FAQ

Straight answers, before you join.

What this is, what each tier gets you, and how the desk actually runs a session. If your question isn't here, ask it in the Discord — the open floor is free.

Free offers market updates and community. Insight includes full research, analysis and charts. Pro adds the trades I take and ongoing position updates. Elite adds weekly group calls, analysis walkthroughs, Q&A and recordings. Four tiers, one Discord. All prices USD, billed monthly. Full comparison →

01 The desk

What is Autonomous, exactly?

Your direct line to a former hedge fund trader.
See what I'm watching. The analysis. The trades. Direct access to ask questions and learn.
You see what I trade, what I'm watching, and what the sell-side is saying, in real time. Retail account, institutional edge. The goal is an inside look at how I actually trade, so one day you won't need me.

Who runs it, and why anonymous?

I spent 5+ years across institutional desks at bulge bracket investment banks and hedge funds, trading real size with real risk. I traded U.S. technology stocks for a thematic pod and covered investment-grade and high-yield corporate credit. Earlier in my career, I held junior roles covering and trading U.S. equity derivatives, swaps, and interest rate derivatives. I spent most of my career analyzing U.S. technology stocks as an analyst on a thematic pod. Today I run a private investment and holding company, running those same frameworks. The name stays off the site on purpose: this is a trader, not an influencer, and you're here for the process, not the personality. More on the background →

What do you actually trade and cover?

The core is the index complex: ES futures and SPX options, including 0DTE, traded off price action, liquidity and the market microstructure professional desks work from, plus dealer options positioning. Around that sits everything else the desk publishes:

  • Daily technical analysis on the most traded names, requests taken
  • Single-name stock and option ideas, with the thesis, levels and structure
  • Thematic, cross-asset analysis: themes, single names, macro
  • Sell-side equity research — the notes JP Morgan and Goldman send their clients — as it lands, with my decode

Discretionary, not rules-based. There's no algorithm to follow here.

Are these signals? Can I just copy the trades?

No. Everything here is education, not signals: posts document my process so you learn to run your own. By the time you read one, my risk may already have changed. Sizing and execution are always yours — and that's deliberate, because position sizing and risk management are the main determinants of whether you succeed or fail, and nobody can outsource them to a chat room.

Do I need a big account?

No. Retail account, institutional edge is the whole idea. Sizing is expressed as a fraction of whatever account you have, so the frameworks read the same at one contract or a hundred. What matters is that you can read a chart and manage risk; the rest is taught.

02 What you get
Free · $0

What do I get for free?

Daily market updates and week-ahead prep, completed trades broken down with their original timestamps, and the community.

Free gives you market updates, discussion and selected completed-trade reviews, with no card required. Insight includes full research and analysis for $19/month. Pro adds my actual trades and position updates for $39/month. Elite adds weekly group calls, analysis walkthroughs, Q&A and recordings for $99/month. All prices USD, billed monthly.

  • General analysis and educational chart examples, posted ad hoc
  • Completed trades, broken down — original timestamps shown
  • Public lessons and selected replays; Elite sessions stay in Elite
  • The community: discussion, questions and answers

Breakdowns are retrospective — the trade has already played out, so read them as reviews, not as live setups.

What is Autonomous Insight?

Insight - Research & Analysis - is $19/month: full analysis, charts, cross-asset frameworks and market preparation. Follow the themes and scenarios I am watching, understand what could change the view, and build your own plan for the week. Everything in Free is included. Pro adds the trades I take and ongoing position updates.

Pro · $39/mo

What's in Pro?

Everything in Insight, plus the trades themselves: what and how I am trading, and my timing — entries, adjustments, trims, position updates and exits. My full book, including the ones that go against me.

Everything in Free is included. General market analysis is included in full; my complete personal book and scheduled access to my time are the Elite addition.

  • Every idea with its thesis, levels and invalidation
  • All chart analysis, market thoughts and research with my interpretation
  • Selected actual trades, clearly distinguished from ideas
  • Pro discussion, desk audio and the existing weekly level review
  • The SPX session plan and index levels
Elite · $99/mo

What's the difference between Pro and Elite?

