CLF vs Learn to Trade (Greg Secker) — the biggest name in UK forex education

The most famous funnel in forex education.
Ask what the next step costs.

The verdict in 20 seconds

Learn to Trade has run since 2003, founded by Greg Secker, and by its own count has trained over 400,000 people through free workshops in the UK, Australia and beyond. The workshop is genuinely free. What their pages do not print is the price of what comes after it — programmes are quoted in the room or on a call, and independent user reviews describe multi-thousand-pound packages. Come Learn Forex prints everything: £120 all-in for an accredited, Ofqual-regulated Level 2, exam and certificate included, and a free Taster that is a course, not a pitch.

Start free · 3-lesson Taster £120 accredited Level 2

How we compared: Learn to Trade’s own published pages, plus independent review platforms (clearly labelled as user reviews where used), read and verified 14 July 2026. We credit what they do well and link every claim to something you can check. Spot an error? Tell us and we will correct it.

One question exposes everything

The free-workshop test: what happens in hour three?

Funnel · the next-step check
ProviderLearn to Trade
EntryFree workshop — genuinely free
Programme prices on the websiteNot printed — quoted at the event or by phone
What user reviews describeMulti-thousand-pound programmes and upsells
ProviderCome Learn Forex
EntryFree 3-lesson Taster — a course, not a pitch
Next step, printed£120 all-in — Level 2, exam & certificate
Checkable · before you pay

A free event is only free if you know the price of the next step before you attend. Ask for it in writing.

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Who they are

Twenty years of workshops — described fairly.

Learn to Trade was founded in 2003 by Greg Secker, a former banking-sector FX professional, and has become the most recognisable brand in UK retail forex education, with free workshops running in the UK and Australia and a claim of more than 400,000 people trained. The scale is real, the longevity is real, and a free afternoon that introduces complete beginners to what forex even is has genuine value.

Our difference with the model is structural. Their websites promote the free event; the paid programmes behind it are priced in conversation, not in print, and independent user reviews on platforms they do not control describe packages running into the thousands. We cannot verify individual accounts and present them only as what reviewers report. What we can verify is our own model: every price printed, syllabus published, a regulator you can look up, and a free entry point that teaches rather than sells. Two decades from now, that is still the only comparison that matters: can you check everything before anyone has your card?

Side by side

The workshop funnel vs the printed ladder.

What matters
Learn to Tradeest. 2003 · Greg Secker
Typical influencer course$499–$4,997 · no external exam
Come Learn ForexLevel 2 · £120 all-in
Free entry point
✓Free workshop (a live sales-supported event)
✕Rarely
✓Free 3-lesson Taster — course content
Programme prices printed on site
✕No — quoted at event/by phone
−Usually at checkout
✓£120 all-in, printed
Ofqual-regulated qualification
−Not stated on their pages
✕No regulator, seller-issued certificate
✓Yes — TQUK, centre 38286404878
Externally moderated exam
−Not stated
✕No
✓30 questions, 70% pass, external moderation
Longevity & scale
✓20+ years, 400,000+ trained (their count) — genuinely big
✕Small
−300+ active community since 2019
Published, auditable student results
−Testimonials
✕Screenshots
✓977 member-reported results at /results
Independent reviews
−Mixed across platforms — read them yourself
✕Often none
✓Trustpilot 4.5, checkable

Learn to Trade facts from their own published pages (founding, founder, free-workshop model, trained-count claim), read 14 July 2026. Programme pricing is not printed on the pages we read; descriptions of multi-thousand-pound packages come from user reviews on independent platforms and are presented as user reports, not verified fact. If Learn to Trade publishes its programme prices, tell us and we will print them here.

The honest bit

When Learn to Trade is genuinely the right call.

✓You are a complete beginner who learns in roomsA free in-person afternoon that explains what a pip is has real value, whoever runs it. Go — just decide your spending ceiling before you walk in.
✓Their reach means events near youTwenty years of operations means workshops in cities we do not reach in person. Availability matters.
✓Brand comfort is worth something to youSome people only trust the biggest name in the room. That is a real preference, honestly held.
But take the one precaution this page is built on: before attending any free trading event — theirs, anyone’s — get the full programme price list in writing, and check whether the certificate at the end sits on a regulated framework. If either request is deflected, the afternoon told you what you needed.
Test us for free first

Do not trust this page either. Test it.

1Start freeTake the 3-lesson Taster on our platform — our actual teaching, no card. Check centre No. 38286404878 on the public register while you do.
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2Sit Level 2 for £120Two days live, London floor or online. Exam and TQUK certificate included — an accredited qualification either survives an exam or it does not.
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3Climb only if it earns itLevel 3 (from £4,400) holds your place with a £500 deposit that counts toward the price.
Start the free Taster See Level 2 · £120
Questions

The obvious questions.

It is the longest-running major brand in UK forex education — founded 2003 by Greg Secker, with free workshops across the UK and Australia and a claim of 400,000+ people trained. Legitimacy is not our argument. Our argument is print-before-pitch: their programme prices are quoted in the room or by phone rather than printed, while CLF prints £120 all-in next to a published syllabus and a checkable regulator.
The workshop is free. The programmes behind it are not priced on their public pages — they are quoted at the event or on a call. Independent user reviews describe multi-thousand-pound packages; we present those as user reports since we cannot verify individual accounts. CLF's accredited Level 2 is £120 all-in, printed.
As a free introduction for a complete beginner, possibly yes — with one rule: decide your spending ceiling before you attend and get any programme price in writing. A free event is only free if the next step is priced before you're in the room.
A free 3-lesson Taster that is course content rather than an event, then an accredited Level 2 at £120 all-in — exam and TQUK certificate included, Ofqual-regulated, centre 38286404878 — then an optional Level 3. Every price is printed before any conversation.
No, and nobody honest will. Most retail traders lose money; any provider implying otherwise is showing you a red flag.

Enjoy the free workshop.
Get the next price in writing first.

Start the free Taster

Written by the Come Learn Forex team, led by founder Shoaib Ghauri. Published 14 July 2026. Facts from Learn to Trade’s own published pages, plus independent review platforms (clearly labelled as user reviews where used) 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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