The Stock Market ABCs
The Early Investor Series, Book One: a kid-friendly guide to stock market terminology.
Upcoming Live Class for Beginners
Learn 7 Real Trading Strategies in Two Days... All Taught Live!
A live, 2-day class built for beginners, explained like notes from a friend. We cover real strategies for all trader types, chart analysis and markups, entries and exits, and finding key levels — all live.
Free course
Options Chain Basics
How to read an option chain: calls and puts, strikes, expirations, premium, volume and open interest, then a full chain walkthrough.
Free for everyone. No sign-in needed.
On the Radar
Stocks to watch this week
Six names on the Papermates Radar.
INTC
Intel Corp
META
Meta Platforms
LULU
Lululemon Athletica
SNDK
Sandisk Corp
WMT
Walmart Inc.
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
Live charts by TradingView · quotes may be delayed.
For education only. Not financial advice. Do your own research before trading.
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Books by the Founder
Written and illustrated by Chaymeriyia Moncrief. The same friendly, notes-style teaching from class, in a book you can keep on your desk.
Everything You Need to Understand the Stock Market & Options Trading
One big stock market and options guide in notes form, so simple even a high schooler will get it.
A Visual Guide of Candlestick Patterns and Chart Setups
Learn to identify patterns and how to trade them, with 50+ real charts and real outcomes.
The Papermates Blog
Blog but in Homework Form
Friendly, beginner-first lessons on charts, options, risk, big news broken down, and things on the charts you can't afford to miss out on. Grab a coffee or a Red Bull, read one note or pick a lesson, and practice it on paper… paper trade, that is.
How to Trade Support and Resistance: An Interactive Lesson
The floors and ceilings on every chart. Watch a range form step by step, trade the bounce at support, and see old resistance turn into new support.
Read note
Sandisk's 8 for 1 Stock Split: Key Dates and What Changes for Your Shares
Sandisk is splitting its stock 8 for 1, turning a share that closed near $1,151 on Friday into eight shares worth about $144 each. Here are the key dates, what changes in your account, and what to expect heading into November 20.
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Building a Pre-Market Routine That You Will Actually Follow
A calm, short routine you can repeat every morning: check the news, mark your levels, write your plan, and know when to sit out.
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The 1% Risk Rule: How to Size Your Trades
One simple rule that keeps a bad week from becoming a disaster. Learn how to turn a stop and a risk limit into a position size.
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DoorDash Is Buying Instacart for $17 Billion: What It Means for DASH and CART Stock
DoorDash is buying Instacart for $65 a share in a roughly $17 billion deal. Here's how the deal works, what it means for DASH and CART shareholders, and why Instacart still trades well below the offer price.
Read note
How to Start Investing With $100: A Beginner's Step by Step Guide
You don't need thousands to start investing. Here's exactly how to put $100 to work, step by step, with no jargon.
Read note
For education only. Not financial advice.
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- Full courses
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- TradingView Indicators
- Weekly Market Recap Emails
- Weekly Livestreams
- Members Only Chat
- Access to Daily Trading Levels
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Get More AccessWhat's included
- Everything in Paper (Mate)
- Access to All Future Classes or Give your seat to 1 person
- Physical and Digital Releases
- Exclusive Lives & Trade Plans
- Pre-market Live every Monday & Wednesday
- A Papermates Box (T-shirt, Hat, Keychain, more)
- 50% off on 1 on 1 Sessions
Quick questions
What's included in Life (Mate) Lifetime Access?
Life (Mate) Lifetime Access includes:
- Everything in Paper (Mate)
- Access to All Future Classes or Give your seat to 1 person
- Physical and Digital Releases
- Exclusive Lives & Trade Plans
- Pre-market Live every Monday & Wednesday
- A Papermates Box (T-shirt, Hat, Keychain, more)
- 50% off on 1 on 1 Sessions
Is this a signal group?
No. This group is focused on education. While levels and stock overviews are shared daily and weekly, the group is geared toward you learning how to read and understand the charts, being aware of moves ahead of time, and staying informed.
Papermates is about education and independence, not signals and dependence.
I have never traded. Is this for me?
Yes. Everything is written for beginners, and we start with practice (paper) trading before real money ever enters the picture.
Do I need a lot of money to start?
No. You can learn the whole process in a practice account, and when you go live later, the lessons show how to keep your size small.
Is this financial advice?
No. Everything here is for education only. Trading involves risk, and you make your own decisions.
For education only. Not financial advice.
What's In The Name
papermates
/ˈpeɪ.pər meɪts/
compound nounPAPER+MATES=PAPERMATES
Paper(n.) — from papertrading
Practicing trades with simulated money before risking your own. Every beginner starts on paper before going live, it's the foundation of how I teach.
Mates(n.) — coach, mentor, friend
Not guru to student...mentor to mentee. A mate is someone in it with you, teaching trader to trader, not talking down from above.
Put them together, and that's Papermates: a place to practice safely, taught by someone who's been exactly where you are.
