CLF vs Investment Mastery — the stocks & crypto masterclass funnel

They advertise monthly percentages.
Ask for the workings.

The verdict in 20 seconds

Investment Mastery is a UK company teaching stocks and crypto — not forex — through free Zoom masterclasses that lead into paid programmes. Its homepage advertises “a consistent profit of 3–6%+ monthly” and “a 93% client success rate.” Those are their published claims; judge them by whether the raw workings are published anywhere you can audit. CLF takes the opposite bet: £120 for an Ofqual-regulated qualification, 977 member-reported results published with losses included, and no return figures advertised anywhere — because most retail traders lose money and honest providers say so.

How we compared: Investment Mastery’s own published pages (investment-mastery.com), read and verified 14 July 2026. We credit what they do well, and we link every claim to a source you can check. Spot an error? Tell us and we will correct it.

One question exposes everything

One test for any claim: where are the workings?

Homepage claims · the audit check
ProviderInvestment Mastery
Headline claim“Consistent profit of 3–6%+ monthly”
Second claim“93% client success rate”
Raw data published to auditNot that we could find
ProviderCome Learn Forex
Return figures advertisedNone — ever, anywhere
What is published instead977 member-reported results, losses included, at /results
Checkable · before you pay

A percentage without a public dataset is a slogan. A dataset without a promise is evidence.

Scroll — run the check ↓
Who they are

A different market — and a different philosophy.

Investment Mastery, founded by Marcus de Maria, teaches stock-market and cryptocurrency investing: free four-hour masterclasses on Zoom, free e-books (The Lunchtime Trader, The Lunchtime Investor), a members’ club, coaching and paid programmes above it. Its FAQ is refreshingly direct in places — it suggests £2,000 as a sensible starting pot, names a 1:3 risk-reward rule as a “golden rule,” and states plainly that it provides education, not advice. It carries an “excellent” Trustpilot rating and thousands of reviews. It offers no forex courses, so on our keywords it is not really a competitor at all.

The reason it earns a page is the marketing style. “3–6%+ monthly” and “93% success” are large claims — a consistent 4% monthly compounds to over 60% a year, a figure professional funds rarely sustain. We could not find a published raw dataset behind either number. They may have one; if they publish it we will link it here. Until then, this page exists to show the two philosophies side by side and let you pick: advertised percentages, or published workings with risk warnings. The FTC’s 2020 case against Online Trading Academy — built on unsubstantiated earnings claims — is the reason we chose the second and put the caveats on every results page we publish.

Side by side

Percentages vs published workings.

What matters
Investment MasteryStocks & crypto · masterclass funnel
Typical influencer course$499–$4,997 · no external exam
Come Learn ForexLevel 2 · £120 all-in
Forex courses
None — stocks & crypto only
Often forex-led
Forex-first, own written syllabus
Entry price
Free masterclass; paid tiers above
Usually $499–$4,997
£120 all-in, printed on the page
Ofqual-regulated qualification
No
No regulator, seller-issued certificate
Yes — TQUK, centre 38286404878
Advertises return percentages
Yes — “3–6%+ monthly,” “93% success”
Frequently
Never — risk warnings instead
Raw results dataset you can audit
Not that we could find
No
977 member-reported results, losses included
Externally moderated exam
No
No
30 questions, 70% pass, external moderation
Free way to sample first
Yes — masterclass + e-books
Rarely
Yes — free 3-lesson taster
Independent reviews
Trustpilot “excellent,” thousands
Often none
Trustpilot 4.5, checkable

Investment Mastery facts from investment-mastery.com, read 14 July 2026: course scope (stocks and crypto; no forex courses listed), the “3–6%+ monthly” and “93% client success rate” statements as published on their homepage, their masterclass funnel, e-books, £2,000 starting-capital guidance and 1:3 risk-reward rule from their own FAQ, and their Trustpilot standing as they present it. These are their claims, quoted as claims; if Investment Mastery publishes an auditable dataset behind them, tell us and we will link it here.

The honest bit

When Investment Mastery is genuinely the right call.

You want stocks and crypto, not forexThat is literally their catalogue and not ours. If forex is not your market, CLF is not your provider — and their free materials cost nothing to evaluate.
Their free layer is genuinely substantialFree masterclasses and two free e-books before anyone asks for money is a fair way to let you judge the teaching first.
Some of their guidance is plainly sensibleA named risk-reward rule, a realistic starting-capital figure, and an explicit “education, not advice” line are all better than much of this industry manages.
You want a large coached communityCoaches, a members’ club and thousands of reviews mean the support structure is real.
But apply the one test this page is built on: when a provider advertises a return percentage, ask to see the raw dataset behind it — every trade, losses included, in a form you can audit. If the answer is testimonials, you have your answer. It is the exact test we invite you to run on our own /results archive.
The £120 test

Do not trust this page either. Test it.

1Check us firstVerify Approved Centre No. 38286404878 on the public register, read the Trustpilot reviews, search the founder by name.
2Sit Level 2 for £120Two days on a real London trading floor or live online. Exam and TQUK certificate included — an accredited qualification either survives an exam or it does not.
3Climb only if it earns itLevel 3 (from £4,400) holds your place with a £500 deposit that counts toward the price. The ladder is there when you want it.
Questions

The obvious questions.

It is a real UK education company with a substantial free layer (masterclasses, e-books), a large coached community and an 'excellent' Trustpilot rating, and it states clearly that it offers education rather than advice. Our page is about its headline marketing claims — '3–6%+ monthly' and '93% client success' — which we could not find an auditable public dataset behind. Claims without workings should be treated as marketing, whoever makes them.
No. Its catalogue is stock-market and cryptocurrency courses; no forex courses are listed. If you want forex education specifically, it is not the comparison that matters — Come Learn Forex is a forex-first provider with an Ofqual-regulated qualification.
Treat any advertised monthly percentage with scepticism: a steady 4% a month compounds past 60% a year, which even professional funds rarely sustain. The honest test is not the number but the workings — a full, auditable dataset with losses included. That is why CLF advertises no return figures and instead publishes 977 member-reported results with risk warnings.
If you want stocks and crypto rather than forex, want a substantial free layer before paying, and value a large coached community, their offer fits — sample the free masterclass and judge the teaching yourself.
Because most retail traders lose money and any provider promising income is showing a red flag — the FTC's 2020 case against Online Trading Academy was built on exactly that kind of claim. We publish evidence (member-reported results, losses included) rather than promises, and we put the caveat on every page.

Never buy a percentage.
Buy something you can check.

Written by the Come Learn Forex team, led by founder Shoaib Ghauri. Published 14 July 2026. Facts drawn from each provider’s own published pages (investment-mastery.com) on that date; we correct errors on request. Trading involves substantial risk and most retail traders lose money; no course, ours included, can promise profit.

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