Learn to trade with a Toronto mentor.

Forex, stocks, options and futures. Most of our Canadian students trade forex and gold on MetaTrader with a Canadian-regulated broker such as CMC Markets or OANDA. You choose your market when you enroll and your sessions are built around it. You can switch focus or add a second market later.

Eight sessions in, you should have a written plan, a setup you can repeat, rules for sizing and daily losses, a journal with a review habit, and real experience placing and managing demo trades. You'll be able to explain your own process instead of guessing. Profits are never guaranteed.

Yes, any time of year, as single sessions or a new package. Students use them to go over recent trades, plan the coming week, fix a weak area and stay accountable. Nothing renews automatically and there's no contract.

Not at all. New traders build their base here, and experienced traders book sessions for accountability, motivation and live feedback while they read the market.

No. Mentorship can't guarantee profits, a job or an accredited designation. Students who finish the required work and get their mentor's sign-off can earn AFM Certificates of Achievement at the 2, 4, 6 and 12-month marks.

Every session runs 90 minutes, single sessions included.

Choose a single 90-minute session ($280), or 1 month ($1,040), 2 months ($2,000), 3 months ($2,880), 4 months ($3,680), 5 months ($4,400), 6 months ($5,040) or 12 months ($8,400). All tuition is in Canadian dollars (CAD). The same prices apply in person in Toronto, at the Cancún bootcamp and on Zoom.

Yes, on the recommended two-month mentorship: two students save 10% each and three students save 15% each. Everyone attends the same sessions. We don't run public group classes, so a group is always one you put together yourself with friends, family or colleagues. Group discounts cannot be combined with Black Friday.

Yes, as long as everyone on the call agrees and it's for your own study. Sharing, posting or selling recordings isn't allowed and may lead to legal action.

By how much your trading improves. If a session leads to better trades, you'll book another. Results keep students coming back, not contracts. Trading is risky and no mentor can promise profits.

Same reason pro athletes keep coaches. Someone watching catches what you stop noticing: jumping in early, shifting stops, sizing up after a loss. Fixing one habit can easily be worth more than the session.

Yes. It's hands-on coaching, not a lecture. You find the structure, trend and key levels, plan entries and stops and make demo trading decisions while Michael watches, asks questions and gives feedback. Everything is adjusted to your level and platform.

Yes. Sessions can centre on scalping stocks, chart structure, price action, entry triggers, risk and daily routine. We start by assessing your goals and experience, then agree on the plan.

Yes. We cover setups in both directions, the different risks of each, where stops go, borrow availability and platform limits, and when it's smarter to sit out. A short that works on a demo may not be borrowable with your live broker.

Yes, it's the core of the program. You set your invalidation and stop before entering, size from your account risk, plan the reward-to-risk, manage the open trade and log the exit. Protecting capital comes first.

Yes. Bring screenshots, your journal and your reasoning. Together we go over entries, exits, size, whether you followed your rules and what went wrong, then update your checklist and homework.

Both. Until Christmas, private sessions can be held in person in Toronto at the Toronto Reference Library learning centre (789 Yonge St, at Yonge & Bloor), by appointment. It is a learning centre we book for sessions, not an office, so please don't drop in.

After Christmas we spend the winter in Cancún, Mexico. You are welcome to fly down and learn face-to-face: we schedule a weekend bootcamp around your dates. Zoom is available all year from anywhere. There are no public group classes; you may bring one or two friends or family members to your own sessions.

Yes. From January through the winter season we teach from Cancún, Mexico. Fly down and we schedule a private weekend bootcamp: several 90-minute sessions over two or three days, face-to-face. Bootcamp sessions count toward your program at the same tuition; travel and accommodation are yours to arrange. Tell us your dates in the enrollment form or on a free call.

Michael works through live charts and real trade ideas with you, at your level. You bring the week's trades, test the logic behind each setup, catch mistakes before they become habits and plan the coming week together.

No. You can start with market basics, finding your way around MT5, order types and risk rules, then move on to strategy.

