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A trading and financial education academy founded by Mark Bechara, who has traded since 2019. It teaches how markets work, structured trading with risk management, and the basics of financial literacy and long-term investing. Gold VIP is the core membership: the full Smart Money Concepts course, weekday live sessions, the daily teaching class, and a 24/7 community.

On the Learn page: the free simulator, the first lessons and the "Start here" path. Then the onboarding section and the full SMC course inside Gold VIP, with the SMC & ICT student guide as your reference. Read the Risk Mastery material before acting on any idea, and keep a journal from day one.

A way of reading price through market structure and liquidity: structure breaks, where liquidity is likely resting, and zones such as order blocks and fair value gaps. The course teaches it step by step. SMC does not remove risk; it gives you a repeatable way to plan.

Yes. The simulator and the first lessons are free, Mark teaches free on TikTok, and the Gold Pre-Market Checklist is the 15-minute routine he runs before every session.

For $52 a month: the full SMC course and all SMC courses, daily live teaching with Mark on Zoom, the weekday live trading sessions with reasoning, the recordings vault, the SMC & ICT student guide, the Risk Mastery material, Gold VIP Telegram channels and the Discord role and voice lounge, the full simulator, the gold dashboard, SniperJournal, coaching booking access and 30% referrals.

Access starts the moment the payment goes through. You land in the members hub: join the VIP Telegram, say hello in the community, read the risk material, start the SMC course, and open the journal.

Yes: Quick Consult (15 min, $50), Strategy Session (30 min, $100) or Deep Dive (60 min, $150). You review your journal, charts and pre-market routine together. These are educational sessions, not personalised financial advice.

No. It is a separate $79/month membership for small-cap stocks and options — a different market with its own risks and learning curve. Gold VIP stands on its own; add Options VIP once you have a routine.

Monday to Friday, 8–11 AM Pacific (9 AM – 12 PM Mountain, 11 AM – 2 PM Eastern), on gold (XAUUSD), NAS100 and SPX500. The daily teaching class runs on Zoom at 4 PM Mountain. The Live page converts both to your time zone.

Before the open Mark marks up bias, key levels, liquidity, the overnight range and the news. From 8 AM Pacific the screen share is on: the plan, then each trade idea with entry, stop and reasoning as it happens — including the setups he skips — and a review with Q&A at the end.

No. Every session and class is recorded, and Telegram alerts flag new trade ideas. Join for part of a session and watch the rest later.

Gold, NAS100 and SPX500 in the live sessions. The SMC framework applies to forex and other markets too. Small caps and options are covered only in the separate Options VIP membership.

Gold VIP is $52/month. Small Cap & Options VIP is $79/month, PipNDip-Signals is $39/month, Lifetime VIP is $3,500 once (or 6 or 12 monthly payments), Copy Trading is $250/month, and 1-on-1 sessions are $50, $100 or $150. No contracts.

Settings → Billing, one click, any time. You keep access until the end of the period you paid for and nothing further is charged. You never have to email anyone to cancel.

No. Everything we sell is a digital product with immediate access, so all sales are final. You can cancel at any time to stop future charges. Chargebacks permanently close the account. The full wording is on the policies page.

By card through Stripe on our own checkout (and USDC where enabled). Copy Trading is billed through Social Trader Tools. We never see your full card number.

No. Ideas are shared with the reasoning so you learn why a setup matters, or why it was passed on. They are education, not instructions. The goal is that you read the chart, make your own decision and manage your own risk.

No. The academy provides education only. Nothing in the courses, sessions, chats or 1-on-1s is personalised advice, and you are responsible for your own decisions.

No, and nobody honest can. Trading carries a substantial risk of loss, including losing some or all of your money, and past performance does not guarantee future results. What Gold VIP gives you is structure, a course, a routine, live examples and people doing the same work.

No. Study, watch the sessions, practise in the simulator and on a demo account. If you do trade real money, use only funds you can afford to lose and set your risk rules first.

Yes — 30% recurring commission on members you refer. The in-app version is being built; join the waitlist and you will get your link first.

Always disclose it (#ad or "I earn a commission"). Share what you are learning and your routine; no profit screenshots, income figures or guarantee language, and no spam.