Smart investing,
explained simply.
For over three decades IncomeTrader.com has been helping everyday investors make smarter decisions — with plain-English education, live trading, and professional coaching.
Our Services
From live trading to group coaching and powerful tools — everything you need to invest with confidence, all in plain English.
Live Trading
A monthly subscription gets you complete access to trading with real money, live with us each week, along with archived webinars and our ongoing trade update page. All trading profits are donated to charity. Available to members who have completed our extended training courses.
Live Futures Trading
Perfect for full-time or casual traders. Trade with us for the day or just for a few minutes. This highly interactive class gives you real-time exposure to futures markets alongside experienced traders.
Group Coaching
Learn to invest with our seasoned coaches. From opening an account to repairing and adjusting bad trades — these weekly online sessions encourage full class participation. Available to members who have completed our extended training courses.
Trading Tools
Two weeks of intelligent investment decisions including trading ideas, research charts, proprietary scans, automated support and resistance lines, Warren Buffett Fair Value calculations, the Coval trend indicator, and much more. Take the tour →
Meet the Team
For nearly 30 years our editors have been devoted to teaching and helping investors maximize their portfolios.
Mike Coval
Editor & CEOMike has been educating investors for over 30 years, specializing in covered calls, options strategies, and live trading. He founded IncomeTrader.com with a simple mission — make stock market investing approachable for everyone. Mike leads live trading sessions weekly and donates 100% of trading profits to charity.
Stacy Acevedo
EditorStacy brings a hands-on coaching style that has helped thousands of students move from confusion to confidence in the markets. She specializes in repairing bad trades and guiding investors through real-world scenarios. Stacy believes deeply that your long-term success is the team's success.
Our Founders Have Created Content For
A small selection of the premiere organizations our educators have developed course content for.
IncomeTrader Mutual Fund — A Snapshot in Time
The following figures represent a historical performance snapshot from a prior period. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
| Fund / Index | Return |
|---|---|
| IncomeTrader Fund | +28.08% |
| Janus (JAWWX) | +12.71% |
| Vanguard (VWELX) | +15.48% |
| Fidelity (FDGRX) | +38.47% |
| S&P 500 | +17.39% |
Why IncomeTrader?
Every business day in America more and more investors make the decision to switch from a passive investing role to a more hands-on investing style. In doing so they also make the commitment to continue their financial education. This creates a need for accurate, timely information that can be applied to investing strategies — increasing the profitability levels of a portfolio.
Our goal is to introduce you to a new world of information, ideas, strategies, stocks, and options that you can use to become a successful investor. Our website was designed for the serious trader, but our stock analysis and detailed trading picks can be followed by even those who are new to the markets.
What Makes Us Different
A major feature of our website is our trading ideas section. We continually outline new trading ideas including entrance, exit, and reversal points. We cover topics surrounding these picks and which trading strategy will best be used to profit from the stock — whether that's Stock Splits, Earnings Plays, Technical Sector Rotations, or IRA Candidates. And we then donate 100% of our trading profits to charity.
The Bottom Line
From beginner to advanced, our team of stock analysts and professional traders will help you make the right choices for your account. At IncomeTrader.com — your success is our success.
Ready to invest smarter?
Start for just $0.99
Get full access for 14 days — no commitment, cancel anytime before your trial ends.