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Quality businesses.
Smart-money flow.
Real research.

We teach the institutional research framework — quality, valuation discount, and smart-money confirmation — and surface every name our desk is watching. Education you can apply, research you can follow, a community that takes the work seriously.

Educational content only — never personalized financial advice.

Framework
Quality · Discount · Smart-money
Coverage
Stocks · ETFs · Options · Crypto
Discipline
Long-term · Debt-aware · Planned

What's inside

Four pillars.
Same framework.

Education that goes deep, research you can actually follow, a community that takes the work seriously, and the same tools we use on our own desk. Every layer runs on one disciplined research framework.

Education

The fundamentals — DCA, set-and-forget portfolios, options mechanics, market structure, debt-management frameworks, and the long-term discipline that turns markets into a real wealth-building tool.

  • Getting started
  • Dollar-cost averaging
  • Set-and-forget portfolios
  • Options education
  • Debt + long-term frameworks

Smart-money Flow

Every name our desk is watching. Long-term high-conviction picks, swing setups, dip buys, ETF momentum, passive-income strategies, options ideas with full thesis, deep-value research.

  • Long-term stock picks
  • Buy-the-dip
  • Swing trades
  • ETF momentum
  • Passive income
  • Crypto coverage
  • Options + deep-value research

Community

Where members share gains, share losses, and ask anything. Real positions, real conversations, no hype. Active chat, weekly recap, and direct line for questions.

  • Community chat
  • Gains and losses
  • Market recap
  • Polls + help
  • Direct line for questions
  • 1-on-1 portfolio review

Nova Tools

Built by us

The trading copilot we built for our own desk — now included with Red Pill. Live AI-managed Nova Fund, smart-money dashboards, sector exposure, vs SPY benchmark, weekly memos.

  • Nova Fund — live portfolio
  • Weekly memos
  • Smart Money tab
  • Luke's portfolios — auto-tracked
  • Sector + market context
  • vs SPY benchmark

Built in public

Powered by Nova.

Nova is the trading copilot we built for our own desk — a screener, a scorer, and an explainer that mirrors what billionaires, insiders, and Congress are doing on every name we cover.

Thirteen institutional indicators are condensed into a single Nova Score (0–100) built around the same lens we use everywhere on this site: quality × discount × smart-money confirmation, with a momentum overlay that lifts names where the trend is confirming the thesis.

Nova Score zones

0 → 100

  • Selling

    0–33

    Smart money likely exiting

  • Distribution

    33–45

    Potential offloading

  • Neutral

    45–60

    No directional signal

  • Accumulation

    60–70

    Institutional interest building

  • Buying

    70–100

    Smart money accumulating heavily

13 institutional layers

Quality × Discount × Smart-money

Quality

Is this a good business?

  • fundamental

    Forward P/E, revenue growth, margins, debt

  • track_record

    Weighted return across 3y / 5y / 10y

  • fund_quality

    ETF / fund expense ratio (abstains for stocks)

Discount

Is it on sale right now?

  • valuation

    Current P/E vs ticker's own 5-year median

  • support

    Proximity to 200-day and 200-week moving averages

Smart Money

What are insiders, congress, and 13F filers doing?

  • insider

    SEC Form 4 buys/sells over 90d, role-weighted

  • congress

    STOCK Act PTRs over 90d, owner-weighted

  • thirteenf

    Quarterly 13F filings from tracked funds

  • flow

    Options unusual flow + social signal

Context

What does the tape and macro look like?

  • momentum

    Relative strength vs SPY (60d), trend vs 200d, proximity to 52w high

  • technical

    Trend, RSI, distance from 52w high/low (mean-reversion bias)

  • regime

    Macro backdrop — SPY vs SMA200, VIX, sector rotation

  • catalyst

    News velocity + sentiment

Layers without data abstain — they're skipped from the blend, not averaged toward 50. A cross-signal confluence bonus fires when 2+ smart-money layers all read bullish on the same name. The score is descriptive curation, not price prediction — it filters the watchlist; you decide what to research.

Membership

Two pills. One choice.

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Blue Pill

Free Your Mind — our weekly read on quality investing.

Free
  • Weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox
  • One full ticker analysis per issue, applying the framework
  • Lessons that compound — debt-aware investing, valuation, position sizing
  • Macro snapshot + smart-money pulse for context
  • Educational content only — never personalized advice
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Red Pill

Full access. The framework, the research, the community, the tools.

$149 /mo
  • Full education library — DCA to options Greeks, debt frameworks, long-term planning
  • Every research lane — long-term picks, dip buys, swing trades, ETF momentum, crypto
  • Pro role in the Discord community
  • Higher-conviction options ideas with full thesis
  • Deep-value research — names trading near 200-week support
  • Nova Fund — live AI-managed portfolio with weekly memos
  • Smart Money tab — insider buys, congressional trades, 13F flows
  • Luke's ETF Momentum + Stock Picks portfolios — auto-tracked
  • Sector exposure + market context dashboards
  • vs SPY benchmark with dividend reinvestment
  • Direct line for trade questions, 1-on-1 portfolio review
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