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Rick Orford's Trading Academy review

Rick Orford's Trading Academy has grown 18% between 4 Sept 2026 and 29 Oct 2026, by its published member count. It is free to join, with paid tiers inside.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Rick Orford's Trading Academy, and nothing below is a verdict.

Rick Orford's Trading Academy is a Skool group where members learn stock and options trading alongside Rick Orford.[1] It was created in April 2026.[1] Its welcome post presents the group as a bridge from watching a video on YouTube to executing a strategy, and as a place for members to share setups rather than only watch Orford.[1]

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Members
2,255
Published price
Free to join, paid tiers inside
Members, last 28 days
+153
1 Oct 2026 to 29 Oct 2026
Rank by members
#823
of 6,080 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#151
of 850 sellers listed in trading and investing, by published members
Check the Course score
87
B+, strong
Niche
Trading and investing
1,107 listed here
Created
27 Apr 2026
Skool publishes this date
Readings
14
since 4 Sept 2026

About Rick Orford's Trading Academy

Orford's own site describes him as a financial writer whose specialty is trading stocks and options.[2] He is the author of The Financially Independent Millennial (2018) and later co-authored Success Mindsets.[2] The same page says he started a web marketing agency in 2004, which was acquired in 2007.[2] He also publishes on a YouTube channel.[2] His website, rickorford.com, covers dividend investing, options trading, tips on saving and how to start a business, and its menu links to the Skool community.[3]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/rick-orfords-trading-academy-9693, as collected 28 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: rickorford.com/about, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  3. Official website: rickorford.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheTrading and investing

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
10
Courses
2
Posts, all time
230
People running it
1

Counts published by Rick Orford's Trading Academy on its own page, read on 28 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by rick-orford-7871.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 29 Oct 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 70a97a405a76.
Observable monthly ceiling
Not calculated

This community is free to join, with paid tiers inside. The readings record the free join price, not the prices of the paid tiers, so no ceiling is calculated.

Against the trading and investing niche

Percentile among the other 1,106 trading and investing listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size82nd
smallestlargest
Check the Course Score
87B+Strong

Ahead of 87% of the 13,544 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Rick Orford's Trading Academy published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 91%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 79%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 15%

An algorithmic position among tracked listings: not an endorsement, a guarantee or advice. How the score works.

  • Top 25% by size in trading and investing. Measured by Check the Course.Top 25% by size in trading and investing. Measured by Check the Course.
  • Members up 18% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Members up 18% since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Net member count up 18% between our first reading, on 4 Sept 2026, and our latest, on 29 Oct 2026.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 2,255 members.

Evidence: measured.

First recorded
4 September 2026our first reading, not its launch

Tracked over time

Member change
+29+1.3%over 3 days+153+7.3%over 28 days
Price change
Unchanged at all 13 readings with a price

14 observations over 55 days.

Member count
1,9502,0002,0502,1002,1502,2002,2502,2554 Sept 202629 Oct 2026change

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
29 Oct 20262,255+29Free + paid tiersNot calculated
26 Oct 20262,226+6Free + paid tiersNot calculated
25 Oct 20262,220+7Free + paid tiersNot calculated
21 Oct 20262,213+13Free + paid tiersNot calculated
17 Oct 20262,200+43Free + paid tiersNot calculated
13 Oct 20262,157+16Free + paid tiersNot calculated
9 Oct 20262,141+20Free + paid tiersNot calculated
5 Oct 20262,121+8Free + paid tiersNot calculated
4 Oct 20262,113+11Free + paid tiersNot calculated
1 Oct 20262,102+15Free + paid tiersNot calculated
28 Sept 20262,087+1Free + paid tiersNot calculated
28 Sept 20262,086+153Not recordedNot calculated
7 Sept 20261,933+16Free + paid tiersNot calculated
4 Sept 20261,917Free + paid tiersNot calculated
Average per week, last 28 days1 Oct 2026 to 29 Oct 2026+38
Average per week, since first reading4 Sept 2026 to 29 Oct 2026+43

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
28 Sept 2026230+17102
8 Sept 2026213102
Added per week8 Sept 2026 to 28 Sept 2026+6.000

Common questions about Rick Orford's Trading Academy

What is Rick Orford's Trading Academy?
Rick Orford's Trading Academy is a Skool group where members learn stock and options trading alongside Rick Orford. It was created in April 2026.
How much does Rick Orford's Trading Academy cost?
Rick Orford's Trading Academy is free to join on Skool, with paid tiers inside, read 29 Oct 2026.
How many members does Rick Orford's Trading Academy have?
Rick Orford's Trading Academy lists 2,255 members, read 29 Oct 2026.
How has Rick Orford's Trading Academy's membership changed?
From 1,917 members on 4 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 2,255 on 29 Oct 2026: up 338, or 18%.
How does Rick Orford's Trading Academy compare with other trading and investing communities?
The niche median is 524 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Rick Orford's Trading Academy?
Rick Orford's Trading Academy publishes 10 course modules, 2 courses, 230 posts, 1 admin. Communities with the most course content.

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