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The weekly commitment is approximately 3-5 hours, making the program fully compatible with full-time work and/or study.

Each L-Course includes 1-2 live sessions that are held on Saturdays at noon (ET). In case it is not possible for you to attend the live session, a recording of the session will be made available to all participants. With regard to the one-to-one sessions, you will get to choose from a wide range of times/days, based on your personal availability.

Each L-Course can be completed in 2-3 weeks. L1, L2, and L3 are held back to back so that participants can complete the entire program in less than 3 months.

The program is fully remote (online). This allows any qualifying program participant to access the growth opportunities that we offer. Ever since 2020, we have taught and mentored participants from across the United States, as well as from Canada, Spain, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, India, and Qatar, just to name a few. 

All programs and courses are designed and led by a hedge fund manager. Other hedge fund professionals (data analysts, fund psychologists, etc.) also play a role throughout the program.

The program is available at a significantly reduced rate, thanks to subsidies from our partner employers who recognize the value of access to pre-vetted, talented candidates.

Hedge funds are notoriously diverse so earnings vary wildly. However, unlike investment banking and other sell-side jobs, pay in hedge funds is generally uncapped.

This makes it possible for professionals in the industry to receive bonuses that bring their overall compensation to levels that surpass that of any other job. Junior traders typically earn $300k – $3M per year, and it’s possible to reach these roles in 4 – 8 years. Senior portfolio managers can easily earn over $10m per year. There is high degree of volatility in hedge fund compensation as a significant percentage of this is performance pay.

Each level is designed to give you critical skills and knowledge about buy-side finance, making you not only a well-informed trader, but also a much more attractive candidate to potential employers if you are seeking a career in Finance.

Since the training you receive at TrendUp is based on the training we give our incoming analysts at our hedge funds, prospective employers would understand that they do not need to spend additional time and money putting you through similar training once they hire you.

Additionally, successful completion of the program allows us to detect your strengths which can lead to potential career opportunities at our own hedge funds or referrals to other companies that could be a good match for you.

Yes. Some of our participants simply sign up to learn how hedge fund professionals manage money. You may have a career in Medicine, but you will still need to know how to invest the cash you make from your job.

Developing these skills early will allow you to save thousands of dollars in management fees, and will give you the upper hand when discussing investment opportunities. It can also help you open a door to a professional field that you may want to explore later on in life.

University education is based on theory and is generally taught by individuals who, while academically talented, tend to have limited personal experience in investing strategies. TrendUp now is taught by hedge-fund professionals who teach based on the strategies they use in their day-to-day practice.

As a result, TrendUp has a much more ‘hands-on’ approach than any university class. This, among other things, allows you to learn real life strategies that you can implement yourself after the course.

TrendUp Now is designed as a talent pipeline for the hedge fund industry, not as an ‘education product’ to sell. As a result, its goal is not to sell the most courses but to identify the best candidates.

It is also the only training program designed by hedge fund professionals. These hedge fund professionals include hedge fund managers who started their own hedge funds and effectively retired in their 20s. While there are many other online courses in Finance, they are not necessarily designed and led by industry experts. In addition, most of them tend to be generic online courses that provide the same basic investment knowledge in a pre-made course.

Comparatively, TrendUp Now provides a personalized experience by tailoring application based work curated from current events being analyzed by hedge-funds. We also have a team of support staff who track and analyze your activity throughout the program, allowing us to identify your strengths and weaknesses, which will be critical when charting your path in the industry.

TrendUp Finance was an in-person program held in multiple countries including the US, UK, UAE, Switzerland, Andorra and Spain, etc.

TrendUp Now is the online version of this same program, through which we can reach and identify talents from even more parts of the world.

The rationale for the name TrendUp Now is that you can access learning opportunities here and now.