The UK stock trading course for those who are serious about beating the market

We all start out with dreams of becoming the next Warren Buffett, or at least a dream of growing our portfolio enough so that we can replace our income, retire early, or travel.

Sadly the reality is often all too different. 

According to one study, over 90% of day traders lose money.  (Barber, B.M., Lee, Y.-T., Liu, Y.-J. and Odean, T. (2017). Do Day Traders Rationally Learn About Their Ability? SSRN Electronic Journal).

Many people wanting to trade their own money often waste years and many thousands of pounds fumbling around trying different markets and different strategies. 

They might break even at best. At worst they blow up their account entirely.

I’ve received several emails over the years from people losing horrific amounts. One even lost his house deposit gambling on one stock and then had to have a very uncomfortable conversation with his partner.

I know the feeling because I've been there too...

Back in 2015, I was ambitious and eager to crack the code. I spent hours reading books, bulletin boards, Twitter posts, and consumed podcasts and YouTube videos like a mad man.

And because 2016 was a raging bull market coupled with my appetite for huge risks, I was able to turn a small sum into something bigger.

My next step was to take out a personal loan of €25,000 (I was living in Germany at the time) and to start leveraging.

Why did I lose so badly?

I’d learned the basics of trading but was missing critical parts of risk management, timing, and having a sound exit plan.

Yet despite those losses, I was still up overall and figured that if I could systemise what I did and protect my downside, I would have a fighting chance of surviving long-term.

So I dug into every part of trading from learning to filter out the noise, position sizing, why the market moves, when to get in, when to sell, where to set stops, how to generate ideas, how to backtest strategies, and much more besides.

I tested and tracked everything.

And slowly out of the prior chaos, a systematic approach began to emerge which eventually became the structured, step-by-step trading process I use today.

I plan each and every trade and if the stock moves in line with my thinking, I lock in my profits as it does while still leaving the potential for further gains.

If the stock moves against me, I cut at my pre-determined point and I exit. No regrets, no second guessing.

Trading isn’t easy. Anyone who says that is either lying or selling you something, or both. 

Plus, trading isn’t for everyone. If you lack discipline or are afraid of work then the market is going to be an expensive experience.

But it's a lot less stressful and more consistently profitable when you have a solid plan to work from.

But why not just invest in ETFs?

To be brutally honest, most people should invest in ETFs and just outsource their investing to a basket of stocks which tracks the market.

It won't make you rich overnight but it should gradually build your wealth over time.

To outperform these returns though requires time and effort which most people don't want to put in.

Which is why there are so many young guys out there standing in front of a rented supercar telling you how you can make £10k in 15 minutes by just following their trades.

What actually happens though is that they route you through an affiliate broker, rake in thousands of pounds in referrals, and then send you fake ‘signals’ so they can rinse your account whilst getting a kickback on the commissions.

I know all this because I turn these deals down.

A word of warning

If you’re reading this then you already know there is no such thing as a free lunch and no magic money-making machines available for £9.99 a month.

But even if you manage to avoid the crypto influencer pump and dumps, dodgy brokers pocketing your hard-earned cash, and scammers promising to put money in your pocket with their Lambo lies on YouTube, there’s still one major threat to your potential profitability.

Your psychology.

If you continue to trade without a system, you risk losing all your money and your confidence to continue.

Without the right knowledge and tools, you’re likely going to be trading food for the people who take it seriously.

And whilst understanding technical skills and identifying chart patterns plays a big part - developing the right mindset and overcoming self-doubt is just as important.

You first need to get clear on what your goals are. Then you need to commit to taking action to achieve them while accepting that fear is part of the journey when you venture out of your comfort zone.

I can trace my own trading career from clueless beginner to consistently profitable back to my decision to properly apply myself and treat trading as a business rather than a hobby - see below.

My trading journey

What's your 'Edge'?

So if you're not going to invest in ETFs and you know there's no magic, money-making machine, how are you going to find an 'edge' to beat the market?

Well, you're probably familiar with the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) which states that share prices reflect all available information and consistent alpha generation is impossible.

According to the EMH, stocks always trade at their fair value, making it impossible for investors to outperform the overall market through expert stock selection or market timing.

