New from Real Vision Academy...
The Real Investing Course
Timeless investing principles from the world's best investors.
New from Real Vision Academy...
The Real Investing Course
Timeless investing principles from the world's best investors.
The brand new Real Investing Course from Real Vision gives you tools to become a more successful investor in the real world.
You’ll learn from the world’s best investors and develop your own ‘nose’ for investing. All in less than 10 hours. And did we mention it’s bloody entertaining, too?
Thousands of Hours of Insight — Delivered in Less Than 10
Become a better and more confident investor by learning from the best.
Becoming a better investor is a lifelong journey. And not an easy one. You have to learn from the world’s best investors without blindly copying them.
You have to apply textbook knowledge in the real world (always tricky). You have to avoid charlatans (increasingly tricky). You have to avoid information and data paralysis.
Urgh.
All this pain is why we developed The Real Investing Course.
- It’s game-changing — delivering insights you won’t find anywhere else from dozens of professional investors.
- It’s super-charged — distilling thousands of hours of knowledge and delivering it to you in less than 10.
- It’s lock, stock and barrel — Real Vision acquired and built on the Lex van Dam Trading Academy, a blockbuster investing course based on the frameworks developed at one of the top London trading desks.
Oh, and forget about bland PowerPoint presentations by somebody in a shirt…
The Real Investing Course is filmed in an underground bunker, a cinema, and a bar, so you know it’s definitely not boring…
The Real Investing Course includes:
✓ 5 Modules & 31 Lessons
✓ The fundamentals of real world investing in 10 hours
✓ Transcripts, handbooks, takeaways, rabbit hole resources
✓ Professional investors as your guides
✓ Community access
✓ Real Vision PLUS membership
✓ Full access to upcoming Real Vision Academy courses
✓ …And zero B.S.
Access a Single Source of Learning That Brings It ALL Together
It won't make you George Soros overnight. It will help you become a more successful, independent investor. Here's how:
Once you start The Real Investing Course, we’ll immediately guide you through the course Manifesto, and a 9-minute guide on How To Navigate This Journey. Then it’s time to get started with course curriculum.
The Game of Investing
It’s easy to think the Game of Investing is rigged, or that the markets (or their players) want to mess you up. Reality is that it’s about assessing inputs of information to generate money-making investments. Simple(!)
This 3-lesson module focuses on the broader game, some of its core rules, and some principles to help you navigate the playing field, the players, and the mistakes they make.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to figure out your own investing style instead of relying on others
- Why the idea of “Mr. Market” is B.S. (and so is the idea of an investing “holy grail”)
- The actual first steps you need to take to conquer the inner game of investing
- The 4 core market truths you need to put on a Post-It beside your computer
- How to assess your ‘5 types of capital’ (not just your financial capital)
- How to use context to rein in the wall of information we’re all bombarded with everyday
- And more.
How You’ll Learn:
- From the pros including Denise Shull, Jared Dillian, Peter Brandt, Mike Green and more
- 3 core lessons hosted by Real Vision’s Maggie Lake
- A module handbook, plus extra resources to go further down the rabbit hole
- Chatting with fellow Academy members on Real Vision
At the End You Will:
Be an emotionally more self-aware investor… Learn (or confirm) your investing style… Curate your information diet wisely.
The Stuff That Drives Markets
Market drivers are a kind of Russian doll ecosystem, with a number of trends of various time horizons co-existing at any one point in time.
This 7-module lesson will give you a solid foundation in understanding co-existing (and seemingly conflicting) trends – because if the trends don’t make sense to you, you’ll feel in the dark with your portfolio…
What You’ll Learn:
- The 3 broad categories of market drivers
- How the hell you’re meant to integrate different categories of market drivers into one portfolio
- Why you can get an edge by finding the trend inside the trend
- The relationship between central banks and market drivers
- How to juggle several time horizons at once
- How to set and track market drivers yourself
How You’ll Learn:
- First, we cover what market drivers are in the Basics
- Then we review the core concepts and principles in laidback Discussions with Roger Hirst, Jamie McDonald and James Helliwell
- Next, we learn From the Pros, including Chris Cole, Lyn Alden, Darius Dale, and Tony Greer
- Then, Roger pulls it altogether in 2 action-focused Workshops: The Importance of Secular Trends and Cyclical Trends & Tactical Opportunities
Plus…
- A module handbook, plus extra resources
- Chatting with fellow Academy members on Real Vision
At the End You Will:
Understand the ecosystem of market drivers… Know how to track market drivers yourself… Stress-test your portfolio with your new knowledge of market drivers.
