HL Camp & Company

What HL Camp & Company does

HL Camp & Company is a privately held, Palm Beach-based program trading research firm founded in 1975 and operated by Hank Camp. The firm generates daily, pre-market intelligence on institutional program trading activity in Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 100 (OEX), and NASDAQ 100 (NDX) constituents — capturing every large block trade, computing proprietary execution-timing levels, and extending historical pattern data forward in time. Its technical backbone is a multi-server commodity cluster (24 quad-core CPUs at 3.00 GHz, Red Hat Linux/PDQ) feeding Secret Algo Nine and the Four Color Pattern Recognition System, which outputs six daily program trading prices at 9:00 AM ET to subscribers.

Its commercial offering is built around four products: (1) Program Trading Research, a recurring subscription of nightly and morning reports covering premium execution levels, buy/sell program timing, and daily game plans; (2) Program Trading Clocks, a quarterly subscription product priced at $1,600 standalone ($1,300 for existing research subscribers) that visualizes program trading execution times synchronized to Chicago Time; (3) Program Trading Seminars, an in-person curriculum split into a $2,225 Level 101 foundational course and a $2,225 Level 501 advanced course (or $3,950 bundled), with SEC/FINRA CE-credit accreditation; and (4) Program Trading Live, a real-time intraday feed. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-customer via website, phone (+1 561.747.5000), and email — there are no channel partners, resellers, or third-party distributors.

Customers span NYSE members, CME members, hedge funds, market makers, mutual fund managers, stockbrokers, and SEC/CFTC-registered professional traders. The firm claims to monitor activity of more than 50 major program trading firms (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Citadel Securities, Two Sigma, and others) and to deliver timing intelligence used by HFT desks, market makers, and sophisticated individual traders. Pricing is positioned at the high end of retail education (seminars) and mid-tier recurring subscriptions (research and clocks), with explicit refund and suitability disclaimers consistent with a financial-advisory oriented business.

Name

HL Camp & Company

Legal name

HL Camp & Co.

Website

https://programtrading.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HL Camp & Company is a private, Palm Beach-based program trading research firm founded in 1975 that delivers proprietary daily execution-timing intelligence, pattern recognition systems, and seminars to professional traders, hedge funds, market makers, and institutional trading desks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Research Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSACANAE

OTC Derivatives Market Making (Swaps & Options)

Financial & Insurance/Capital Markets & Securities/Market Making & Liquidity Provisioning

Keywords

• Program trading research
• Algorithmic trading strategies
• Trading market timing
• Financial research services
• Trading education seminars

Headquarters

HQ city

Palm Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Program Trading Research Subscription: Nightly and morning research reports delivered before market open covering program trading pattern recognition, premium execution levels, buy/sell program timing, S&P and Dow statistics, support and resistance levels, and daily game plan recommendations. Free daily execution levels available as public service; full timing information behind paid subscription.
2. Program Trading Seminars: In-person educational seminars (Program Trading 101 and 501) offered at $2,225 each, or $3,950 for both (savings of $500). Seminars cover program trading fundamentals, data feeds, technical indicators, pattern recognition, and trading strategies. Space is intentionally limited for personal attention. CE credits available for SEC/FINRA compliance.
3. Program Trading Clocks Subscription: Standalone quarterly subscription at $1,600/quarter for clock access. Discounted at $1,300/quarter for existing Program Trading Research subscribers. Includes visual clock interpretations of program trading times synchronized to Chicago Time.
4. Program Trading Daily Report Subscription: Daily report identifying which stocks are being bought and sold by program trading firms and which algorithm is set for high frequency trading. Delivered as a subscription product for day traders and trading firms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

HL Camp & Company provides subscription-based program trading research reports delivered nightly and before market open, covering program trading pattern recognition, premium execution levels, and buy/sell program timing for S&P, Dow, NASDAQ, OEX, and NDX instruments. The firm also sells standalone timing tools (Program Trading Clocks), real-time feeds (Program Trading Live), stock-specific reports, and in-person educational seminars (Program Trading 101 and 501) covering proprietary indicators such as PREM and TIKI and the Four Color Pattern Recognition System.

