The curriculum

18 units. 131 lessons. One clear path.

Bullpen's curriculum is sequenced like a course, not a content library. Units unlock in order, each ends with a mastery quiz, and every concept gets practiced: in questions, in interactive exercises, and eventually in your own paper portfolio.

18
Units, in sequence
131
Lessons
4
Lesson types
1
Quiz to pass each unit
Part I

Foundations

Before a single trade: what money is, where it goes, and the one force (compounding) that makes starting young matter so much.

U1
Money Basics

What money really is, why prices drift up, and how to decide what a dollar is for.

U2
Saving & Banking

Where cash lives between paychecks, and how interest pays you to leave it there.

U3
The Power of Compound Growth

Why growth on top of growth beats saving harder, and what time does to a balance.

U4
Introduction to Investing

What investing actually is, the risk you take on, and the return you get paid for it.

Part II

Stocks & markets

The core investing arc, and the point where lessons and the practice portfolio start feeding each other. Trading unlocks here.

U5
Stocks

A share is a slice of a real company. How that slice gets priced, and why it moves.

U6
Analyzing a Stock

Reading a company like an owner: revenue, profit, valuation, and the story behind them.

U7
Investing Styles & Stock Categories

Growth, value, dividends, and size. The families stocks fall into and what each is for.

U8
Order Types & Placing Trades

How an order becomes a trade, and the difference market, limit, and stop make.

U9
Funds & Diversification

Owning hundreds of companies at once, and why spreading out cuts risk you aren't paid for.

U10
Bonds & Fixed Income

Lending instead of owning: coupons, maturity, and why bond prices move against rates.

U11
Building a Portfolio

Turning single picks into one allocation, then keeping it in shape as it drifts.

Part III

Money in real life

Investing doesn't happen in a vacuum. These units cover the income, spending, and psychology that decide whether there's anything to invest at all.

U12
Earning Income

Where income comes from, what gets taken out, and how to read a real paycheck.

U13
Budgeting & Spending

Giving every dollar a job, building a buffer, and spotting what quietly drains one.

U14
Behavioral Finance & Investor Psychology

The biases that cost investors money, and the habits that make them behave anyway.

U15
Credit & Debt

How borrowing is priced, what a credit score really measures, and the traps in between.

Part IV

The long game

The finish line of the course: keeping what you earn, and letting decades do the heavy lifting.

U16
Taxes

Brackets, withholding, and how gains get taxed differently depending on how long you held.

U17
Retirement & Long-Term Wealth

Accounts built for decades: 401(k)s, IRAs, matches, and letting compounding finish the job.

U18
Beyond the Basics

The capstone: alternatives, global investing, and where to keep learning from here.

Inside a unit

Four lesson types, one rhythm.

LEARN · +100 COINS

Learn

New concepts introduced interactively: you answer questions while you learn, not after. Many lessons include bespoke exercises built just for that topic, like reading a real stock chart or watching compound growth run.

PRACTICE · +75 COINS

Practice

Drills on what you just learned, across eight question formats: from multiple choice to typing key terms from memory to short written responses graded automatically.

REINFORCE · +75 COINS

Reinforce

Mixed review that reaches back into earlier lessons, so old material stays fresh. Miss too much and Bullpen inserts a targeted review before you move on.

UNIT QUIZ · +250 COINS

Quiz

Every unit ends with a mastery quiz. Pass it and the next unit unlocks, plus the biggest coin payout in the app for your portfolio.

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