The Asset Class Universe
The core asset class universe is made up of equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and digital assets.
This 7-lesson module focuses on getting to know that universe (and most importantly, how the ‘planets’ in the universe interact).
What You’ll Learn:
- How to identify the common drivers behind asset price performance
- A top-down framework to understand and manage the asset class universe
- Why bonds are less intimidating than they may appear at first
- How to get to know the relationships between equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and digital assets.
- How to apply asset class fundamentals to your own investing
- And more.
How You’ll Learn:
- First, we cover the Basics of the asset class universe
- Then we review the core concepts and principles in Discussions with Roger Hirst, Jamie McDonald and James Helliwell
- Next, we learn From the Pros, including Raoul Pal, Eric Basmajian, Jeff Dorman, and Chris Tyrer
- Then, Roger pulls it altogether in 2 action-focused Workshops: Equities, Commodities and Currencies, and Bonds and Crypto
Plus…
- A module handbook, plus extra resources to go further down the rabbit hole
- Chatting with fellow Academy members on Real Vision
At the End You Will:
Understand the different players in the asset class universe… Know the relationships between all the players… Feel comfortable building hypotheses based on these relationships
The Game of Investing
It’s easy to think the Game of Investing is rigged, or that the markets (or their players) want to mess you up. Reality is that it’s about assessing inputs of information to generate money-making investments. Simple(!)
This 3-lesson module focuses on the broader game, some of its core rules, and some principles to help you navigate the playing field, the players, and the mistakes they make.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to figure out your own investing style instead of relying on others
- Why the idea of “Mr. Market” is B.S. (and so is the idea of an investing “holy grail”)
- The actual first steps you need to take to conquer the inner game of investing
- The 4 core market truths you need to put on a Post-It beside your computer
- How to assess your ‘5 types of capital’ (not just your financial capital)
- How to use context to rein in the wall of information we’re all bombarded with everyday
- And more
At the End You Will:
Be an emotionally more self-aware investor… Learn (or confirm) your investing style… Curate your information diet wisely.
The Stuff That Drives Markets
Market drivers are a kind of Russian doll ecosystem, with a number of trends of various time horizons co-existing at any one point in time.
This 7-module lesson will give you a solid foundation in understanding co-existing (and seemingly conflicting) trends — because if the trends don’t make sense to you, you’ll feel in the dark with your portfolio…
What You’ll Learn:
- The 3 broad categories of market drivers
- How the hell you’re meant to integrate different categories of market drivers into one portfolio
- Why you can get an edge by finding the trend inside the trend
- The relationship between central banks and market drivers
- How to juggle several time horizons at once
- How to set and track market drivers yourself
At the End You Will:
Understand the ecosystem of market drivers… Know how to track market drivers yourself… Stress-test your portfolio with your new knowledge of market drivers.
The Art (& Science) of Charts
Like most tools in investing, charts need to be handled carefully and well if they are to help you stack the probabilities in your favor and manage risk well enough that you get to continue to play the game.
This 6-lesson module focuses on the value of charts as a tool in everyone’s framework.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why charts are your “best friend and worst enemy all at once”
- How to use charts to help you filter ideas and see a ton of information in one place
- The classic mistakes investors make when using charts
- Exactly why charts are not predictors of the future
- How to identify a trend, key support, resistance levels, and more
- Some common chart patterns including pennants, head-and-shoulders, flags, and triangles
- And more
At the End You Will:
Understand common chart patterns… Know the “gotchas” of relying too much on charts… Be ready to use charts as a tool to inform your investing decisions.
The Asset Class Universe
The core asset class universe is made up of equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and digital assets.
This 7-lesson module focuses on getting to know that universe (and most importantly, how the ‘planets’ in the universe interact).
