Train for the Markets Like a Martial Artist

Black Belt Trading combines technical analysis, risk management, and trading psychology into a structured learning path designed to help investors and traders develop lasting skills.

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More Than a Course

Black Belt Trading is designed as an ongoing learning community featuring market commentary, educational content, webinars, and discussions focused on long-term skill development.

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Structured Progression

Follow a clear path from foundational concepts to advanced trading skills. Like earning belts in martial arts, each level builds upon the one before it.

Process Over Prediction

Learn a repeatable framework for analyzing markets, managing risk, and making decisions under uncertainty.

Decades of Experience

Benefit from nearly four decades of martial arts training, decades in institutional finance, and professional expertise in technical and quantitative analysis and risk management.

Imagine approaching the markets with confidence and a clear process.

Black Belt Trading is designed to help you develop the skills, discipline, and risk management habits needed to navigate markets with greater consistency and control.

Who is the course for?

Black Belt Trading is designed for investors and traders who want a structured approach to developing market skills.

Whether you're just getting started or have years of market experience, our focus is on building competence through education, risk management, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement.

The Beginner

Seeking the path to findingĀ what is actually importantĀ in all the noise of market commentary

TheĀ Self-Directed

Looking to deepen their market knowledge so they are less reliant on outside advisors

Existing Traders

Looking toĀ raise their levels of technical and quantitative analysis to professional levels

TheĀ MartialĀ Artist

Who want a progression based approach to developing the knowledge to supplement their income

What's in the course?

  1. White Belt

    6 lessons
    1. What is the difference between trading and investing?
    2. What is Technical Analysis?
    3. What about Financial Statements?
    4. What should I trade?
    5. Basic Chart Types
    6. OHLC, Ranges, Data Intervals

  2. White Belt - 1 Stripe

    4 lessons
    1. Dow Theory: Concept and Confirmation
    2. Basic Trendlines and Channels
    3. Intro to Volume and Open Interest
    4. Fractals and the Principle of Polarity

  3. White Belt - 2 Stripe

    4 lessons
    1. Intro to Moving Averages (SMA & EMA)
    2. Relative Strength Basics
    3. Candlestick Reversal Patterns
    4. Behavioral Finance Basics

  4. White Belt - 3 Stripe

    3 lessons
    1. Basic Chart Patterns
    2. Breadth indicators (Advance / Decline, etc.)
    3. Fibonacci Retracements and Extensions

  5. White Belt - 4 Stripe

    5 lessons
    1. Point & Figure Basics
    2. Sentiment Indicators (VIX, COT)
    3. Basic Cycle Theory
    4. Risk Management Principles
    5. Introduction to Options

  6. Blue Belt

    4 lessons
    1. Bollinger Bands and Keltner Channels
    2. MACD, RSI, DMI, ADX
    3. Wyckoff Method
    4. Pattern Failure / Breakout Confirmation

  7. Blue Belt - 1 Stripe

    2 lessons
    1. Elliott Wave Theory
    2. Intermarket Analysis

  8. Blue Belt - 2 Stripes

    5 lessons
    1. Advanced Candlesticks
    2. Ichimoku Cloud Basics
    3. Covered Calls
    4. Protective Puts
    5. Collars

  9. Blue Belt - 3 Stripes

    5 lessons
    1. Correlation and Cross-Asset Analysis
    2. Intermediate Cycle Work
    3. Quantifying Trends (VWAP, DMI, ADX)
    4. Chart Construction: Log vs Arithmetic
    5. Adaptive Signal Filtering Techniques

  10. Blue Belt - 4 Stripes

    6 lessons
    1. Relative Strength Rotation Models
    2. Breadth Models, Composite Index
    3. Statistical Foundations
    4. Basic Backtesting Principles
    5. System Testing & Optimization ā€” Walk-forward Testing, Monte Carlo
    6. Trading System Performance Metrics

  11. Purple Belt

    0 lessons

    1. Market Breadth & Sentiment

    2. RSI Range Rules and Composite Indicator

    3. Multi Time Frame Analysis

    4. System Building

  12. Purple Belt - 1 Stripe

    0 lessons

    1. Elliott Wave with Oscillators

    2. Renko, Kagi, Three Line Break

    3. Lagging Span Confirmation

    4. Full Ichimoku Implementation

    5. Adaptive Moving Average Integration

  13. Purple Belt - 2 Stripe

    0 lessons

    1. Short-Term Strategies

    2. Psychological Indicators

    3. Hybrid Systems

    4. Rule-Based Strategies

    5. Adaptive Hybrid Systems

    6. Options - Vertical Spreads

    7. Options - Calendar Spreads

    8. Options - Diagonal Spreads

  14. Purple Belt - 3 Stripe

    0 lessons

    1. TA-Based Portfolio Risk Analysis

    2. Advanced System Testing

    3. Probabilistic Decision Making

    4. Regression and Forecasting

    5. System Robustness (Stress Tests)

    6. Options - Straddles & Strangles

    7. Options - Butterflies & Condors

  15. Purple Belt - 4 Stripe

    0 lessons

    1. Digital Assets

    2. Rotation Graphs and Leadership

    3. Long-Term Cycles

    4. Tactical Allocation via TA

  16. Brown Belt

    0 lessons

    1. Market Profile & Auction Theory

    2. Advanced Elliott and Fibonacci

    3. Strategic Trade Design

    4. Intraday Systems

    5. Execution with Adaptive Models

    6. Options - Synthetic Positions

  17. Brown Belt - 1 Stripe

    0 lessons

    1. Options - Volatility Trading (Vega Strategies)

    2. Options - Greeks Management

    3. Options - Risk Reversals

    4. System Development Lifecycle

    5. Quant - TA Integration

    6. Time Series Forecasting

  18. Brown Belt - 2 Stripe

    0 lessons

    1. Market Microstructure

    2. Multi-Asset Overlays

    3. TA + Fundamentals + Quant

    4. Meta-Analysis of Trader Behavior

  19. Brown Belt - 3 Stripe

    0 lessons

    1. Portfolio Construction with TA

    2. Advanced Risk Management

    3. Volatility Regimes and Adaptive Systems

  20. Brown Belt - 4 Stripe

    0 lessons

    1. Institutional TA Integration

    2. Forecasting + Machine Learning

    3. Custom Indicators and Models

  21. Black Belt

    0 lessons

    1. TA Strategy Execution

    2. Behavioral Alpha via Market Structure

    3. TA + Sentiment + Quant Framework

    4. Institutional System Design

    5. Innovating TA Methods

    6. Reviewing Research for Trading Ideas