My professor at Harvard was a big believer in this. Yet academics rarely make any money in markets, because the reality is very different. Here's why...

Institutional investors have to focus primarily on large-cap stocks due to position sizing and liquidity, and as a result there is a set of stocks which often end up being overlooked.

These stocks are our 'edge'.

I'm talking about small-cap stocks, and particularly UK small-cap stocks.

This ignored class of stocks gives individual investors like you and me the opportunity to spot undervalued companies before they start to move.

I recently wrote a piece for the Financial Times on exactly this topic:

Why is now the perfect time to get started trading small-cap UK stocks?

To start with... inflation.

According to the Office for National Statistics, the current CPI at the time of writing is 1.7%.

Do you feel that things have only got 1.7% more expensive?

The current Bank of England base rate is 4.75% - this is the max you’ll get in a savings account.

As everything continues to get more expensive you'll be punished for doing the sensible thing and setting money aside.

In my opinion, after a safety net for emergencies, you need to start doing something with that money otherwise your hard-earned savings will slowly but surely evaporate.

This is where trading small-cap UK stocks comes into its own.

The benefit of position agility means we can be in and out of shares quickly and cheaply, which allows us to capture double digit moves in a matter of weeks or months.

My best trades are usually held for 3-9 months, which means I can turn my capital over quicker, compound my returns, and comfortably beat inflation.

It's time to get serious about trading

So if you have you ever…

• Worried about a major or total loss of your investment capital
• Experienced information overload, not knowing where to start
• Wished you didn't feel like you are just gambling
• Traded on emotion and fallen victim to FOMO and lack of discipline
• Wanted to know when to cut losses and manage risk effectively
• Wondered who can you trust
• Wanted to find winning stocks early before the crowd

Whether you’re looking to supplement your income, build your retirement pot, or have more time and money to spend with your family, UK Stock Trader Pro is a complete program that will help you to understand and exploit the UK stock market effectively.

We’ll cover everything you need to get started, manage risk, and apply logic to trades, as well as planning, execution, and data analysis, in order to help you trade UK stocks profitably.

This time it will be different

I launched the original UK Stock Trading Course in 2020 to help traders learn from my hard-earned (and costly) experience.

The world has changed enormously since then. And despite several updates to the course in 2020, 2021 and 2022, the market has behaved in ways many of us have never seen before.

This means I’ve had to adapt, reshape my thinking, and think about what’s important.

More experience means a greater perspective.

And despite the huge number of satisfied course members, I believe the whole course needs rebuilding.

This time though, I’ll be doing it differently as I want to invite a live cohort of traders to join me as we build the program together.

This will be a beta version, designed to ensure you get exactly what you need to succeed as a UK stock trader in today’s markets, instead of watching a pre-recorded series of videos.

There will be real-time interaction, feedback, and support throughout the 8 weeks of the program.

Your investment in UK Stock Trader Pro

Unfortunately, over the years I’ve heard and seen several horror stories from people who’ve lost money and even relationships due to the stock market. 

These are some of the stories from the survey I ran leading up to the launch of this new program:

• Multiple people reported losses ranging from £5,000 to £100,000
• One person reported losing £70,000 in a just a couple of years 
• Another admitted to £150,000 in total losses
• And one trader had racked up losses of over £200,000

But it’s not just the money that's wasted, it’s the time too. I call this the time tax of ignorance.

Not knowing how to make market-beating returns every year is costing you that return compounded every year.

And every year you don't have a proven strategy in place is another year you're not generating these types of  returns, and another year you're not compounding them.

This is why I continually invest in my own education so I can reduce my ignorance tax by buying the time, mistakes, and knowledge of others.

When the official version of UK Stock Trader Pro is released in 2025 it’ll be sold at £989 to reflect the 10 years of mistakes, studying, and experience that have gone into creating the program.

And if UK Stock Trader Pro saves you from one complete wipeout (see some of the testimonials), then the program will have paid for itself and anything else you get from it is a bonus.

However, because this a Beta version of the program where I’ll be building the course live as we go along, I’ve decided to keep the price for this live cohort at the current price of £689.

Join UK Stock Trader Pro Beta today

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