Your portfolio doesn't have a stock-picking problem. It has a decision-making problem.
You know how to find stocks. What you don't have is a system for sizing positions, managing risk, and knowing exactly when to sell. The Academy gives you the Portfolio Operating System — a mechanical framework with a rule for every decision in your portfolio.
The 3 decisions that separate compounding portfolios from dead money
These aren't edge cases. These are the patterns we see in the majority of investors who come to us — and the exact gaps the Portfolio Operating System was built to close.
Buying without a filter
You hear about a stock on Twitter, see it's up 40%, and buy because it feels like you're missing out. No thesis. No criteria. No rules for what qualifies. The Portfolio Operating System starts with a filter — market cap, liquidity, trend confirmation — so you never chase a headline again.
Holding without an exit
This is the #1 reason investors give back gains. You watch a position run up, don't know when to sell, and ride it all the way back down. Round-tripping. The system defines your exit before you enter — mechanical rules tied to moving averages, not gut feel.
Sizing without maths
You put 20% of your portfolio in one stock because you "really liked it." It drops 30% and suddenly your whole portfolio is underwater. Position sizing scaled to volatility means every position carries equal risk — no single stock can blow up your year.
Five layers. Every decision covered.
Most investing courses teach you how to pick stocks. None of them give you a system for what happens after you buy. The Portfolio Operating System covers the five decisions that determine whether your portfolio compounds or bleeds — from what qualifies all the way through to when you walk away.
Filter
US large-caps only. $10B+ market cap, institutional liquidity, trend confirmation. The system narrows thousands of stocks to dozens that qualify before you look at a single chart.
Enter
Trend-confirmed entries using moving average signals. You buy when the data says buy — not when a headline gets you excited.
Size
Volatility-adjusted position sizing. Every position carries equal risk regardless of stock price. The maths removes the emotion.
Manage
Rules for what to do while you hold. When to add. When to sit. When the trend is working and when it's warning you. Ten minutes a day.
Exit
The decision 45% of investors can't make. The system tells you when a position is done — before you give back the gains. No gut feel. No hoping.
This sounds too easy,
doesn't it?
The reason it sounds easy is because most people don't understand the core functions of the market yet. And that's okay.
Proving That Stock Trend-Following Works
External research testing 24,000+ securities over 22 years — here's what the data actually shows about why this approach works.
You don't need to be a quant. You just need to stop thinking like mainstream financial media wants you to think.
Five phases. From first principles to running your portfolio.
Not a pile of videos. A structured learning journey — each phase builds on the last, with a clear outcome at every stage.
Reset Your Thinking
Most people come into the market brainwashed by financial media — traders doing journalism, not journalists doing journalism. Phase 1 strips that back. You'll unlearn the gambling mindset, understand why day trading fails, why cash isn't safe (£517bn in UK Cash ISAs losing to inflation), and discover where retail investors actually have an edge. Build the foundation for running a portfolio like a professional.
The Portfolio Operating System
Learn the five-layer framework: the Filter Model for stock selection, trend-confirmed entries, volatility-adjusted position sizing, and the moving average signals that define every exit. This is the mechanical backbone of everything that follows.
Trade Management
The part most courses skip entirely. Learn the MA cascade exit system (20 → 50 → 100 DMA), fast trend management for rapid movers (10/20 DMA), and the three post-entry scenarios. This is where the money is made — not entries, but management.
Build Your Portfolio
Position sizing calibrated to volatility. Portfolio structure (55-60% S&P base + 40-45% individual stocks). Correlation awareness so you're not accidentally doubled up. Account types, product selection, and practical execution.
Read the Market
Four economic regimes and how to position for each. How to read data releases (ISM, employment, inflation). The surprise premium — why expectations matter more than absolutes. News literacy: signal vs noise.
Everything inside the Academy
Tangible tools, frameworks, and resources — not just theory.
What changes when you have a system
These results come from investors running the Portfolio Operating System. The exits weren't guesses — they were defined by the rules before the positions were opened. Past performance doesn't guarantee future results.
