THE AWKWARD ONES FIRST
The hard questions are first, and none of them is hedged at length — the worst news gets the fewest words. If a question you want to ask is missing, it is missing because nobody thought of it, not because it was moved down.
Will this make me money?
No. Most people who try to trade for a living do not make a living at it.
Why is it free?
Because a paid trading course has to promise a result to justify the price, and the promise is the dishonest part. The reading is free with no account. We sell a paid product for market data and tools, and graduating the course gets you some of it — that is the whole model.
What is the catch?
That it is hard and most of it is not fun. There is no upsell at the end, no signal group, and no coaching call.
Are you going to tell me what to buy?
No, and there is no part of this that becomes that later. Nobody here is licensed to give you advice and nobody here is going to.
What is the certificate worth?
Nothing to an employer. It says you finished this course and passed a simulated evaluation under a real firm’s published rules. Anybody can check one at the verify page, which is the only reason it is worth anything at all.
Do I have to sign up?
Not to read it. An account saves your place, your quiz results and your record — that is all it does.
How long does it take?
Ten modules of ninety-second lessons, plus exams you can fail and a simulator evaluation. Most of the time goes on the simulator rather than the reading.
Can I use real money in it?
No. Everything in the Academy is simulated, including the evaluation. A simulator has no slippage risk, no funding risk and no emotional cost, and the course says so on every screen.
Are the numbers in the lessons real?
Every figure is sourced and attributed where it appears. Where we could not source something, the lesson says so instead of estimating.
Do you sell my data?
No. The privacy page says what is collected and why, in the same language as this one.
What if I am not going to trade at all?
Then the first six modules are still the most useful part — they are about how markets, orders and costs work, which applies to a pension as much as to a day trade.
Who is behind it?
Ember Media LLC. We are not a broker, not an adviser and not a prop firm, and we say that in the footer of every page for a reason.
If somebody in your life is worried about this, there is a page written for them — including the part they would need to talk you out of it.