AFM AcademyPrivate intake By application
For traders who are done guessing

Learn the trading system that holds up.

Most popular strategies lose money on real market data. Our research lab shows you which ones, and why. You learn the system that holds up, and we build your plan around it.

Accepted Mentorship traders also trade with our capital: funded accounts up to US$80,000.

What’s next

  1. Watch the video above. All of it, to the end.
  2. Apply. About 5 minutes.
  3. We review your application, usually within minutes.
Apply to AFM Academy

About 5 minutesUsually reviewed within minutesAlways within 24 hours

Trade with our capitalAccepted Mentorship traders get a funded account. Your own money is never at risk on it.

As featured in

  • The Straits Times
  • Yahoo Finance
  • Entrepreneur
  • Investopedia
  • Benzinga
  • 20+ yearsin professional markets
  • DBPTrained the trading desk at DBP
  • 100,000+students in 50+ countries
  • Investopedia“Most Comprehensive Course”
  • Benzinga“Best Forex Trading Course”
The AFM Research Lab

Everyone says their method works. We show you what actually does.

Our Research Lab checks every strategy the way funds do, so we only teach what holds up:

01

Unseen years.

We never judge a strategy on the data it was built on.

02

Real costs.

Spreads and slippage included.

03

Thousands of shuffles.

We check how bad it could realistically get, not just how good.

What we found: we tested 29 of the most popular strategies over about ten years. Under their textbook rules, 25 lost money. The textbook order block turned $10,000 into $571. The fair value gap went to zero.

Then we found the rules that make the difference. On years it had never seen, support and resistance turned $10,000 into $14,604 under textbook rules, and $30,305 with one rule from our lab.

Our own Road to Millions Formula went through the same lab. That’s why it’s what you learn first.

Fig. 1 · Textbook rules29 strategies · ~10 years

Full test period · 28 markets · 1% risk per trade · real trading costs · bars drawn to scale · AFM Research Lab, Oct 2026

Fig. 2 · Support and resistanceUnseen years

Unseen years (about 8.3) · real trading costs · 1% risk per trade · bars drawn to scale · AFM Research Lab, Oct 2026
You might be…

Who joins AFM Academy

  • The professional with a day job

    You trade around a full-time job. You need rules that fit the hours you actually have.

  • The experienced trader who’s stuck

    You’ve traded for years and know plenty, but your results still swing. You need a system that holds up and someone checking your work.

  • The business owner with capital

    You’ve built something. Now you want your capital working, with the same discipline you run your business with.

  • The career-changer or retiree

    You have time and savings. You want a professional way in, not tips from strangers.

Different starting points. The same requirement: you’re serious, and you want to be coached.

Why traders fail

It’s not information. It’s three missing pieces.

  1. 01

    A system backed by years of data, so you can trust it when it’s losing.

  2. 02

    A plan built for your account and your life.

  3. 03

    Someone experienced checking your work.

Without them, every trade is a decision under pressure. That’s where winners get cut early and losers get held.

The programmes

Two ways in

Your coach recommends one on the call, based on your capital, your time and your goals.

Foundation · start here

Foundation Cohort

For traders who want the complete system and a live start with Ezekiel.

  • Two full days live with Ezekiel
  • The One Core Program for life: the complete system, from your first rule-based trade to scaling an account
  • Recordings of both days, and support from Ezekiel’s team
Next live dates21–22 NovemberLive on Zoom · 9am–6pm Singapore time · enrolment closes 18 November

Mentorship

MDTCX, the Million Dollar Trader Club

For traders with capital who want to be coached on their own trades for 12 months.

  • One-to-one coaching on your own trades, with progress reviews
  • Weekly setups our team is watching, explained rule by rule
  • Our proprietary strategy vault
  • A seat at the next live bootcamp with Ezekiel
  • A funded account with our capital, up to US$80,000

Three levels, matched to your capital and goals. At the highest level, you work with Ezekiel directly. Your coach takes you through them on the call.

Trade with our capital

How the funded account works

  1. We put up the capital. Accepted Mentorship traders trade a real account funded by AFM, up to US$80,000 depending on your level.
  2. You share in the profits. You keep a share of what you make, and your level sets the split. Losses come out of our capital, never your own money.
  3. It runs on rules, like any professional trading desk. Risk limits protect the account and build the discipline we teach. Your coach walks you through them before you start.

Mentorship (MDTCX) only. Funded accounts are limited to 30 a month because the capital is real. Full terms are in your Mentorship agreement.

The roadmap

A complete path, not a pile of videos.

  1. Stage 1What worksThe rules that hold up in our lab, and the three stages: Accumulation, Momentum, Explosion.
  2. Stage 2Your planEntries, stops, exits and risk, written for your account.
  3. Stage 3Proof on your own accountThe 100 Trades Blueprint.
  4. Stage 4The road to millionsHow professionals scale toward a million-dollar account. Position sizing, compounding, when to add capital.

