Curriculum · Six stages, one unbroken progression

The full teaching catalogue. Every volume, every worksheet, every gate quiz — listed and sequenced.

The curriculum is built risk-and-process-first, in deliberate response to the structural drivers of retail loss documented in the State of Retail 2026 report (§5): transaction-cost drag, leverage asymmetry, behavioural drivers, and the gap between methodology comprehension and methodology execution. Each stage carries defined prerequisites and graduation criteria. The progression is unbroken — every stage builds on the last, nothing dropped in from outside the sequence.

Use this page to map the path. For the rationale behind the architecture, see about. For tier pricing and what is included, see pricing. Before paying, read the Compliance Whitepaper and the 12-question evaluation framework — apply them ruthlessly to us and to anyone else you're considering.

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How the six stages connect

From first candlestick to institutional-grade operation, in one architecture.

Each stage compiles into the next. The progression is documented, not aspirational — Stage N's deliverables become Stage N+1's prerequisites. The catalogue below shows the full architecture; the cards in the timeline that follows expand each stage into its volumes.

Stage 1
Foundation
Vocabulary, structure, risk math, journal system. The cognitive operating system everything else rests on.
Stage 2
Systematic
A documented playbook of 5–10 setups with regime filters, edge measurement, and the weekly review ritual.
Stage 3
Professional
Intraday architecture, microstructure literacy, the 25-setup playbook, the operational discipline of professional desks.
Stage 4
Mastery I — Quantitative
Translate one stable Stage 3 setup into Python; walk-forward validate; Monte Carlo stress test. Capstone.
Stage 5
Mastery II — Systems Architect
Live deployment of the validated codebase. Broker-API integration, kill-switches, monitoring, SEBI 2025 algo compliance.
Stage 6
Mastery III — Institutional Elite
AIF Cat-III operations, IA/RA registration walkthrough, capital raising, institutional fund-management ritual.

Honest stage routing: the readiness diagnostic places students at their actual current stage. Some routes — Pre-Foundation, for example — are deliberately back to free external public-education resources before any paid enrolment. The diagnostic loses us enrolments by design; that is the structural commitment, not a soft promise.

01

Foundation Track

Before you develop a strategy, you need a language. Stage 1 gives you the complete vocabulary and mental operating system of a serious trader.

₹14,999

Five Volumes · ~6 hours main + bonuses

  1. Volume 1 — Market Mechanics: how Indian equity markets actually work
  2. Volume 2 — Reading Price: candlesticks, charts, timeframes
  3. Volume 3 — Market Structure: trends, Dow Theory, Wyckoff
  4. Volume 4 — Patterns & Indicators: classical signals
  5. Volume 5 — Risk, Psychology & Process (Stage 1 capstone)

What you walk away with

  • Map the full Indian-equity plumbing: NSE/BSE, T+1 settlement, clearing corporations, lot sizes, STT/GST, circuit filters
  • Read a candlestick as a unit of information: open, high, low, close as a structured record of one period's disagreement
  • Identify trends, ranges, and the geometry of price using the Dow and Wyckoff frameworks
  • Recognise the named classical patterns and indicators (head-and-shoulders, double tops, RSI, MACD) and their original definitions
  • Build the position-sizing math, the trade journal system, and the 30-day practice plan that bridges theory and execution
  • Dismantle FOMO and revenge trading through structured psychological protocols

Students who complete Stage 1 report a measurable shift in how they see a chart. They stop looking for signals. They start reading stories.

What becomes possible once your foundation is solid? That is exactly what Stage 2 answers.

02

Systematic Trader

You know how to read a chart. Stage 2 teaches you how to act on it consistently, using structured indicator frameworks and repeatable setup logic.

₹19,999

Five Volumes · ~6 hours main + bonuses

  1. Volume 1 — From Discretion to System
  2. Volume 2 — Setup Library (10 canonical setups)
  3. Volume 3 — Multi-Timeframe & Regime Filters
  4. Volume 4 — Weekly Review: Journal, Grades, Metrics, Bayesian Inference
  5. Volume 5 — Execution Mechanics (Stage 2 capstone)

What you walk away with

  • Move from gut-feel discretion to a documented seven-field system: edge hypothesis, regime applicability, entry trigger, exit, stop, size, kill-switch
  • Build a 10-setup playbook covering long-side and short-side setups across trending, ranging, and breakout regimes
  • Apply multi-timeframe alignment + regime filters so the same setup is traded only in the conditions where it works
  • Run a weekly review ritual that grades trades on process (A/B/C), not outcome, and uses Bayesian inference to update edge estimates
  • Design a setup with documented entry criteria, stop placement, target logic, and position size before you ever touch a trade
  • Master Indian-market execution mechanics: order types, slippage budgeting, expiry-week behaviour, lot-size mechanics

By the end of Stage 2, you are not guessing at entries. You are operating a defined process. That operating standard is the precondition for the kind of consistency earlier attempts lacked.

Most traders stop here. The ones who do not are the ones you will eventually read about.

03

Professional Edge

Stage 3 is where frameworks become conviction. You are no longer learning methodologies. You are thinking in them.

