About LiveStudy
LiveStudy was born in 2022 out of a simple observation: the gap between reading about trading and actually trading is enormous, and almost nothing in the market bridges it well. University courses teach theory without execution. YouTube videos teach tricks without discipline. Prop-firm evaluations test performance without teaching skills.
Our three founders—a former head of trader development at a Chicago prop firm, a fintech product leader, and an education-technology researcher—set out to build something better. They designed a platform where learners follow structured curricula while executing trades in a simulated environment that mirrors live market conditions down to the order-book microstructure.
The first cohort of 30 students graduated in early 2023. By mid-2024, LiveStudy had trained over 2,000 individuals across four program tracks, and our graduates were placing at prop firms, asset managers, and fintech companies at a rate that outpaced traditional MBA programs. Today we operate from New York and run live cohorts every quarter, with asynchronous modules available on demand.
We are funded by a combination of tuition revenue and a seed round from education and fintech investors who share our belief that access to high-quality trading education should not depend on knowing someone on a trading floor.
Our Mission
To democratize access to professional-grade trading education by combining rigorous curricula with realistic practice environments.
Our Values
Mastery Through Practice
We believe skills are built by doing, not by watching. Every concept we teach is paired with hands-on exercises in our simulation environment, because a trader who has managed a drawdown in practice handles it better the first time it happens with real capital.
Intellectual Honesty
Markets are humbling, and our curriculum reflects that. We teach risk management before strategy, emphasize what can go wrong alongside what can go right, and grade students on process quality rather than P&L alone, because sustainable performance comes from discipline.
Accessible Excellence
World-class trading education has historically been locked behind closed doors at elite firms. We are building the open alternative: affordable, structured, and taught by practitioners who have sat in the seat and managed real risk.