Yes. Experienced traders often focus on execution, journaling, testing a strategy, consistency, risk control and reviewing performance.

Yes. Your one-on-one curriculum is tailored to your chosen market. Forex, gold and indices are usually taught on MetaTrader 5 with CMC Markets, or on OANDA's MT4 and TradingView platforms. Stocks and options are taught on the platform your broker provides.

Yes. In your sessions we can review economic events, market structure, key levels, possible long and short scenarios, entries, exits and invalidation for the coming trading week. You are welcome to examine the same trade ideas we are studying, but you decide independently what to trade and how much to risk.

Between sessions, follow your own plan and keep a journal in your student portal. In your next session we review the actual chart setups, decisions and mistakes. That accountability helps correct weak habits early.

Yes. Request a free 15-minute strategy call, message us on WhatsApp at +1-437-533-0073, or email hello@financialmarkets.academy before choosing a paid package.

For forex, gold and indices we use MetaTrader 5 (MT5), usually with CMC Markets Canada, which offers a free MT5 demo account. OANDA (Canada) is also popular with our students; in Canada it offers MT4, TradingView and its own platform rather than MT5. TradingView can be used for chart analysis. For stocks and options we work on the platform your broker provides, for example Interactive Brokers. DAS Trader Pro is not included by default.

We help you open a free practice (demo) account, usually an MT5 demo with CMC Markets or a demo with OANDA. A live brokerage account or a paid third-party platform subscription is not included in tuition.

Where it helps, yes: talking through charts, analysing your journal, critiquing a plan or exploring strategy ideas. Tools like ChatGPT may be shown, but anything AI says is checked against the chart and your rules. It's never used as a signal service. Which tools we use depends on your plan and access.

No. You can practise on a demo, such as the free CMC Markets MT5 demo, before putting real money at risk.

Yes. The 2-month program is normally run as one 90-minute session a week for eight weeks, based on Michael's availability and any rescheduling. Practising between sessions is strongly encouraged.

Yes. Sessions run Monday to Friday plus Sunday evenings, within the booking windows shown, subject to availability. Mornings are kept for Michael's own trading, and your sessions can include reviewing what the market did then.

Academy of Financial Markets was founded in Toronto in 2012 and is led by trading mentor Michael Harding. You can request a free 15-minute strategy call before making your first tuition payment to discuss your goals, schedule, location and platform needs.

A requested call time isn't final until it's confirmed. You may be offered another time, or you can ask for answers by email instead.

Scheduling uses Eastern Time (Toronto) with the applicable daylight-saving offset. Cancún is one hour behind Toronto in winter; bootcamp times are confirmed in local time. Booking requests may display your local timezone.

The single 90-minute session is paid in full at $280 CAD. For multi-session programs, the first-month payment is credited toward tuition, with the remaining balance and installment details displayed during enrollment and in your confirmation email. You can pay by Interac e-Transfer or by credit or debit card. Appointment dates are not confirmed until reviewed.

No. Each price shown is the full tuition for that program. Nothing renews monthly.

Yes, talk to Michael about it. Any credit for what you've paid and the new payment schedule are confirmed in writing before the switch.

No. AFM teaches you to analyse, practise and make your own decisions. It's not a signal service and it doesn't manage money.

The single private 90-minute session costs $280 CAD, paid in full by Interac e-Transfer or card. There is no additional balance or multi-month installment plan.

Yes. The free Online Academy has 8 modules and more than 70 lectures. Work through them at your own pace and come back when you are ready for one-on-one instruction.

No. Most students enroll individually and receive personalized live mentorship. Inviting someone is completely optional, never required.

Buy a program for someone and they choose their own start date later, based on Michael's availability. They'll need to accept the training terms.

Yes. Enter it in the enrollment calculator. One promotion per purchase, and the code's validity and expiry are checked before you pay.

Let us know at least 24 hours ahead. Changes or cancellations with less notice may carry a $100 fee under the enrollment agreement.