₹29,999

Five Volumes · ~6 hours main + bonuses

  1. Volume 1 — Statistical Validation of Trading Edge
  2. Volume 2 — Advanced Risk Management: Kelly, VaR, Ruin Probability
  3. Volume 3 — Psychology at Scale: Institutional Rituals
  4. Volume 4 — Execution Science: VWAP, TWAP, POV, IS
  5. Volume 5 — Multi-System Portfolio Construction

What you walk away with

  • Identify a clean demand zone on any timeframe in under 90 seconds using supply and demand methodology
  • Read Wyckoff accumulation and distribution phases in live market context: spring, upthrust, and composite man logic
  • Count Elliott Wave impulse and corrective structures with confidence and apply them to live trade decisions
  • Measure harmonic patterns including Gartley, Bat, Butterfly, and Crab with precision entry and stop logic
  • Grade trade setups by confluence score so you trade only when the weight of evidence is decisively in your favour
  • Backtest a strategy with statistical integrity: measure expectancy, R-multiple average, and maximum drawdown
  • Build a professional playbook that you version and refine like a system, not a notebook

By the end of Stage 3, you are not just studying price action. You are thinking in it. The market speaks a language you now understand at a level most retail traders never reach.

At this stage, the gap between you and institutional traders has one name: quantitative thinking.

04

Mastery: Quantitative Edge

Discretionary trading has a ceiling. Stage 4 breaks through it by teaching you to build, test, and validate strategies with code and data.

₹39,999

Five Volumes · ~6 hours main + bonuses · Institutional researcher faculty

  1. Volume 1 — The Quantitative Research Workflow
  2. Volume 2 — Backtesting Foundations in Python
  3. Volume 3 — Time-Series Econometrics: ARIMA, GARCH, Cointegration
  4. Volume 4 — Machine Learning for Trading
  5. Volume 5 — Advanced Validation: PBO, DSR, CPCV

What you walk away with

  • Write Pine Script strategies on TradingView and read your backtest results with statistical literacy
  • Use Python with pandas and numpy to analyse market data and build custom backtesting frameworks
  • Design scanners on TradingView and Chartink that surface high-probability setups daily without manual screening
  • Apply institutional-grade quantitative research methodology: document and validate strategies the way institutional analysts do
  • Build factor-based ranking models, regime detection logic, and model-driven decision frameworks
  • Measure your strategy's true edge: Sharpe ratio, maximum drawdown, win rate in context, and expectancy

Stage 4 graduates do not ask whether their strategy has an edge. They have already measured it. They know their numbers. That certainty changes how they trade.

05

Mastery: Systems Architect

A strategy that lives only in a spreadsheet is not a system. Stage 5 teaches you to build one that runs on its own.

₹49,999

Five Volumes · ~6 hours main + bonuses · On-camera Senior Quant Engineer

  1. Volume 1 — Research to Production: Git, Tests, Tooling, Structure
  2. Volume 2 — Event-Driven Architecture for Trading Systems
  3. Volume 3 — Broker Integration with Zerodha Kite Connect
  4. Volume 4 — Deployment Infrastructure: Docker, Cloud, Monitoring
  5. Volume 5 — Live Deployment Playbook · Stage 5 Capstone

What you walk away with

  • Integrate Zerodha Kite, Upstox, and AngelOne SmartAPI end to end: authentication, order routing, and live data streams
  • Build an automated scanner that generates buy and sell signals without any manual input
  • Apply walk-forward testing and parameter stability analysis to ensure your strategy holds up outside the backtest window
  • Implement portfolio-level risk controls: correlation limits, drawdown triggers, and capital allocation rules
  • Use regime detection to identify whether the market is trending, ranging, or volatile and switch strategy behaviour accordingly
  • Automate order placement, modification, and exit logic via broker API with full logging and error handling

By the end of Stage 5, you have a working automated trading system connected to a live broker. You are no longer a trader who uses a computer. You are a systems architect who builds trading infrastructure.

06

Mastery: Institutional Elite

Stage 6 is where everything comes together. You deploy a live system, apply institutional risk models, and complete a peer-reviewed capstone under the academy's mentorship panel.

₹59,999

Five Volumes · ~6 hours main + bonuses · On-camera Institutional PM + CRO inserts

  1. Volume 1 — Portfolio Construction at Scale: Markowitz, Risk Parity, HRP, Black-Litterman
  2. Volume 2 — Execution at Scale: Market Impact, Dark Pools, Institutional TCA
  3. Volume 3 — The Buy-Side Workflow: Research, IC, Trade Lists, Attribution
  4. Volume 4 — Institutional Risk Management: VaR, ES, Stress Tests, Governance
  5. Volume 5 — Capital Raising & The Career Arc · Curriculum Capstone

What you walk away with

  • Build a complete trading bot architecture: signal generation, order execution, position management, and automated reporting
  • Apply hedge fund risk models including Kelly Criterion position sizing and Value at Risk concepts to a real portfolio
  • Use volatility targeting to adjust system exposure dynamically based on market conditions
  • Automate options strategy frameworks including delta-neutral structures and programmatic spread adjustments
  • Understand market microstructure: order book dynamics, liquidity layers, and bid-ask spread behaviour
  • Complete a capstone project: design, backtest, deploy, monitor, and present a full institutional-grade trading system
  • Peer-reviewed capstone under the academy's mentorship panel, covering your system design, strategy edge, and operating standards

Stage 6 graduates do not describe themselves as traders. They describe themselves as systematic operators. They have built something that works with or without them sitting at a screen. That is what institutional-grade means.