What You’ll Learn:
- How to identify the common drivers behind asset price performance
- A top-down framework to understand and manage the asset class universe
- Why bonds are less intimidating than they may appear at first
- How to get to know the relationships between equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and digital assets
- How to apply asset class fundamentals to your own investing
- And more
At the End You Will:
Understand the different players in the asset class universe… Know the relationships between all the players… Feel comfortable building hypotheses based on these relationships.
The Science (& Art) of Building a Portfolio
By now, you’ll have a solid foundation in charts, investing psychology, asset classes, and market drivers.
This 6-lesson module covers the entire process of portfolio management — from expressing a single trade idea to building a robust portfolio suitable to your needs.
What You’ll Learn:
- The golden rules of risk management
- The tricky game of understanding correlations in your own portfolio
- How to think about and manage liquidity risk, volatility, and leverage
- Why risk management and portfolio construction are perhaps the most important part of the whole investment process
- How to approach portfolio construction based on your individual circumstances
- And more
At the End You Will:
Feel more confident constructing and managing your own portfolio… Be able to apply the ‘rules’ of risk management… Be able to tailor your portfolio construction based on you instead of applying a general structure and hoping for the best.
How You’ll Learn:
The course is designed to develop your approach to investing. Even if you have been doing it for years, it will force you to go back and stress test your process, something any investor and trader should do.
Here’s the approach to each module:
- First, we cover the core ideas and concepts for each module in the Basics
- Then we review these ideas and concepts in laidback Discussions with Roger Hirst, Jamie McDonald and James Helliwell. Here, you’ll learn different nuances from 3 pros who each look at markets differently
- Next, we unlock the insights from the Real Vision archives and learn From the Pros, including Raoul Pal, Chris Cole, Lyn Alden, Mark Ritchie II, and Pierre Andurand
- Then, Roger pulls it altogether in action-focused Workshops, which feature practical activities, actionable strategies, and various investing scenarios – all the real world stuff.
Plus…
- A module handbook, plus extra resources
- Chatting with fellow Academy members on Real Vision
The Game of Investing
It’s easy to think the Game of Investing is rigged, or that the markets (or their players) want to mess you up. Reality is that it’s about assessing inputs of information to generate money-making investments. Simple(!)
This 3-lesson module focuses on the broader game, some of its core rules, and some principles to help you navigate the playing field, the players, and the mistakes they make.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to figure out your own investing style instead of relying on others
- Why the idea of “Mr. Market” is B.S. (and so is the idea of an investing “holy grail”)
- The actual first steps you need to take to conquer the inner game of investing
- The 4 core market truths you need to put on a Post-It beside your computer
- How to assess your ‘5 types of capital’ (not just your financial capital)
- How to use context to rein in the wall of information we’re all bombarded with everyday
- And more
At the End You Will:
Be an emotionally more self-aware investor… Learn (or confirm) your investing style… Curate your information diet wisely.
The Stuff That Drives Markets
Market drivers are a kind of Russian doll ecosystem, with a number of trends of various time horizons co-existing at any one point in time.
This 7-module lesson will give you a solid foundation in understanding co-existing (and seemingly conflicting) trends – because if the trends don’t make sense to you, you’ll feel in the dark with your portfolio…
What You’ll Learn:
- The 3 broad categories of market drivers
- How the hell you’re meant to integrate different categories of market drivers into one portfolio
- Why you can get an edge by finding the trend inside the trend
- The relationship between central banks and market drivers
- How to juggle several time horizons at once
- How to set and track market drivers yourself
At the End You Will:
Understand the ecosystem of market drivers… Know how to track market drivers yourself… Stress-test your portfolio with your new knowledge of market drivers.
The Art (& Science) of Charts
Like most tools in investing, charts need to be handled carefully and well if they are to help you stack the probabilities in your favor and manage risk well enough that you get to continue to play the game.
This 6-lesson module focuses on the value of charts as a tool in everyone’s framework.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why charts are your “best friend and worst enemy all at once”
- How to use charts to help you filter ideas and see a ton of information in one place
- The classic mistakes investors make when using charts
- Exactly why charts are not predictors of the future
- How to identify a trend, key support, resistance levels, and more
- Some common chart patterns including pennants, head-and-shoulders, flags, and triangles
- And more
At the End You Will:
Understand common chart patterns… Know the “gotchas” of relying too much on charts… Be ready to use charts as a tool to inform your investing decisions.
