Welcome,
Outlier.

No. Join the Discord server and complete Start Here verification to use the public community rooms. Connecting Patreon is required only when Patreon needs to synchronize a paid Discord role.

Almost always the Patreon connection. Connect your Patreon account to Discord, and make sure you are connecting it to the same Discord account you used to join the server. If the two accounts do not match, your paid role will not apply. Also confirm you completed verification in the start-here channel.

Patreon’s step-by-step guide to Discord access ↗

Check your Spam and Promotions folders, then add outliertrading@creator.patreon.com, outliertrading@substack.com, and erik@outliertrading.io to your contacts. These addresses cover Patreon membership updates, Outlier Insights newsletters, and direct email from Erik.

Ignore it. Impersonation attempts are common — fake accounts copy names and profile images and send direct messages to members. Neither Erik nor the moderator team sends unsolicited Discord DMs. Do not click unfamiliar links, and verify anything questionable in the public or paid channels.

Paid members find livestream links in the current schedule post on Patreon. It tells you what is happening that week, what your tier has access to, and which links to use. Free members use the public YouTube channel and the public resources in Section 03.

Paid livestreams are frequently unlisted, which means they will not appear on the channel at all. Always use the links posted on Patreon to access member sessions.

Check Section 03 alongside the current Patreon schedule post. The tier section defines standard benefits; Patreon confirms the current sessions and access links.

See the Pro Plus details in Section 03 for the standard schedule and participation expectations. Patreon carries the current topic, required preparation, Zoom link, instructions, and any exceptions.

Paid recordings are in Patreon collections and the archive. Your paid tier determines which recordings are available; the free tier does not include the Pro recording library.

Free members should use the public rooms available after verification. Paid members can use the Trading Floor for trade analysis, position structure, management, risk, portfolio questions, and feedback requests; Pro Forums for organized topic-specific discussion; and After-Action Review for reviews and lessons. Ask Erik is available to qualifying paid tiers.

There is no guaranteed response time unless your tier includes priority access.

No. Outlier is not an alerts community and there are no trade calls to follow. All content is educational, and the purpose is to help you become an independent trader who can research, structure, manage, and review your own decisions. You remain solely responsible for your decisions.

There is no guaranteed timeline. Trading and investing involve significant risk, and there is no guarantee of profit, progress, or any specific result — anyone promising otherwise is selling something.

What you control is the process. Members who show their work, ask specific questions, and run After-Action Reviews consistently tend to have a working trading plan and a repeatable review habit within the first six weeks. Set a measurable six-week objective using Section 05 and judge your progress against that, not against your account balance.

No. Use what helps you now and skip what does not. Your first week is about access and orientation, not consuming the library — work the checklist in Section 04 and nothing else.

Email erik@outliertrading.io with the subject line "Coaching Intro" and include what made you pursue coaching, your goals, your current experience, your largest trading or process roadblocks, and any relevant materials or background. You will receive a private Google Drive folder, coaching materials and templates, your booking link, and scheduling instructions.

You can book up to 45 days in advance using the same booking link each month. Rescheduling more than 24 hours ahead is generally fine; changes inside 24 hours may forfeit that month's session. Sessions do not carry into the following month.

Paid membership is billed through Patreon, so cancellation is handled in your Patreon account under membership settings—not in Discord. Paid access and the paid Discord role remain active through the end of the current billing period, then the paid role is removed automatically. Free membership has no billing.

If something is not working for you, email erik@outliertrading.io before you cancel. If a different tier is a better fit, that is usually a faster fix than leaving.

All content provided through Outlier Trading — including videos, livestreams, written materials, discussions, tools, templates, workshops, and coaching — is for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing provided constitutes personalized financial, investment, legal, medical, or tax advice. You are solely responsible for your own decisions.

Outlier Trading is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, financial planner, law firm, or accounting firm. No content is evaluated for suitability within your personal circumstances, and no fiduciary relationship is created by your membership.

Trading and investing involve significant risk. There is no guarantee of profit, progress, or any specific result. Past performance does not predict future returns. Any action you take is at your own discretion and your own risk.

All member materials are the intellectual property of Outlier Trading and are provided for use by active members. Redistribution, resale, replication, public sharing, and reposting are prohibited without written permission.

Member livestreams, workshops, private Discord discussions, direct communications, coaching sessions, and Outlier Inner Circle discussions are confidential. Recording, distributing, or publicly summarizing them is prohibited without express permission.

Tiers, schedules, features, and benefits may be modified, paused, or discontinued. Reasonable notice will be provided when practical. Continuing your membership constitutes agreement with any changes.