MTS Institute / Syllabus
The 25 week syllabus
You first see the market through all 12 lenses (externals, intermediaries and internals), then build one mechanical system end to end. Every week ends with something you keep.
FoundationsWeek 1 · common starting line
ExternalsWeeks 2 to 5 · manage your own money, or a fund’s
IntermediariesWeeks 6 to 9 · path to research and advisory
InternalsWeeks 10 to 13 · path to prop trading and funded accounts
Mechanical specialisationWeeks 14 to 25 · your tested, live system
Tap any week
Week 1 · FoundationsOrientation and market basicsYou walk away with: Rules over opinions; tools set up
Every week at a glance
Two live sessions a week: Saturday 7 to 9 pm and Sunday 10 am to 12 noon IST.
| Week | Topic | You walk away with |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations: week 1 | ||
| 1 | Orientation and market basics | Rules over opinions; tools set up |
| Externals: weeks 2 to 5, managing your own money or a fund's | ||
| 2 | Fundamental deviations | Valuation band and deviation rule |
| 3 | Portfolio ratios | Portfolio report against Nifty |
| 4 | Futures: momentum investing | Momentum ranking and rollover math |
| 5 | Options: probability cones | Probability cone and options policy |
| Intermediaries: weeks 6 to 9, the path to research and advisory | ||
| 6 | Fundamental analysis | One page research note |
| 7 | Technical analysis | Published view with levels |
| 8 | Quant analysis | Tested market hypothesis |
| 9 | Desk analysis and MetaStock automation | Automated daily scan report |
| Internals: weeks 10 to 13, the path to prop trading and funded accounts | ||
| 10 | Analytical: top down | Top down trade plan |
| 11 | Discretionary: alert based long short | Journaled paper long short book |
| 12 | Systematic: pairs | Tested pair spread model |
| 13 | Mechanical: single script | First coded and tested system |
| Mechanical specialisation: weeks 14 to 24, your tested, live system | ||
| 14 | Indicator families | Map of every indicator family |
| 15 | Signals, filters, combining, regime sequencing | Combined signal with filters and alerts |
| 16 | Logic, psychology and formula | Indicator rebuilt from its formula |
| 17 | Tweaking the indicator | Your own coded variant |
| 18 | Data and the honest backtest | Backtest net of real costs |
| 19 | Walk forward, robustness and breaking | Known limits of your system |
| 20 | Industry ratios tested with Claude | Institutional tear sheet with Monte Carlo |
| 21 | Money, risk and leverage | Sizing model and right leverage |
| 22 | Regime and portfolio of systems | Regime filtered portfolio |
| 23 | Mind modulation | Personal trading charter |
| 24 | Live deployment and monitoring | Demo deployment with kill rules |
| Graduation: week 25 | ||
| 25 | Capstone, mentoring and certification | Certified system and 90 day roadmap |