm sharing the strategies, playbooks and mistakes of its own desk traders in stocks and options. One of the few large channels run by a real trading firm rather than a course seller; they do sell training, but the free content stands on its own.

Singapore-based trader with beginner-friendly explanations of price action, trend following and risk management across forex and stocks. Clear and repetitive in a good way; a solid first channel for a new trader.

Long-running educator covering swing trading, options and value-momentum investing with structured, lecture-style videos. He sells paid courses through Piranha Profits, but the free lessons on trend structure and risk are complete on their own.

Daily live financial network from the founders of thinkorswim, focused on probability-based options and futures trading with research segments backed by their own backtests. Opinionated about premium selling; still the largest free options education library anywhere.

Kirk Du Plessis' channel explaining options strategies, position management and automation in plain language. Companion to Option Alpha's free courses; the company sells automated-trading software but the education is not paywalled.

Daily technical-analysis recaps of stocks, crypto and indices with an emphasis on trend, support/resistance and patience. Low-hype, consistent, and a good way to see TA applied every day rather than in theory.

Shay Huang's day-trading channel covering small-cap and large-cap setups, scanners, broker reviews and honest recaps of losing days. She runs a paid academy, but the free content is unusually candid about how hard day trading is.

Former hedge-fund manager and finance professor explaining derivatives, market structure, quant strategies and current financial news with dry humour. Excellent for understanding how markets actually work and why most retail 'edges' are not.

A CFA charterholder debunking financial fads, explaining products and reviewing finfluencer claims. Watch it to calibrate your skepticism before paying for any course or signal service.

Portfolio manager presenting the academic evidence on markets: why most active traders underperform, factor investing, and what the data says about timing. The best counterweight in this list; know the base rates before you try to beat them.

Large crypto channel with explainers on protocols, exchanges, regulation and market cycles. Broadly balanced for the sector, though it is still crypto media; treat project reviews as starting points, not recommendations.

Former engineering researcher applying risk metrics, log-regression and macro context to Bitcoin and crypto cycles. Data-driven and deliberately unhyped, which is rare in crypto YouTube.

Blockworks' macro channel: long interviews with fund managers, strategists and economists on rates, liquidity, the dollar and crypto. Good for traders who want the macro debate without cable-news pacing.

Video versions of the Chat With Traders podcast: in-depth interviews with proprietary, quant and discretionary traders about how they actually trade. See the podcast entry for the audio feed.

London proprietary trading firm sharing order-flow, price-ladder and macro-event trading education with trader interviews. Serious content for futures traders; they sell courses, but the free material is substantial.

NYU Stern's 'dean of valuation' posts his full MBA courses on valuation and corporate finance plus regular company valuations. For traders who want to understand what a stock is worth, straight from the source, for free.

Bloomberg TV's official channel with live market coverage, interviews and segments from its programming. The most useful of the news channels for traders because guests are usually practitioners rather than pundits.