7

Full Academy Access · All 6 Stages

Every volume of every stage in a single enrolment. Foundation through Institutional Elite, authored as one continuous path. The only way to access the full curriculum without re-enrolling stage by stage.

₹1,49,999

30 Volumes · ~2,250 minutes main + 450+ minutes bonus · Lifetime access

What is included

  • All 30 video volumes across all 6 stages — ~2,250 minutes of primary instruction plus 450+ minutes of bonus content
  • All 30 companion worksheets — 420 pages of structured, work-along-with-video exercises
  • All 30 gate quizzes with 70% threshold progression unlocks and per-volume completion certificates
  • Institutional faculty framing for Stages 4-6 (faceless voice-over with on-screen chyron) — ex-buy-side portfolio manager, ex-chief risk officer
  • Weekly Q&A sessions with the Curriculum Team across all enrolled stages
  • Complete resource library — pre-trade checklists, trade journals, code kits, reference tables, worked-example datasets
  • Priority mentorship queue for capstone reviews and career-path discussions
  • Lifetime access to every volume and every future update without additional payment

Why choose Full Academy over stage-by-stage

  • Stage-by-stage purchase totals ₹2,14,994 — Full Academy is ₹1,49,999, a ₹64,995 saving
  • No friction at each stage boundary — progression is automatic once the previous gate quiz is passed
  • Sequencing is the underrated part — every stage builds on the consolidated output of the one before
  • Lifetime access means the curriculum keeps working as a reference after completion, not just during it

Full Academy graduates have completed the entire institutional-grade pathway. They have the language, the math, the frameworks, and the operating standards that separate retail from professional capital.

Enrol in Full Academy · ₹1,49,999

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Master Methodology Encyclopedia

Stage 02 unlocks the 1,308-methodology reference library.

What is inside

Seven scanner categories — Intraday, Candlestick, Range Breakout, Bullish, Bearish, Crossovers, and Volume Profile — spanning 35 branded PDF volumes. Every methodology is documented across eight standardised sections covering markets, formula, parameters, interpretation, signal criteria, worked examples, common mistakes, and timeframe guidance.

How students access it

The encyclopedia portal is publicly browseable so prospective students can survey the index, read methodology titles, and preview the structure. The branded PDF volumes themselves are gated — Stage 02 enrolment and above unlocks full download access to all 35 volumes, including future additions, for the lifetime of the enrolment.

Browse the encyclopedia portal →

Read a free sample (BR-001 VEP) →

Why it sits here

The encyclopedia is not a separate product. It is the reference layer that the curriculum draws on. Stage 02 students use it to populate their setup library; Stage 03 to grade confluence; Stage 04 to source quantitative methodologies; Stage 05+ to seed automated scanner logic. Every illustration uses anonymised scenarios with at least a 30-day data lag, in line with SEBI educational guidance.

Mentorship Structure

Mentorship intake opens 15 June 2026

Mentorship is tier-matched, not tip-matched.

Mentorship at Bharath Shiksha is calibrated to what a student is actually doing at their stage. Foundation students need clarity and habits, so mentorship is delivered as cohort office hours. Systematic and Professional students need their setup libraries and journals reviewed, so mentorship moves to system-level grading. Mastery students need their architecture stress-tested, so mentorship moves to one-on-one strategic review.

The pedagogy is the point: support follows the work being done, not the cheque being written. Tiered access exists because each stage's questions are different in kind, not just in difficulty.

Foundation · Stage 01

Cohort office hours. Weekly group Q&A with the Curriculum Team covering market mechanics, candlestick reading, position sizing, and the pre-trade checklist. Designed for the highest leverage at the start of the path.

Systematic + Professional · Stage 02–03

Setup library reviews + journal grading. Submitted setups receive structured written feedback against the seven-field specification. Trade journals are graded against the 19-column standard with weekly Bayesian inference review.

Mastery I + II · Stage 04–05

System architecture reviews + backtest critique. Quantitative research workflow reviewed end to end: data hygiene, validation methodology, PBO/DSR application, and event-driven architecture critique against production engineering standards.

Mastery III · Stage 06

1:1 strategic operator sessions. Direct sessions with the Institutional Portfolio Manager covering portfolio construction, market impact modelling, the buy-side workflow, and the long-horizon career arc into managing external capital.

Mentorship cadence and capacity are calibrated per cohort. Refer to your enrolment confirmation for your stage's exact mentorship schedule.

Learning Path View

How the curriculum connects to the student lesson flow.

The same six-stage ladder continues inside the student area through structured lessons, workbooks, progress tracking, and a guided next-step flow at every stage.

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