Hedgie Academy
Learn how the strategy critters think.
Short, honest lessons — investing basics, the trading styles behind each critter, and the risk maths that separates luck from skill. No hype, no fake returns. Try a full lesson free, right now, with no signup.
🌱 Basics
5 lessonsStart here — the foundations every investor needs.
What is investing?🔒Investing is putting money to work so it can grow over time — not gambling on a lucky flip.4 min
Stocks, funds & indexes🔒A stock is a slice of one company; an index fund is a slice of hundreds at once.4 min
Risk vs rewardFree sampleHigher potential return almost always comes bundled with higher risk — there's no free lunch.Open →Diversification🔒Don't put all your eggs in one basket — spreading bets reduces risk without necessarily cutting return.5 min
Dollar-cost averaging🔒Investing a fixed amount on a schedule beats trying to time the market's tops and bottoms.4 min
🧭 Strategies
7 lessonsMeet each discipline through the critter that lives it.
Momentum🔒Ride what's already winning.5 min
Factor investing🔒Blend proven edges — value, quality, momentum.5 min
Income & dividends🔒Get paid to wait with steady dividends.5 min
Mean reversion🔒Bet the rubber band snaps back.5 min
Sector rotation🔒Surf into the strongest sectors.5 min
Volatility trading🔒Profit from big swings, not direction.5 min
Hedging🔒Buy insurance for your squad.5 min
🎓 Advanced
6 lessonsThe maths that separates luck from skill.
The Sharpe ratio🔒Sharpe measures return per unit of risk — how much reward you earned for the bumpiness you endured.6 min
Max drawdown🔒Max drawdown is the worst peak-to-trough fall — the pain you'd have had to sit through.5 min
Volatility & standard deviation🔒Volatility is how much returns bounce around — measured as the standard deviation of returns.6 min
Correlation & why it powers diversification🔒Correlation (−1 to +1) measures how two assets move together; low correlation is what makes diversification work.6 min
Position sizing🔒How much you put in each bet matters as much as which bets you pick.5 min
Overfitting: why past ≠ future🔒A strategy tuned to look perfect on history often fails live — because it memorized the past instead of learning a real edge.6 min
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Every lesson recruits the critter that teaches it, earns Coach XP, and unlocks new team formations. Backtest them on a simulated market — the same bars for every player — and climb the leaderboard. Free and fully simulated.
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