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Stock-Options Trading Academy review

Stock-Options Trading Academy publishes 173 course modules on Skool. It is free to join.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Stock-Options Trading Academy, and nothing below is a verdict.

Trader Foundation is a Skool group that teaches working professionals to trade options through the Paycheck Collector Strategy, presented as education rather than stock picks.[1][2] The strategy collects premium on a predictable cycle, which the academy likens to a paycheck.[2] The group was created in April 2023 by founder Vlad Tayman, and Erin, a former finance leader who first joined as a student, is its chief content creator and a coach.[1]

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Members
1,363
Published price
Free to join
no paid tier published here
Members, last 29 days
+48
3 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026
Rank by members
#1,273
of 6,073 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#217
of 847 sellers listed in trading and investing, by published members
Check the Course score
95
A, very strong
Niche
Trading and investing
1,104 listed here
Created
19 Apr 2023
Skool publishes this date
Readings
12
since 7 Sept 2026

About Stock-Options Trading Academy

Inside, the Strategy Vault holds the Paycheck Collector Strategy.[1] The Trader Foundation Academy, run by Vlad Tayman, Steve Lapa and Ariana Tayman, gives each student a coach, weekly one-on-one check-ins and a live room five days a week, and takes sixteen students a month.[2] The site says the academy is for professionals ready to trade with $15,000 or more, and it requires an application.[2] Tayman also hosts a podcast on market insights and trading education.[2]

The website states that Trader Foundation is not an investment advisory service or investment adviser and does not provide personalized financial advice, and that trading options carries substantial risk and may not be appropriate for all investors.[2]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/tf-membership-7470, as collected 28 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: traderfoundation.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

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What the listing describes
NicheTrading and investingFormatCommunity

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

What is inside

Course modules
173
Courses
12
Posts, all time
203
People running it
4

Counts published by Stock-Options Trading Academy on its own page, read on 17 Oct 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by vlad-tayman.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 1 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy b6fa1380321c.
Observable monthly ceiling
$0
monthly price
1,363
published members
$0
theoretical ceiling per month

This community is published as free, so the figure is zero. Its members are an audience, not customers. Nothing here estimates what that audience might be worth, and no price is applied to it anywhere on this site.

Against the trading and investing niche

Percentile among the other 1,103 trading and investing listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size74th
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Check the Course Score
95AVery strong

Ahead of 95% of the 13,589 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Stock-Options Trading Academy published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 86%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 53%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 98%

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 1,363 members.

Evidence: measured.

First recorded
7 September 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere
Website

Tracked over time

Member change
No changeover 2 days+48+3.7%over 29 days
Price change
No change confirmed between readings taken the same way

12 observations over 55 days.

Member count
1,3201,3301,3401,3501,3601,3637 Sept 20261 Nov 2026change
Monthly price
$30$305 Oct 2026

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
1 Nov 20261,3630Free to joinNot calculated
30 Oct 20261,3630Free to joinNot calculated
26 Oct 20261,363+4Free to joinNot calculated
22 Oct 20261,359+5Free to joinNot calculated
18 Oct 20261,354+2Free to joinNot calculated
17 Oct 20261,352+22Free to joinNot calculated
13 Oct 20261,330+3Free to joinNot calculated
9 Oct 20261,327+9Free + paid tiersNot calculated
5 Oct 20261,318+3$30 per month$39,540
3 Oct 20261,3150Free to joinNot calculated
28 Sept 20261,315-2Not recordedNot calculated
7 Sept 20261,317Free to joinNot calculated
Average per week, last 29 days3 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026+12
Average per week, since first reading7 Sept 2026 to 1 Nov 2026+6

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
17 Oct 2026203-73173+12812+9
9 Oct 2026276+2745-463-3
3 Oct 2026249916
9 Sept 2026249916
Added per week9 Sept 2026 to 17 Oct 2026-8.3+15+1.1

Common questions about Stock-Options Trading Academy

What is Stock-Options Trading Academy?
Trader Foundation is a Skool group that teaches working professionals to trade options through the Paycheck Collector Strategy, presented as education rather than stock picks. The strategy collects premium on a predictable cycle, which the academy likens to a paycheck.
How much does Stock-Options Trading Academy cost?
Stock-Options Trading Academy is free to join on Skool; its listing shows no charge, read 1 Nov 2026.
How many members does Stock-Options Trading Academy have?
Stock-Options Trading Academy lists 1,363 members, read 1 Nov 2026.
How has Stock-Options Trading Academy's membership changed?
From 1,317 members on 7 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 1,363 on 1 Nov 2026: up 46, or 3%.
How does Stock-Options Trading Academy compare with other trading and investing communities?
Stock-Options Trading Academy is free to join, where the median priced trading and investing listing charges $79.99 a month. The niche median is 527 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Stock-Options Trading Academy?
Stock-Options Trading Academy publishes 173 course modules, 12 courses, 203 posts, 4 admins. Communities with the most course content.

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