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Private futures trading community

99% of traders lose. Join the 1% that win.

Against The Odds is a private futures trading community built on strict risk management and consistency. Get real-time alerts, live trading sessions, weekly coaching and mentorship from traders who do this every day.

Become a member Why 99% lose

Education only · Not financial advice · Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss

The reality

Why most traders never make it.

Decades of research on real trading accounts point to the same few habits that make traders unprofitable.

They overtrade.

Of 66,465 households studied, the most active traders earned 11.4% a year while the market made 17.9%.

Barber & Odean, 2000

They cut winners and ride losers.

Traders sell winning positions too early and hold losing ones, hoping they come back.

Odean, 1998 · 10,000 accounts

They can’t prove an edge.

Across 15 years of data, fewer than 1% of day traders were reliably profitable after fees.

Barber, Lee, Liu & Odean, 2014
1.1%

of futures day traders who kept at it for 300+ days earned more than minimum wage. 97% lost money.

Index futures · 1,551 traders · Chague, De-Losso & Giovannetti, 2019

Too many trades, losers held too long, no proven edge. Every one is a discipline problem. That’s why everything inside ATO starts with strict risk management and consistency.

Sources: Chague, De-Losso & Giovannetti, “Day Trading for a Living?” (2019) · Barber & Odean, “Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth,” Journal of Finance (2000) · Odean, “Are Investors Reluctant to Realize Their Losses?,” Journal of Finance (1998) · Barber, Lee, Liu & Odean, “The Cross-Section of Speculator Skill,” Journal of Financial Markets (2014)

Membership

One membership. Everything included.

Pick how you pay. Every plan gets full access.

Yearly

Best value

$240/ year

Just $20 a month. Save $120 over paying monthly.

Go yearly

Every plan includes

  • Real-time trade alerts
  • Weekly group coaching calls with live Q&A and trade breakdowns
  • Trade reviews: post your trades and get direct feedback from us
  • Live trading sessions
  • Pre-market analysis: key levels, targets and bias before the open
  • Access to the members-only chat
  • Education library
  • Risk management tools to size every trade and cap your daily losses
  • Trading psychology: build the discipline to follow your plan, take losses without tilting and stop revenge trading

Membership pays for access to content, tools and community, not trading outcomes. No refunds for trading losses, missed trades or failed evaluations. Lifetime access lasts for as long as Against The Odds operates.

FAQ

Straight answers.

I’m a complete beginner. Is this for me?

Yes, if you’re willing to learn. Start in the basics and glossary channels, practice on a simulator, and use live trading to see how decisions get made before you put real money on the line.

Do I need to quit my job?

No, and we’d tell you not to. Keep your income while you learn. Escaping the 9–5 is the goal, not step one.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. Monthly and yearly plans can be cancelled whenever you want, and you keep access until the end of the period you paid for.

Will I make money?

We can’t promise that, and anyone who does isn’t being straight with you. We give you the alerts, the coaching, the live sessions and the people around you. The work is on you.

Is this financial advice?

No. Everything we share is for education only. Every trade you take is your own decision.

Can I get a refund if a trade goes wrong?

Your membership pays for access to content and community, not trading outcomes. We don’t issue refunds for trading losses, missed trades or failed evaluations.

Every trader in the 1% started exactly where you are.

The difference is they didn’t quit. Start building your system today.

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