The Asset Class Universe
The core asset class universe is made up of equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and digital assets.
This 7-lesson module focuses on getting to know that universe (and most importantly, how the ‘planets’ in the universe interact).
What You’ll Learn:
- How to identify the common drivers behind asset price performance
- A top-down framework to understand and manage the asset class universe
- Why bonds are less intimidating than they may appear at first
- How to get to know the relationships between equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and digital assets.
- How to apply asset class fundamentals to your own investing
- And more
At the End You Will:
Understand the different players in the asset class universe… Know the relationships between all the players… Feel comfortable building hypotheses based on these relationships.
The Science (& Art) of Building a Portfolio
By now, you’ll have a solid foundation in charts, investing psychology, asset classes, and market drivers.
This 6-lesson module covers the entire process of portfolio management – from expressing a single trade idea to building a robust portfolio suitable to your needs.
What You’ll Learn:
- The golden rules of risk management
- The tricky game of understanding correlations in your own portfolio
- How to think about and manage liquidity risk, volatility, and leverage
- Why risk management and portfolio construction are perhaps the most important part of the whole investment process
- How to approach portfolio construction based on your individual circumstances
- And more
At the End You Will:
Feel more confident constructing and managing your own portfolio… Be able to apply the ‘rules’ of risk management… Be able to tailor your portfolio construction based on you instead of applying a general structure and hoping for the best.
How You’ll Learn:
The course is designed to develop your approach to investing. Even if you have been doing it for years, it will force you to go back and stress test your process, something any investor and trader should do.
Here’s the approach to each module:
- First, we cover the core ideas and concepts for each module in the Basics
- Then we review these ideas and concepts in laidback Discussions with Roger Hirst, Jamie McDonald and James Helliwell. Here, you’ll learn different nuances from 3 pros who each look at markets differently
- Next, we unlock the insights from the Real Vision archives and learn From the Pros, including Raoul Pal, Chris Cole, Lyn Alden, Mark Ritchie II, and Pierre Andurand
- Then, Roger pulls it altogether in action-focused Workshops, which feature practical activities, actionable strategies, and various investing scenarios – all the real world stuff.
Plus…
- A module handbook, plus extra resources
- Chatting with fellow Academy members on Real Vision
Learn from the Best Professional Investors in the World
By the pros. For the people.
You know that saying — “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur”?
Same deal with investing. If you choose a crappy course from a so-called “guru” you’re in for an expensive time.
With The Real Investing Course, you’ll learn from the best professional investors in the world. Meet your hosts on this journey…
Roger Hirst
Global macro master and explainer.
- Currently Managing Editor at Real Vision Creative Studios
- Formerly in equity derivative sales specializing in macro opportunities
- “When I see Roger, I click.” — Matthew T.
Maggie Lake
Incisive journalist and story-teller extraordinaire.
- Currently Senior Editor and Host at Real Vision
- Former business anchor and correspondent at CNN International
- “We need more Maggie. Repeat, we need more Maggie.” – Julian C.
Jamie McDonald
Multi-hyphenate presenter, writer, and financial teacher.
- Currently Presenter at Real Vision
- Former portfolio manager at Point 72 Management and elsewhere
- “Excellent! So well explained, Jamie. Keep bringing these.” – Victor F.
James Helliwell
A skin-in-the-game pro who practices what he teaches.
- Currently Macro Analyst at Real Vision Creative Studios
- Former CIO managing multi-asset portfolios
- Previously worked with Lex van Dam at the LvD Trading Academy
- “His love of the investing game is so clear.” – Dan S.
And Featuring...
The Real Investing Course distills valuable takeaways from thousands of hours of Real Vision interviews that are otherwise lost in the archives. Okay — maybe not exactly lost, but we dug deep for the gems so you don’t have to.
Along the way, you’ll meet:
Learn How YOU Want (And What You Need)
For the speed-readers, here are the words beta-testers kept using to describe The Real Investing Course…
Clarity
This is not the type of course that fires a ton of jargon at you at breakneck speed. Or the type of course that fires academic terminology at you without grounding it in the real world.