How far you take it depends on you. The roadmap is there either way.

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About 5 minutesWe review every application

A global community

Traders in 50+ countries. One method that holds up.

The Foundation Cohort and Mentorship run live online, so you join from wherever you are. Every session is recorded for your time zone.

100,000+students taught
50+countries
Live onlinecohorts, recorded for every time zone
Results not typical.
Results not typical.
Proof

Win big. Lose small. In our students’ words.

Win big. Lose small. In our students’ words.

Results not typical.
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Reading theseReward : risk

“1:12” means the win was 12 times the amount risked. Not every trade wins; the winners just run much further than the losses.

Results not typical.

See all student results →
Student stories

What following the rules did for them

US$70,000

“I’ve made 70K in total from both accounts.”

Amardeep G.
Traded around a full-time job

20% a month

“Now I really believe my vision by understanding where the market will move… and now I make 20% profit consistently every month.”

Mulia
Indonesia

US$30K to US$65K

“At first I was very skeptical as there are a lot of fake programs out there. But since I took the step, being a first time trader, I’ve already made profit of USD30K to USD65K in just 2 months.”

Royston Poh
Singapore · first-time trader

Real students. Results are not typical and are not a promise of what you will make.

Ezekiel Chew, AFM Research Lab
Ezekiel Chew · FounderAFM Research Lab
The founder

Ezekiel Chew

Started trading at 16. More than 20 years in professional markets. Has trained the trading desk at DBP, one of the Philippines’ largest state-owned banks.

He also lost over a million dollars on one trade. What he built after that loss became the Road to Millions Formula, and the reason AFM teaches nothing until it holds up on years of market data.

Why it’s private

Why application only?

We read every application. Some people we invite to a call. Some we admit straight into Foundation. Some we tell honestly: not yet.

  • 01Coaching time is limited, and we won’t dilute it.
  • 02The funded accounts use real capital: 30 a month.
  • 03The room matters. Serious people make each other better.

We accept traders who:

  • want rules, not tips
  • have capital set aside they can afford to risk
  • can give it 5+ hours a week
  • want to be coached

We don’t accept anyone who:

  • wants signals
  • is trading with borrowed money
  • wants fast money
What happens after you join

Your first two weeks

  1. A named onboarding contact gets in touch within 24 hours.

  2. You join a small onboarding group with others starting at the same time.

  3. Mentorship: your funded account is set up, and your first one-to-one coaching call is booked.

  4. Your seat at the next live bootcamp is confirmed.

Private intake

How intake works

  1. 1

    Apply.

    About 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    We review it.

    Usually within minutes, always within 24 hours.

  3. 3

    Your decision.

    A call with our Head Coach, admission to Foundation, or an honest “not yet”.

Your call · Head Coach

Your call is with our Head Coach. Not a sales team.

He was a student first. On the call he’ll look at how you trade and tell you honestly which programme fits, if any. If nothing does, he’ll say so.

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About 5 minutesWe review every application

Straight answers

Questions traders ask

When does it start?

Foundation Cohort: the next live dates are 21–22 November. Mentorship starts when you join, with a seat at the next bootcamp.

How much does it cost?

Foundation is a one-time fee. Mentorship is a 12-month programme and a bigger investment, with payment plans. You’ll see the exact figures in the application, before anyone calls you, so there are no surprises. Your coach then helps you choose the right level.

How does the funded account work?

Accepted Mentorship traders trade a real account with our capital, up to US$80,000. You keep a share of the profits; losses come out of our capital, not your money. The account has risk rules, and your coach takes you through them before you start.

What if I can’t make the cohort dates?

You can move once to the next cohort, or start with the self-paced One Core Program.

What time zone are the live sessions in?

Singapore time. The bootcamp runs 9am–6pm SGT, and every session is recorded.

Do I need experience?

No. You need capital set aside that you can afford to risk, and at least 5 hours a week.

Is this signals?

No. You learn a system that holds up, so you make your own decisions. Mentorship includes weekly setups, explained rule by rule so you learn to find them yourself.

Can you guarantee I’ll make money?

No. And be careful of anyone who does. We show you what holds up, give you the plan and the support, and hold you to it.

How is this different from YouTube?

YouTube shows you strategies. Our lab shows you which ones hold up. And YouTube doesn’t review your trades.

Not ready yet?

Get the free 3-part Lab training: what our lab found, why traders lose even with a good strategy, and the formula Ezekiel trades. Apply when you are. Or browse all 29 Lab results.

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Trading involves risk, including the loss of your capital. Results described on this page are not typical and are not a promise of future results. AFM Academy provides education only, not financial advice or signals.

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