Product overview

HL Camp & Company offers a suite of financial research and educational products centered on program trading intelligence. The core offering is Program Trading Research, providing daily reports on program trading patterns, premium execution levels, and market timing. This is complemented by Program Trading Clocks (visual timing tools) and Program Trading Live (real-time feeds). The company provides two seminar tiers: Program Trading 101 (fundamental course, $2,225) and Program Trading 501 (advanced course covering proprietary PREM and TIKI indicators, $2,225, or $3,950 for both). Proprietary tools include the PREM indicator (which predicts S&P direction over 90% of the time) and the Four Color Pattern Recognition System (blue, yellow, green, red patterns). Subscription products include daily reports and stock-specific program trading reports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Program Trading Research: Subscription-based program trading research reports and analysis
• Program Trading Clocks
• Program Trading Live
• Program Trading Seminars

Products and services

• Program Trading Research Recurring subscription delivering nightly and pre-market research reports covering program trading pattern recognition, buy/sell program execution levels, and market timing information for professional traders, trading firms, and managed funds trading S&P, Dow, NASDAQ, OEX, and NDX stocks, futures, and options.
• Program Trading Clocks Quarterly subscription visual timing tool showing precise program trading execution times synchronized to Chicago Time, designed for Market Makers, Hedge Funds, and High Frequency Trading firms to position systems on the long or short side.
• Program Trading Live Real-time information service enabling traders and trading firms to receive live updates on program trading activity as it occurs during the trading day.
• Program Trading Stock Reports Subscription-based reports identifying which specific stocks within the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 100 Index, and NASDAQ 100 Index are being bought or sold most heavily during program trading execution periods.
• Program Trading 101 Seminar In-person Level One educational seminar covering fundamentals of computer-assisted program trading, data feeds, technical indicators, Fair Value, and introductory pattern recognition, priced at $2,225 per attendee with limited class size for personal attention; CE credits available for SEC/FINRA compliance.
• Program Trading 501 Seminar Advanced in-person Level Two seminar covering PREM and TIKI indicators in depth, Four Color pattern recognition, multiple-day closing direction patterns, and the Seven Secrets to trading success; priced at $2,225 per attendee, requires completion of Program Trading 101, and offers CE credits.
• Program Trading 101 & 501 Seminar Bundle Combined bundle of Program Trading 101 and 501 seminars on the same weekend for $3,950, providing the full curriculum from fundamentals through advanced pattern recognition at a $500 discount versus attending separately.

Quantifiable outcome

• PREM indicator leads the market over 95% of the time
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trade-Ideas: AI-powered stock scanning and trading signal platform offering real-time alerts and pattern recognition. Comparable in providing algorithmic trading signals and pattern-based intelligence to active traders, though with a more retail/platform focus than HL Camp.
• Ned Davis Research: Independent institutional research firm founded in 1980 providing technical and quantitative analysis to professional investors. Most comparable to HL Camp in terms of independent, subscription-based research model targeting sophisticated traders and institutions.
• Bianco Research: Independent macro and market structure research firm serving institutional investors. Similar subscription research model and institutional client base, though focused more on macro/market structure than program trading micro-structure.
• Online Trading Academy: Trading education provider offering in-person and online courses on trading strategies and technical analysis. Directly comparable to HL Camp's seminar business (Program Trading 101 and 501) in terms of paid educational content for active traders.
• Investors Intelligence: Long-running independent technical analysis and market timing research service founded in 1951. Similar longevity, subscription model, and focus on advisory-style market timing research for professional and retail traders.

Emerging players

• Warrior Trading: Day trading education and chat room community for active retail traders. Comparable in monetizing trading knowledge through subscription and educational products, though targeting less institutional and more retail-focused clients than HL Camp.
• TrendSpider: AI-powered technical analysis and pattern recognition platform for active traders. Comparable in offering automated pattern detection and indicator-based analysis, though as a SaaS platform rather than human-curated research.

Others

• Precipio Research: Independent financial research consultancy offering macro and quantitative research to institutional clients. Thematically related as a small, independent subscription research firm in the financial services space, though focused on macro rather than program-trading micro-structure.

Broad incumbents

• TradingView: Massive charting, technical analysis, and trading community platform with social signal-sharing features. Comparable as an indicator and pattern recognition tool, though operating at massive scale and serving primarily retail rather than institutional subscribers.
• TradeStation: Established brokerage and algorithmic trading platform with proprietary analytics and educational content for active traders. Adjacent offering — providing both platform tools and strategy education — though serving a much broader retail-to-professional market than HL Camp's niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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