AktieGo Academy
Tax Basics: Capital Gains, the Superficial Loss Rule, and TFSA/RRSP Eligibility for CSE/TSXV Stocks
Taxes rarely come up in small-cap investing conversations until the spring, when they show up all at once. Three things are worth understanding well before then, how capital gains actually get taxed, a specific rule that catches more active traders than people expect, and whether the CSE and TSXV stocks this whole academy focuses on…
Halted Trading: The Mechanics (Pending News vs. Regulatory Halts)
You’re watching a small cap and the quote just freezes. No bid, no ask, no trades going through. Something stopped it, and figuring out what actually happened matters more than the panic that first freeze tends to trigger. What a Trading Halt Actually Is A trading halt suspends trading in a security temporarily, and CIRO’s…
Short Selling Small Caps: Why It’s Harder and Riskier Than It Looks
Short selling a large, liquid stock is a fairly mechanical trade. Short selling a small cap trading a few thousand shares a day is a different exercise entirely, and the differences aren’t small ones. This lesson covers what actually changes, and Canada’s specific rules around it. What Short Selling Actually Is A short sale means…
Position Sizing When a Stock Trades $10K a Day
Our last two lessons covered the spread and the order type. This one covers a question that comes before both, how much should you actually put into a position on a stock that barely trades at all. A stock trading $10,000 a day in total dollar volume isn’t unusual on the CSE or the far…
Why Market Orders Are Dangerous on Thin Volume (and How to Use Limit Orders)
Our lesson on market makers and bid-ask spreads covered why that gap between the buy price and the sell price widens on a thinly traded stock. This one covers the part that actually costs you money if you get it wrong: which order type you use to place the trade. Two order types handle almost…
Market Makers and Bid-Ask Spreads on Thinly Traded Stocks
Pull up a quote on any stock and you’ll see two prices sitting side by side. One is what someone’s currently willing to pay for it. The other is what someone’s currently willing to sell it for. They’re never the same number, and on a small cap that trades a few thousand shares a day,…
Shell Companies and Reverse Takeovers (RTOs): How They Work
“Shell company” sounds like a red flag the moment you hear it. Empty corporate structure, no real business inside, sitting there waiting for something to happen. And in the world of small-cap Canadian markets, that’s often exactly what it is, and exactly why it’s useful. A shell isn’t inherently a scam vehicle. It’s a tool.…
How a Company Gets Listed: CSE vs. TSXV vs. Graduating to TSX
Most small caps on the TSXV didn’t get there through a traditional IPO. They got there through something called a Capital Pool Company, a shell with nothing in it but cash, built for the sole purpose of finding a business to acquire. That sounds strange written out plainly. It’s also completely normal, heavily regulated, and…
SEDI 101: Checking What Insiders Are Buying and Selling
Management talks a good game in every press release. That’s the job, sell the story. What they actually do with their own money is a separate question entirely, and Canada happens to have a public database where you can go check. It’s called SEDI. Free, public, and it’s where every director, officer, and major shareholder…
SEDAR+ 101: How to Actually Read a Company’s Filings
Every small-cap investing guide tells you to “do your due diligence.” Almost none of them tell you where that actually happens, or what to click once you get there. This is that part. The tool is called SEDAR+. It’s free, it’s public, and every company trading on the TSX, TSXV, or CSE has to file…
