Prosper Trading Academy

What Prosper Trading Academy does

Prosper Trading Academy is a privately held, Chicago-based trading education company that operates a self-serve online platform selling specialized educational programs to retail traders. Founded in 2017 and operating through Prosper Trading Academy LLC (with an affiliated T3 Prosper Trading LLC entity), the company is structured around seven productized trading tracks — Options Volatility, AI Stocks and Options, Momentum Stocks, Short Term Options, Cryptocurrency, Penny Stocks, and Futures Algo — each led by a credentialed professional trading instructor (PTI) with prior institutional experience at firms such as Goldman Sachs, CBOE, CME, CBOT, Great Point Capital, and Knight Financial Products.

The company's technology stack centers on three integrated surfaces: (i) an Online Campus delivering hundreds of on-demand video lessons, (ii) Live Signal Trading Rooms providing real-time interactive coaching per asset class, and (iii) an A.I. Trade Finder tool that scans thousands of equities each morning using standard technical indicators (RSI, EMAs, SMAs, support/resistance, chart patterns) to surface trade ideas. The platform also publishes hypothetical Live Trade Signals for educational validation and is supported by third-party data feeds from Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance, and Xignite, alongside EZ Texting for alerts.

The business model is predominantly subscription-based across the seven programs, augmented by recurring fees for Live Signal Trading Rooms, single/group mentorship sessions, and an affiliate revenue stream from a marketing agreement with tastytrade for brokerage referrals. Go-to-market is product-led and content-driven: free guides (Options Essentials, Swing/Trend Trading eBooks), YouTube, the Market Minds podcast, blog content, and email capture serve as top-of-funnel lead generation, while a no-refunds policy applies to all purchases. The customer base is horizontal retail — beginner through advanced individual traders — with no disclosed enterprise or institutional segment.

Name

Prosper Trading Academy

Legal name

Prosper Trading Academy LLC

Website

https://prospertrading.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Prosper Trading Academy is a Chicago-based retail trading education platform selling subscription programs in options, equities, crypto, and futures, delivered via an online campus, live signal rooms, and an AI-branded trade-finding tool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Educational Programs and Courses: Revenue generated from specialized trading educational programs including Options Volatility, AI Stocks and Options, Momentum Stocks, Short Term Options, Cryptocurrency, Penny Stocks, and Futures Algo courses. Programs are sold directly through the website with no refunds policy.
2. Live Signal Trading Rooms: Monthly/recurring access fees for interactive live signal trading rooms where coaches work with members in real-time watching the market.
3. Single and Group Mentorship Sessions: Coaching sessions where members get exclusive access to both single and group coaching to get answers to specific trading questions.
4. Marketing Agreement Revenue: Compensation received from tastytrade for recommending their brokerage services through a marketing agreement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Prosper Trading Academy is a trading education company that sells specialized educational programs across multiple asset classes, including Options Volatility, AI Stocks and Options, Momentum Stocks, Short Term Options, Cryptocurrency, Penny Stocks, and Futures Algo. Instruction is delivered through an integrated Online Campus with on-demand video lessons, interactive Live Signal Trading Rooms, Single and Group Mentorship Sessions, and hypothetical live trade signals. Courses are taught by professional trading instructors with backgrounds at Goldman Sachs, CBOE, CME, and other institutional trading firms.

Product overview

Prosper Trading Academy is a trading education company offering a platform of multiple specialized educational programs taught by professional trading instructors. The core portfolio includes Options Volatility (Scott Bauer), AI Stocks and Options (Charles Moon), Momentum Stocks, Short Term Options (Mike Shorr), Cryptocurrency (Howard Greenberg), Penny Stocks, and Futures Algo (Dan O'Brien). These programs are delivered through an integrated platform combining on-demand video lessons via the Online Campus, Live Signal Trading Rooms for real-time market practice, and Single & Group Mentorship Sessions. Additional offerings include the A.I. Trade Finder tool for identifying high-profit trade opportunities, plus free resources like the Options Essentials Guide and educational eBooks on swing and trend trading. The Academy's educational approach emphasizes hypothetical Live Trade Signals as research and training tools rather than specific investment advice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Options Volatility: Trading education program focused on options volatility strategies, led by Scott Bauer.
• AI Stocks and Options
• Momentum Stocks
• Short Term Options
• Cryptocurrency
• Futures Algo
• Penny Stocks