Power
The Real Investing Course unlocks the value of 'regular' Real Vision content by finally putting the full picture together. After all, finding valuable content is half the battle in today’s information bull market.
Entertainment
What do a bar, an underground bunker, and a cinema have to do with investing education? They’re filming locations for The Real Investing Course. Not a classroom in sight…
Collective
There is no other course in the world that brings together insights from so many professional investors with skin in the game.
Community
You’ll be discussing everything from the building blocks to how core principles work in reality, united with a community of investors (that’s you) to accelerate your learning together.
Efficiency
Who doesn’t love the idea of getting thousands of hours worth of knowledge delivered in under 10?
The Early Results Are In
A brand new course with feedback? That's the power of beta-testing with a crowd.
Before bringing The Real Investing Course to the world, we beta-tested it with first a few hundred, and then a few thousand people.
The advice we got from them has already helped us make the course even better (we want your advice when you join, too). And the feedback has been phenomenal…
Love the 3 discussing in the pub. Loads of alpha there. I need some time to digest it all but great stuff. I was relying on input from others before because I didn’t think I was capable of making my own decisions but after this I’ll be taking charge of my own trades.
— Paul W.
Wow – I am 3 quarters through and I feel like Neo in The Matrix when, after receiving a huge download of data he sits up and announces to the world – “I know Kung Fu!” Fantastic.
— Gary W.
Early impressions – bloody amazing!!! I am extremely excited.
— Tej D.
Many things I have seen before are generally trying to make you like the individual who is teaching. If you follow this and make your own thesis, trading strategy you really should become quite independent.
— TheEmotionlessRobot
In the time it takes you to read a single book you can listen to and even engage 10 super pros to absorb their decades of experience. One hour watching RV has the potential to change your life. One hour of cable financial media you spent half of it watching commercials and the other half barely dipping below the substance of the headline.
— JRMSr
There’s really a great range of top investors here who provide fantastic advice.
— Paul
Exactly the kind of high-quality, grounded, and honest market education that brought me to RV in the 1st place.
— TheRealMojo
I am like 1/3 my way through the course, taking my time going through the resource, and I must say wow. Thank you RV team for providing real value. Eager to continue the course, keep learning, and apply what I am learning.
— FightClub
I really enjoyed it, the delivery style is very RV and makes this generally dry content easily consumable. It really is a course on how to think about markets and start building a framework for investing…
— Bexley
Save on The Real Investing Course
We've brought the cost down to hundreds for a course that "should" cost thousands.
Here’s the deal with The Real Investing Course — it’s designed to be immediately useful to you, even if you’re completely new to investing (or you’re more experienced)… Even if you’re sitting on the investing sidelines right now… and even if you don’t have much free time.
It’s the result of combing thousands of hours of Real Vision footage, spending thousands of hours on developing and filming the course, and using a course that costs thousands of dollars — Lex Van Dam’s Million Dollar Traders Course — as our underlying structure.
Of course, charging several thousand dollars wouldn’t exactly be in line with our mission to democratize financial education.
So you’re not invited to join The Real Investing Course for several thousand dollars…
Join today for $699 and you’ll get access to:
- The Real Investing Course:
A game-changing course that will immediately help you become a more successful investor. - The Real Vision Academy:
Access to every single expert-led course we release as part of the Academy in the coming year, focused on different approaches and trading strategies. - Real Vision Plus Membership:
Daily interviews with investing pros, where you will see what you learn in The Real Investing Course play out in the real world.
Upgrade today and get a further discount
with your existing membership credits.
Know What's Under the Hood Before You Join
Because despite the last couple of years in markets, numbers still matter.
The blood, sweat, tears and beers that went into this are not exactly quantifiable. But what’s under the hood is…
10 → The hours of video that made the final cut
1,000s → The hours of Real Vision interviews we curated this course from (approx…!)
70 → The number of additional resources curated for you to go deeper
4,999 → What the course would have cost you before now
1,000s → Number of people-hours, filming, editing, location set-up and more
Only 1 → Harley
Full Disclosure: We cannot promise Harley (bottom-left with the paws) now understands the yield curve.
Academy Roadmap
Continuous Learning...