Free offers market updates and community. Insight includes full research, analysis and charts. Pro adds the trades I take and ongoing position updates. Elite adds weekly group calls, analysis walkthroughs, Q&A and recordings.

Everything in Pro, plus weekly group calls, analysis walkthroughs, Q&A and recordings. Video calls, group coaching and step-by-step analysis walkthroughs. Work through the thesis, key levels, risk and trade management with me. Everything in Pro, plus every trade I take, my full book and positioning, direct questions, weekly trade reviews and weekly office hours. One scheduled group call each week, with a recording afterward. Bring questions in advance. One-on-one time is by arrangement and subject to availability; membership does not include unlimited private messages, guaranteed individual attention or account management.

Weekly reviews and office hours are scheduled access. They are not a promise of instant or unlimited individual reviews.

Which tier is right for me?

Free: see how I think through selected examples and education.

Insight: Research & Analysis. Full analysis, charts, cross-asset frameworks and market preparation.

Pro: Analysis & Actual Trades. Everything in Insight, plus the trades I take and ongoing position updates.

Elite: Full Access & Group Coaching. Everything in Pro, plus weekly group calls, analysis walkthroughs, Q&A and recordings, direct questions, weekly reviews and weekly office hours.

Coming soon

Where are the courses?

Not available yet. The course library — foundations through advanced flow analysis, plus weekly live Q&A — is still in development, and nothing in it is included with a membership today. Leave your email on the Course Library card on the homepage and I'll let you know the moment it launches. Until then the frameworks and selected public replays are available in the Discord. Elite reviews and office-hours recordings stay in Elite.

03 Joining & billing

How do I join?

Free is one click: join the Discord, no card. For Insight, Pro or Elite, sign in with Discord, pick your tier on your account page, and pay through Stripe. Your subscription appears on your account after payment. Monthly only — there's no annual plan and no contract.

How do upgrades work?

Sign in with Discord and pick your tier on your account page. Moving between Insight, Pro and Elite changes your existing subscription in place and charges only the prorated difference, so you're never billed twice. Older Stripe receipts may label the top tier "Premium"; that is Elite.

Can I cancel? Are there refunds?

Cancel anytime from Manage Billing on your account page. Access runs to the end of your billing period, then the Discord roles come off automatically. No partial refunds for the current period. Cancelling doesn't remove you from the server — you drop back to the free tier and keep the open floor.

I paid, but I can't see the channels.

Give it a minute — roles are applied automatically after payment. If they're still missing: reconnect Discord from your account page, fully quit and reopen the Discord app (not just the window), then ping the mods in the open floor and we'll sort it.

When are you active, and do I have to watch all day?

I share Insight research and analysis in real time during US sessions, especially around the open, the close and meaningful changes in the tape. The session plan, charts and reasoning stay available to read when you can. Free posts land ad hoc, alongside the daily market brief and week-ahead prep. Elite at $99/month includes one scheduled group call each week, analysis walkthroughs, Q&A and a recording afterward, alongside weekly trade reviews and office hours; session times are announced in Discord.

04 The fine print

Do you guarantee results?

No, and anyone who does is lying. What you get is the same methodology I ran on institutional desks, published in real time so you can see it work and fail. Nothing here is a promise of profit.

Do you publish a verified track record?

No. Trade ideas and mock posts on this website are illustrative, not a verified performance record. Selected historical examples retain their original timestamps and are identified as retrospective. Free trade breakdowns are shared after the trade is inactive; they are not a complete replay of the paid desk.

Is any of this financial advice?

No. Autonomous Group Inc. is not an investment advisory service, and nothing here is personalised financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any instrument. Trading has large potential rewards and large potential risk; futures and options involve substantial risk of loss and are not suitable for every investor. The full disclaimer is at the bottom of this page.

Still have a question?

The open floor is free. Come in and ask it — or email me and I'll answer directly.

Or email contact@autonomousmarkets.io