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"Saves me tens of hours a week. The best possible knowledge for running a stocks portfolio, especially as someone who works full time in a demanding job."
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"My lifetime membership more than paid for itself quickly. The insights are in a league of their own — my win rate took an immediate positive hit from day one."
"By far the best macro content service I've ever encountered. Impeccable subject knowledge. Not a signal service — an institutional-level educational community."
"David gives a different insight and ignores the noise. Helped me go from the typical pump and dump route to actually picking the right stocks using a proper system."
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Choose your path
One-time payment. Lifetime access to the course. No hidden fees.
Less than the cost of one year with a financial adviser. One well-managed position using the exit rules can return your entire investment. This is a system you'll use for decades.
- The Portfolio Operating System — five layers, every decision
- 45+ video training modules
- Filter Model for stock selection
- Trade Management Framework
- Dashboard/Trend Score Tool access
- Volatility-adjusted position sizing
- Economic regime framework
- One monthly support session
Most students choose this path. The system teaches you how to invest — the community gives you the confidence to actually do it. Real-time market context, direct access to David and Tim, and a group of serious investors who hold each other accountable.
- Everything in Academy, plus:
- Daily market insights — what David and Tim are watching right now
- Weekly video content
- Direct access to David and team
- Private investor community — no noise, just serious discussion
- First quarter at 50% off (£125€145$158 vs £250€290$315)
- Then £250€290$315/quarter to continue
- Cancel anytime
Before You Decide
The system is designed for exactly that. Once you've learned the rules (most finish in 2-4 weeks at a comfortable pace), the daily routine is about 10 minutes: check the dashboard, review your positions, act if the rules say to. Gareth says it saves him tens of hours a week compared to how he used to invest. This is the opposite of chart-staring.
The Portfolio Operating System is a mechanical framework — it doesn't rely on talent, intuition, or experience. 1,500+ investors have used the same rules. The exits are defined before you enter a position. The Filter Model tells you exactly what qualifies. If you follow the system, the system works. It's designed to remove the variables that make investing fail.
Signal services tell you what to do. We teach you how to think. The Academy gives you a complete framework you own — the Filter Model for finding stocks, mechanical entry and exit rules, position sizing — so you can make every decision yourself. The goal is independence, not dependency. You'll never need to wait for someone else's call again.
Consider what you've already lost to bad decisions — the gains you gave back, the years sitting in cash while inflation ate your purchasing power, the money lost following tips on Twitter. A financial adviser charges £1,500-3,000 per year and doesn't teach you anything. This is a one-time investment in a system you'll use for decades. One well-managed exit can return the cost of the entire course.
This is the most common reason people join. Phase 3 gives you specific, mechanical exit rules: below the 20-day MA, cut 25%. Below the 50-day, cut to half. Below the 100-day, exit completely. You'll also get the fast-trend management rules for stocks that move quickly, plus the volatility-adjusted sizing model. If exits are your weak point, that's the core of what we teach.
The course gives you the complete Portfolio Operating System with one monthly support session. The bundle adds daily community access — real-time insights from David and Tim, weekly video updates, direct Q&A, and ongoing discussion in Discord. Most investors choose the bundle for the accountability and live support while they're getting started. You can always add community later.
Yes. The community is quarterly (£250€290$315/quarter after your first quarter at 50% off). Cancel anytime and keep full lifetime access to the course content. Many investors stay for the ongoing insights and market context, but there's no lock-in.
Yes. Phase 1 starts from the ground up — what a brokerage account is, which one to open, how markets work. About 23% of the people who come to us have never invested before. If you'd prefer to start with something smaller, our Bank Statement Method (£29.99) walks complete beginners through their first three investments. But many beginners come straight to the Academy and do brilliantly.
Your portfolio either has an operating system, or it doesn't.
Most people will close this page and keep doing what they've been doing — guessing exits, sizing positions by feel, watching gains disappear. The Academy gives you the Portfolio Operating System: five layers that cover every decision from filter to exit. One purchase. Lifetime access.
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