Products and services

• Options Volatility Program A specialized trading education track focused on options volatility strategies, taught by Scott Bauer with nearly 30 years of market experience including positions at CBOE, CME, and Goldman Sachs. Targeted at individual traders seeking to learn options volatility trading.
• AI Stocks and Options Program A trading education track combining artificial intelligence tools with stocks and options trading strategies, taught by Charles Moon, former proprietary equities trader with Great Point Capital LLC. Designed for individual traders interested in AI-assisted trading approaches.
• Momentum Stocks Program A comprehensive program covering momentum stock trading strategies, focusing on long plays and following long-term market trends, with live signal trading room access. Taught by Charles Moon.
• Short Term Options Program A program focused on short-term options trading strategies, taught by Mike Shorr who began his career as a derivatives floor trader at CME and CBOT. Designed for individual traders seeking short-duration options strategies.
• Cryptocurrency Program A specialized education track covering cryptocurrency trading strategies, taught by Howard Greenberg. Designed for individual traders interested in crypto markets.
• Penny Stocks Program A trading education track focused on penny stock trading strategies and techniques. Targeted at individual retail traders interested in low-priced stocks.
• Futures Algo Program An algorithmic futures trading education program taught by Dan O'Brien, covering automated trading methodologies. Designed for individual traders seeking algorithmic futures strategies.
• Million Dollar Trading Patterns Training A two-hour training course by Charlie Moon revealing his proprietary million dollar trading patterns and teaching how to use them to take advantage of market-moving events. Targeted at individual traders.
• Online Campus A fully integrated online learning platform with hundreds of on-demand video lessons from professional trading instructors, accessible through membership registration. Targeted at enrolled individual trader students.
• Live Signal Trading Rooms Interactive live trading rooms where coaches work with members in real-time, watching markets and helping refine trading skills. Each asset class has its own room with a coach.
• Single & Group Mentorship Sessions Exclusive coaching sessions where members get access to both single and group coaching to get answers to specific trading questions. Available to enrolled students.

Quantifiable outcome

• A.I. Trade Finder identified Bullish Burst setup in Visa 13 times with 10 winning trades generating cumulative returns over 436%

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• tastytrademinorGTM or Marketing PartnerProsper Trading Academy has entered into a marketing agreement with tastytrade, Inc. whereby Prosper receives compensation to recommend tastytrade's brokerage services. The company explicitly states this should not be deemed as an endorsement or recommendation of Prosper by tastytrade.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Tradier: Brokerage and trading-infrastructure provider; not a direct competitor but ecosystem partner — brokerage platforms and education platforms like Prosper are increasingly intertwined through affiliate and API integrations.

Direct peers

• Warrior Trading: Day trading education company offering chat rooms, courses, and mentorship with a similar coach-led subscription model; highly comparable on customer persona (active retail traders) and product structure (live rooms + curriculum).
• Investors Underground: Day trading and swing trading education community with chat rooms, mentoring, and proprietary scanners; targets the same active retail trader persona and uses a similar subscription + mentorship monetization approach.
• Bear Bull Traders: Online day-trading education platform with live trading rooms, courses, and mentoring run by a team of instructors; competes head-to-head for retail traders seeking community + structured curriculum.
• Simpler Trading: Subscription-based trading education platform offering live trading rooms, options and futures courses, and mentorship with professional instructors — directly comparable model, target customer (active retail traders), and delivery format (online campus + live rooms).
• Option Alpha: Options-focused education and automated trading bot platform; overlaps Prosper's Options Volatility and AI Stocks tracks and uses a similar recurring-subscription model plus proprietary tooling.
• tastytrade: Financial media network and brokerage education platform that serves the same retail options/trading audience and is already a Prosper affiliate partner, providing content, live trading content, and education that directly overlaps Prosper's core offerings.

Broad incumbents

• SMB Capital: Proprietary trading firm that also runs structured trader education programs (SMB University) and mentorship for active traders; comparable professional-instructor pedigree and mentorship-driven curriculum.
• Trading Academy: Long-established multi-asset trading education provider offering in-person and online courses across stocks, options, forex, and futures — broader portfolio than Prosper but directly competing for the same retail-trader learner segment.
• TD Ameritrade Network (now Schwab Network): Brokerage-affiliated educational media network where Prosper coaches regularly appear; serves the same retail investor/trader audience with free education and competes for attention as a 'first touch' before paid programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/prospertrading
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/ProsperTradingAcademy
• Facebookfacebook.com/prospertradingacademy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prosper-trading-academy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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