Institutional roots. Independent voice.

Spreeholic is an independent trading education academy based in Chicago's financial district. We exist because we believe retail traders deserve the same analytical discipline used on institutional trading desks — delivered without hype and without shortcuts.

Our Story

Built by traders for traders — since 2016.

Spreeholic was founded in 2016 by a small group of former prop traders and derivatives analysts working within a few blocks of the CME. We had watched friends, family, and curious newcomers lose capital to misinformed YouTube content and predatory "signal" services — so we built the school we wished had existed when we started.

Nine years later, Spreeholic has grown into a global academy serving more than 12,000 active students across 60+ countries. Our curricula reference the broadest possible range of North American brokerage platforms — from established US discount brokers to API-first platforms such as alpaca markets — ensuring our students understand the full ecosystem they operate within.

We remain a privately held, entirely independent educational organization. We do not sell signals. We do not take affiliate commissions that compromise curriculum. We teach.

Spreeholic trading academy classroom with charts and multi-monitor trader workstations
Our Mission

Three commitments we refuse to break

Rigor over hype

Every lesson is peer-reviewed by at least two senior instructors. If we can't defend it on first principles, it doesn't ship.

Students first

We share downside risk. If you complete a program and don't feel your decision process has meaningfully improved, we offer a curriculum review at no cost.

No false promises

Markets are hard. We will never advertise income figures, lifestyle imagery, or "guaranteed" returns. Discipline is the only guarantee.

Our Method

A five-step framework, repeated relentlessly

Every Spreeholic course — from Fundamentals to Options — teaches the same operating framework. Consistency is the edge.

01

Thesis

Define why the trade should work, what market regime supports it, and what would invalidate it. No thesis, no trade.

02

Sizing

Calculate risk per trade as a fixed percentage of equity. Position size is an output of risk — never of conviction.

03

Execution

Enter with predefined orders. Emotions are disarmed by removing real-time discretionary decisions.

04

Journaling

Every trade is logged with screenshot, thesis, outcome, and a one-line lesson. Pattern recognition is statistical, not anecdotal.

05

Review

Weekly and monthly reviews identify process drift before it becomes P&L drift. This is where professional traders are made.

By the Numbers

Nine years of measurable impact

2016Founded in Chicago
12,400+Active Students
42Programs
60+Countries Served

Meet the instructors behind the curriculum

Former prop traders, systematic portfolio managers and derivatives analysts — all teaching live.

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