The programme
Four pillars. Twenty live sessions.
The programme trains four connected disciplines:
- Macro: reading the market backdrop
- Fundamentals: judging the business behind the ticker
- Options & Strategies: structuring the trade that expresses the view
- Portfolio & Risk Management: sizing it so you stay in the game
Each pillar runs five live sessions, twenty in all.
The programme runs as a scheduled cycle, not a library you binge. Sessions run live on a weekly rhythm, each one building on the last, and every one is recorded if you cannot make it.
The syllabus
The four pillars explained.
Pillar 1
Macro
Global & domestic market analysis · 5 live sessions
Read the regime before you trade it: rates, liquidity, and the backdrop that decides which setups work this month.
After this pillar you can read rates, liquidity and sentiment well enough to know which setups the current market actually favours.
Macro
Global & domestic market analysis
- Macroeconomic Indicators FundamentalsRecorded
- Central Bank Policy & Interest Rates (The Fed)Recorded
- Yield Curves and Bond Market SignalsLive
- Market Sentiment & Positioning IndicatorsUpcoming
- Big-Picture Macro Drivers (Geopolitics & Global Markets)Upcoming
Illustrative schedule. Statuses are examples. Live dates and running order are set by 4 Pillar Trading.
Pillar 2
Fundamentals
Company-level analysis · 5 live sessions
Value the business, not just the chart: earnings, balance sheets, and the catalysts that actually move a name.
After this pillar you can look past the chart and judge whether the business behind a ticker deserves your capital.
Fundamentals
Company-level analysis
- Reading Financial Statements & Key MetricsRecorded
- Valuation Techniques and Intrinsic ValueRecorded
- Earnings, News, and CatalystsLive
- Qualitative Factors and Industry AnalysisUpcoming
- The Institutional Research Process & ToolsUpcoming
Illustrative schedule. Statuses are examples. Live dates and running order are set by 4 Pillar Trading.
Pillar 3
Options & Strategies
Defined-risk trading · 5 live sessions
Turn a view into a position with defined risk: the structures that express a thesis, and the Greeks that govern them.
After this pillar you can turn a view into a defined-risk options position and understand how it behaves once you own it.
Options & Strategies
Defined-risk trading
- Options Basics and TerminologyRecorded
- Option Greeks and Pricing FundamentalsRecorded
- Implied Volatility and Expected Stock MovesLive
- Option Strategies I: Vertical & Calendar SpreadsUpcoming
- Option Strategies II: Straddles, Strangles & RatiosUpcoming
Illustrative schedule. Statuses are examples. Live dates and running order are set by 4 Pillar Trading.
Pillar 4
Portfolio & Risk Management
Institutional risk management · 5 live sessions
Survive to compound: position sizing, correlation, and the risk discipline that keeps you in the game.
After this pillar you can size positions, spot hidden correlation, and manage a book so one bad stretch cannot take you out.
Portfolio & Risk Management
Institutional risk management
- Portfolio Construction & DiversificationRecorded
- Position Sizing and Risk LimitsRecorded
- Monitoring and Adjusting Positions (Trade Management)Live
- Portfolio-Level Risk Metrics and HedgingUpcoming
- Performance Review and Process RefinementUpcoming
Illustrative schedule. Statuses are examples. Live dates and running order are set by 4 Pillar Trading.
Session titles as listed in the member programme. Statuses shown are illustrative; live dates and running order are set by 4 Pillar Trading.
Inside the programme
A schedule you can plan around.
Members get a dashboard rather than a drip-feed: what is on next, what you have attended, what is left, and the room attached to each pillar.
A live weekly schedule
Sessions are calendared in advance with the pillar and topic named, so you know what you are walking into and can plan the week around it.
Every session recorded
Miss one and it is waiting for you. The live room is where the value is, but the recording means a clashing diary does not cost you the session.
Progress tracked per pillar
Your dashboard shows attendance against all twenty sessions, broken down by pillar, so you can see which of the four you are actually neglecting.
A room organised by topic
The community is split by pillar and by purpose: macro, options and execution, risk, chart discussion, and dedicated threads for putting questions to a mentor.
20 sessions
Four pillars, five sessions each
- Macro5 sessions
- Fundamentals5 sessions
- Options & Strategies5 sessions
- Portfolio & Risk Management5 sessions
A week in the schedule
- MacroCentral Bank Policy & Interest Rates (The Fed)
- FundamentalsValuation Techniques and Intrinsic Value
- Options & StrategiesOption Greeks and Pricing Fundamentals
- Portfolio & RiskPosition Sizing and Risk Limits
Illustrative view of the programme structure. Session times and order are set by 4 Pillar Trading.
Every cycle
Taught against the market you are actually trading.
The programme runs on a repeating cycle rather than sitting still as a fixed library. Each time round, the teaching is set against current conditions, so the backdrop being read, the businesses in focus and the structures that suit them are the ones in front of you now.
Refreshed for current conditions
The framework stays the same while the material is kept current, so the examples track the regime you are trading rather than whichever one existed when a video was recorded.
Relevant to the cycle you are in
Rates, liquidity and sentiment do not sit still, and neither does the session content. What gets discussed follows what the market is actually doing that cycle.
The same four pillars, new markets
Going round again is the point. Seeing one framework applied to different conditions is what builds a comprehensive read of markets, rather than a set of memorised setups that only worked once.