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MarksFX Academy is a trading and financial education academy founded by Mark Bechara, who has been trading since 2019. It teaches what school skipped: how markets work, how to trade with structure and risk management, and the financial literacy and long-term investing basics everyone should know. It runs on Whop, where 1,200+ members have joined.

Members rate it 4.9 out of 5 on average, from 1,619 reviews on Whop. The core membership, Gold VIP, combines a full Smart Money Concepts course, live sessions every weekday morning and a 24/7 community.

Start with the onboarding section, then work through the full SMC course with the SMC & ICT student guide beside you. Read the Risk Mastery PDF early, before you act on any trade idea.

Then watch the live sessions, live or from the recordings vault, to see each concept applied on a real chart. Use the trading journal from day one, even on days you don't trade.

Smart Money Concepts is a way of reading price action through market structure and liquidity. You learn to spot breaks of structure, where liquidity is likely resting, and zones such as order blocks and fair value gaps.

The full SMC course in Gold VIP teaches it step by step, and the SMC & ICT student guide is a reference you can keep next to your charts. Like any method, it doesn't remove risk. It gives you a repeatable way to plan. See the course curriculum.

Yes. Mark teaches free live on TikTok, so you can watch how he explains a chart before you pay for anything.

You can also get the free Gold Pre-Market Checklist, a 15-minute routine for mapping bias, key levels and risk before the gold session.

Every weekday, Monday to Friday, from 8 to 11AM Pacific time. That's 11AM to 2PM Eastern. Mark covers gold (XAUUSD), NAS100 and SPX500.

If that time doesn't work where you live, every session is in the recordings vault.

Before the session, Mark marks up gold and the indices: key levels, liquidity, the overnight range and any high-impact news on the economic calendar.

At 8AM PT the screen share starts. He lays out the plan and talks through trade ideas as they form, with entries, stops and the reasoning. He explains the setups he skips too, because knowing when not to trade is part of the skill. The session ends with a review of what played out and a Q&A.

No. Every session is recorded to the vault, so you can catch up when your day allows. Telegram alerts tell you when a new trade idea is posted.

You don't need to stay for all three hours either. Join for the part that fits your morning and watch the rest later.

The live sessions cover gold (XAUUSD) and the NAS100 and SPX500 indices, so you see the same concepts applied on more than one chart. The Smart Money Concepts framework you learn carries over to forex and other markets too. Small cap stocks and options are covered in the separate Small Cap & Options VIP add-on.

Alongside the trading, the academy covers financial literacy and long-term investing fundamentals: the money skills school skipped.

No. Mark shares trade ideas with his reasoning so you learn why a setup matters, or why he passes on it. They are education, not instructions to follow.

The goal is for you to read the chart yourself, make your own decisions and manage your own risk.

No. MarksFX Academy provides education only. Nothing in the course, the live sessions, the chat or a 1-on-1 session is personalized financial or investment advice. You are responsible for your own trading decisions.

No, and be wary of anyone who does. Trading involves substantial risk of loss, and you can lose some or all of the money you trade. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

What Gold VIP gives you is structure: a course, a daily routine, live examples and people to learn with.

No. You can work through the course, watch the sessions and practice your pre-market routine without placing a trade. A demo account is a sensible place to practice first.

If you do trade real money, only use money you can afford to lose, and set your risk rules before the session, not during it. The Risk Mastery PDF walks you through setting those rules.