Launching a full investing course distilling the best of Real Vision and led by the pros should be enough for one day, right?
Not quite…
The Real Investing Course is part of The Real Vision Academy — the future of learning at Real Vision. Yes, The Real Investing Course is our absolute must-watch on investing fundamentals…
But on our roadmap is a series of courses from the pros you love seeing on Real Vision. We’ll be focusing on different types of approaches, frameworks, trading strategies and styles… and creating places and moments for the community to come together to help each other, too.
What does that mean if you get The Real Investing Course today?
It means you’ll also get immediate access to Technical Trading with Dave Floyd and Trading Strategy with Peter Brandt.
It’s all wrapped up in your Real Vision Plus membership.
Yep. This is one of the most important developments in Real Vision history.
So, are you in?
Available
The Real Investing Course
Available
Technical Trading with Dave Floyd
Available
Trading Strategy with Peter Brandt
Available
DeMark Indicators with Tom DeMark
Available
Trading Options with Imran Lakha
Lots more to come...
Academy Roadmap
Continuous Learning...
Launching a full investing course distilling the best of Real Vision and led by the pros should be enough for one day, right?
Not quite…
The Real Investing Course is part of The Real Vision Academy — the future of learning at Real Vision. Yes, The Real Investing Course is our absolute must-watch on investing fundamentals…
But on our roadmap is a series of courses from the pros you love seeing on Real Vision. We’ll be focusing on different types of approaches, frameworks, trading strategies and styles… and creating places and moments for the community to come together to help each other, too.
What does that mean if you get The Real Investing Course today?
It means you’ll also get immediate access to Technical Trading with Dave Floyd and Trading Strategy with Peter Brandt.
It’s all wrapped up in your Real Vision Plus membership.
Yep. This is one of the most important developments in Real Vision history.
So, are you in?
July 26
The Real Investing Course
July 26
Technical Trading with Dave Floyd
July 26
Trading Strategy with Peter Brandt
Coming Soon
DeMark Indicators with Tom DeMark
Coming Soon
Trading Options with Imran Lakha
September
Lots more to come...
Frequently Asked Questions
The Real Investing Course is for you if
✓ You’ve been searching for a single credible source of financial learning
✓ You want to learn from professional investors with skin in the game
✓ You want to build foundations so you can generate and be confident in your trade ideas and framework
✓ You don’t have a lot of time to watch hundreds of videos
✓ You find it tough to apply textbook learning to real world situations
The Real Investing Course is probably not for you if…
✗ You’d rather be given trade ideas instead of creating your own
✗ You’d prefer to learn one system of trading rather than understanding the big picture
✗ You’d prefer to learn from just one person
Get access to everything for just $699… So, what’s everything?
- Our flagship move into financial education, The Real Investing Course
- New courses from the pros, including Dave Floyd and Peter Brandt
- One full year of access to everything created by Real Vision Academy
- One full year of access to Real Vision Plus membership, including daily Real Vision interviews with professional traders, investors, geopolitical analysts, and much more.
Excluding time you might spend on the extra resources provided with each module, The Real Investing Course clocks in at a little under 10 hours of your time.
And we know that’s a good use of your time, because we went through thousands of hours to find the very best.
Yes please. The Real Investing Course and the Academy are living, breathing things — we want you all to have actual say in improving the existing courses and figuring out what we create next.
Please drop us an email (or 10…!) with your advice and thoughts at academy@realvision.com.
While The Real Investing Course doesn’t cover crypto as a module, the crypto and macro universes have collided so much that they’re practically the same universe now.
Plus, thousands of our Pro Crypto members beta tested The Real Investing Course and their feedback has been phenomenal…
“This is bringing Real Vision to a whole new level.” — Bartek K.
“Real Vision really blew me away as I went through all the parts… Just awesome.” — Gord P.
“Excellent course. Top notch material. Great links to additional reference materials.” — Vikas L.
About Real Vision
Real Vision is a finance and education streaming service you can watch basically anywhere (mobile, desktop, tablet, smart TV).
Real Vision doesn’t have a single editorial view. We bring on the most diverse set of minds on all topics filtered through the lens of markets.
The result?
300,000+ Real Vision members get a competitive edge like no other on the planet…
