# GRIT Trading Academy > GRIT Trading Academy is a UK trading education company founded by Archie Spencer. It runs a structured one-year online trading course built on fundamentals first and technicals for timing, with nine modules, gated tests, live calls Monday to Thursday, 1-to-1 mentoring and a community on Skool. It is an education provider: it does not give financial advice, manage money or send trading signals, and it is not authorised or regulated by the FCA. Key facts: - Company: GRIT Trading Academy Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 16735799, incorporated 23 September 2025. Registered office: Morton Spiert Farm, Abbots Morton, Worcester, WR7 4NA. - Founder and lead educator: Archie Spencer. 7+ years trading. ABE Level 5 Diploma in Applied Financial Trading (Merit), an Ofqual-regulated qualification. - Format: fully online, one year. Nine core modules in order (Goal setting, Basic setup, Trading basics, Macro data, Indicators, Psychology, TPOs and market profile, Data, Managing capital), each ending in a test that unlocks the next. - Teaching: video lessons and slides, breakdown videos, live calls Monday to Thursday, feedback on practical tasks, 1-to-1 calls, a community on Skool, and a weekly macro outlook. - Approach: fundamentals first (interest rates, economic data, central banks, risk-on/risk-off), technicals for timing (price action, market profile, levels). - Prices (USD): Community $49/month with a 1-week free trial; Premium $3,000 for one year (6 hours of 1-to-1); VIP $5,000 for one year (5 extra modules, 14 hours of 1-to-1). Premium and VIP can be spread over 6 months interest-free. - How to join: Premium and VIP start with a free 60-minute call with Archie on Google Meet, booked at https://www.grittradingacademy.com/book-a-call/. The Community is joined on Skool. - What GRIT does not do: no trading signals or trade alerts, no copy trading, no managing money, no financial advice, no income promises. Education only; not authorised or regulated by the FCA. - Contact: contact@grittradingacademy.com, WhatsApp +44 7377 462171. ## Main pages - [How GRIT works](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/academy/): the method, the nine modules, a typical week, who it is and is not for. - [Pricing](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/pricing/): the three memberships compared. - [Founder](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/founder/): Archie Spencer, his background and qualification. - [FAQ](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/faq/): straight answers on signals, beginners, regulation, refunds, time needed and the call. - [Book a free call](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/book-a-call/): 60 minutes, 1-to-1, free. - [Testimonials](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/testimonials/): member videos and the reviews policy. - [Free guide: The London Trap](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/guide/): one complete Nasdaq futures setup written up in full. ## Free guides - [How to learn to trade from scratch: a step-by-step path](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/how-to-learn-to-trade/): A realistic, step-by-step path for learning to trade as a complete beginner: what to learn first, in what order, how long it takes, and the mistakes that cost new traders most. - [Fundamental vs technical analysis: why traders need both](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/fundamental-vs-technical-analysis/): What fundamental and technical analysis each tell you, where each one fails on its own, and how to combine them: fundamentals for the direction, technicals for the timing. - [Why you keep failing prop firm challenges, and how to fix it](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/why-traders-fail-prop-firm-challenges/): Most prop firm evaluations are failed on risk and behaviour, not analysis. How daily loss limits and trailing drawdowns work, why traders breach them, and the rules that fix it. - [Profitable on demo but losing live? Why it happens](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/demo-vs-live-trading/): Why traders who do well on a demo account struggle with real money, what changes between demo and live, and a practical plan for making the move without the usual damage. - [Trading signals vs trading education: what do you actually learn?](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/trading-signals-vs-education/): The difference between paying for trading signals and learning to trade yourself, the problems with relying on signals, how to check a provider, and what good trading education should give you. - [How economic data moves markets: CPI, jobs and interest rates explained](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/how-economic-data-moves-markets/): A plain-English guide to the economic releases that move markets, including US CPI, non-farm payrolls, FOMC and Bank of England decisions, with UK release times and how traders handle them. - [Market profile and TPO charts explained for beginners](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/market-profile-tpo-explained/): What market profile and TPO charts show, how to read the point of control, value area and initial balance, and how traders use them to build a bias and the levels they trade from. - [Information overload: how to stop strategy hopping](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/stop-strategy-hopping/): Why traders jump between strategies, why a handful of trades tells you almost nothing, how to judge a strategy with expectancy, and a simple plan for sticking with one approach long enough to know. - [How to choose a trading course in the UK: 10 questions to ask first](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/choosing-a-trading-course/): How to tell a genuine trading course from a sales funnel: ten questions to ask before paying, including income claims, structure, live teaching, risk management, refunds and FCA regulation. - [Trading risk management: position sizing, stop losses and daily limits](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/risk-management-basics/): How to size positions from your risk per trade and stop loss, with worked examples for spread betting and Nasdaq futures, plus R multiples, losing streaks and daily loss limits. - [Trading glossary](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/learn/glossary/): 38 trading terms in plain English. ## Optional - [Full text for AI assistants](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/llms-full.txt) - [Risk disclaimer](https://www.grittradingacademy.com/risk-disclaimer/)