Technical analysis · Taught as a discipline · Since 2007
Learn to read the chart before you risk the capital.
The chart was never the problem. Reading it was. Start with the free Trading 101 course and train your eye before the market charges you tuition.
Free · No card · You'll see charts differently by lesson three
Since 200731,000+ traders trained160+ countriesMentors trade their own capitalInterviewed: Nasdaq & TradingView
Who you'll ride with
You came to make money. Come make it with thoroughbreds.
Every market has two kinds of participants: the ones who take money out, and the ones who provide it. Skill decides which one you are — and skill is trained, not downloaded from someone's highlight reel.
Grok mentors aren't influencers reading a script. They're operators — trading their own capital at the same open, on the same charts, with the same risk on the line as you. When they teach you an entry, they took it.
Get rich quick. Get good first. The market exposes the rest.
Student proof
Traders who came for the money — and built the skill that gets it.
They actually teach you to read a chart before anything else. No secret indicators, no proprietary software pitch — just the skill. The mentors trade themselves and explain why something works, not just what to click.
I had never even dabbled in trading, so I found value in the foundational 101 and 201 courses. The 301 Mentorship is where things started to really click — and after the 401 Masterclass, I feel like I have a structured system and clear process that makes this tangible and doable.
The unlimited re-takes on 301 & 401 classes allow people new to trading to learn and absorb at your own pace. There is no worry about "not getting it" before your access to a program or mentor runs out.
Reviews reflect individual experiences, not typical results. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. We say that plainly — the people who won't are the ones you should worry about.
The path
One door in. Everything opens through 101.
The advanced rooms are real — and nobody skips the foundation here, because the foundation is what makes the rest work. Step one is free. Prove yourself on it.
Trading 101
Free · No card · Start now
Candlesticks, structure, trend, and the risk rules most traders learn after it's expensive. Finish it and you'll read a chart better than people who've traded for years.
Start the free course 201Trading 201
Unlocks through 101
Tutorials that drill pattern recognition to reflex. Setups, entries, exits, position sizing — knowledge turned into execution under pressure.
Begins at 101 301Mentorship 301
Unlocks through 101
Trade beside mentors running their own capital. Free retakes — and we stay in your corner until the process holds. The model since 2007.
Begins at 101 401Master Trader 401
2 days · Unlocks through 101
Two days of advanced execution for traders ready to operate at the highest level we teach.
Begins at 101Beyond the courses: trading algorithms and the live day trading room. Same door.
Built by traders
Built by a trader who's seen every rookie mistake twice.
Des Woodruff has been trading since 1998 and teaching it since 2007 — through dot-com wreckage, 2008, meme mania, and every "new paradigm" in between. Grok Trade exists because most trading education is built by marketers, and it shows.
Here, the standard is simple: instructors trade their own capital, students learn to read the chart themselves, and nobody graduates on hope. That discipline earned him interviews with Nasdaq and TradingView — not because of performance screenshots, but because of the methodology.
Grok Trade is a faith-based company — and you'll see it in the model, not the marketing. Stewardship over speculation. Protect what you've been entrusted with. Tell the truth about risk, every time.
Des Woodruff · Founder & Lead Instructor
Free Trading 101 · Since 2007
The market punishes guessing. Build the skill first.
The first lessons are free — because once you can read the chart, you won't need convincing.
Start the Free 101 CourseNo income screenshots · No countdown timers · Just the skill