IM Mastery Academy is a company marketing itself as a place where persons can learn to trade by using simple strategies that would help them to understand the Foreign Exchange Market. They claim to provide a mentorship program and that their teaching would help you to learn to trade with confidence.
The Founder of IM Mastery Academy
Christopher Terry has been around for a while. Christopher Terry was the President and Chief Executive Officer of IM Markets Live. This company was founded back in late 2013 to mentor new traders. However, Christopher Terry has been a full-time trader since 1998, three years after he started trading.
After legal actions were taken against IM Markets Live it was later re-branded as IM Mastery Academy with Isis De La Torre and Christopher Terry as co-funders. Read what the FSMA had to say about them here.
Christopher Terry is well-traveled and is worth millions.
The Business Structure – IM Mastery Academy MLM
IM Mastery Academy is a Multi-Level Marketing company. If you do not know what a Multi-Level Marketing Company is 
please see a definition below.
I believe that at the steep prices charged to be a member, upon joining IM most people would immediately need to start recruiting others for their network before they could even start trading.
In order to do that you’d need to convince others that this is a great business opportunity, wouldn’t you? Since you would not have been there long enough to find out however you would probably need to lie about it.
This is the first major concern for me.
What is a Multi-Level Marketing Company
A multi Level Marketing company is one that is set up to allow its members to earn through recruiting others to work with them. As long as their recruits remain a part of the company they are able to profit from their involvement. Added to this they are able to profit every time their recruits bring in more recruits under them. They also profit by carrying out the business of the company e.g by selling the products the company markets.
The persons recruited are called the recruiter’s down line.
Why I Didn’t join IM Academy
I had a brief period in which I toyed with the idea of joining the IM Mastery Academy. A friend had invited me to a webinar about trading on the Forex Market. He told me that he was earning by trading and wanted to know if
I’d be interested in joining.
This is a friend I trust and don’t believe he would lie to me about this. In the course of our conversation, he alluded to the fact that I would need to join the school where he was studying and training. It sounded great. However, the part about joining IM had not been mentioned until that moment.
The first thing that put me off was the cost. The monthly cost that had been shared with me was more than two hundred dollars. Now that’s nothing to sneeze at.
I’m a teacher and single parent so there isn’t a lot left over to be committing that kind of cash to, without guaranteed returns. Plus this was only the school’s cost. I’d still need to find money to trade after that. I thought about it then I decided to do some research. For me to commit that kind of money monthly I needed to know more.
IM Mastery Academy Reviews
In my search for reviews of this company I came across a slew of negative reviews but there were positive ones as well.
The information I share below is what I learned from reading up on IM Mastery Academy. This was enough to cause me to 
hold back from joining them.
I learned that even though I wasn’t told upfront and didn’t find any mention of it on their site, I’d need to pay my broker’s fee out-of-pocket. This was not part of the fees I’d be paying to the school. That would be an additional cost and again I’d still need to find money to trade.
Several posts were found where persons accused IM of being a pyramid scheme since they claim that they are more about networking than trading. This was written by several persons who claimed that they got into it to learn to trade and are serious about that. However, they later found that the IM was more about Networking than trading.
I recently contacted a friend. Louis, who traded with IM earlier this year. What I learned from him is that his monthly cost is $175 for the HFX package. He further said that it was an educational platform and that while he made money at first he did not make back his initial investment or even close to it, however. As such he was unable to pay the next month’s subscription and has temporarily put it on hold. Louis believes in the program and says that it works.
Do check the links below for more on IM Mastery Academy.
See Below Two Video Reviews of IM Mastery Academy
Hope these reviews gave you some perspective.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzX3bC4m0dw
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jHQ1G2mD3c&t=276s
IM Mastery Academy Trustpilot Review
In order to conclude my review of IM Mastery Academy I decided to visit Trustpilot to see how others have feared with it.
Firstly IM Mastery Academy has a very high rating on Trustpilot. There were many who praised the company for the information they provided that would have helped them to become great traders.
There were claims that the trading strategies they were taught worked.
On the flip side, as can be expected with an MLM company there were accusations of scams, and the business being a pyramid scheme.
Two things stood out for me. From those giving a high star rating I noticed that when they admitted to problems with the system they preferred to put the blame on the traders on the team the persons who had bad experiences were working with.
Secondly, every positive reviewer left their contact details so as to encourage persons to make contact with them in order to learn more.
Since these were members of IM as it is I tend to see this as another way to grow sales. Only a few of those positive reviewers did not leave their contact details.
Conclusion
Whether this company is a scam or not is all about is still in question. Certainly, there are many people for and against that idea. I do not believe it is a good place for people who are serious about learning to trade. There are other reputable companies offering to teach you to trade, that offer a great package at a fraction of the cost. So why break the bank?
Before You Go
Are you interested in becoming a serious trader? I believe you should check out my recommendation of two companies that would teach you to trade. One is completely free while the other is at an affordable price and has a mentorship program as well.
If the trading on the Forex Market is not for you but you are interested in owning an online business please check out my no.1 recommendation here.
Have you been a member of IM Mastery Academy do share your experiences in the comment section below. If you have an opinion on the topic we welcome your input as well.
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Ugh! I don’t like MLM company. For me, that is more scammy than filling out survey. And I kinda feel sorry for your friend Luis that still has some hope with the company, it does clearly that he can’t reach back the initial investment. If he really wanna be a trader, there are better place to learn and become success trader aside of join with MLM.
Well after my first experience with an MLM company years ago I avoid them like the plague. There are probably some good ones out there but they are just not my cup of tea.
For me joining such a company is a high risk venture but everyone has to decide for themselves how much is too much.
Cheers,
Candy Benn
I really like what you’ve done after your friend introduced I’m mastery academy to you, we should all consider to always make our own research into whatever business introduced to us in order not to fall for a trap. I think the product is too costly and a lot of things yet unknown, I don’t think it’s advisable to join
Hello,
I do agree. Price is too high for something that’s essentially a gamble because there is not nearly enough disclosure. I’d also like to see this company stand behind there service. Like how about the first month free so I can test run the platform. If it’s soo go I will surely be willing to pay the next month.
Thats something I can get behind.
Cheers,
Candy Benn
Hello there! Thank you for dropping this review on mastery academy. I have gone through the review and I totally agree with all that you said. I really do not know why people would venture into MLM schemes that are mostly pyramid schemes, I don’t get why they won’t just go into affiliate marketing. I feel sorry for Luis tho. I really do not like MLM platforms and this Master Academy is a no no for me
Hi Sophie,
Thank you for stopping by and for your comment. I think it’s because there is benefit in being part of an MLM company beyond selling their product. Additionally those benefits will keep paying off in the future if you can master networking.
Candy Benn
Hello there, thanks a lot for sharing this wonderful piece of information here with us. I must say i really did enjoyed going through your review. Personally i can not do business with MLM companies due to past experiences even though i knew i was getting into an high risk venture. I am never doing that again though
Hello,
i completely understand. I’m not into MLM companies either. I had someone try to get me involved in a pyramid scheme long before I knew what an MLM company was. So I tend to be a bit weary when I hear MLM. I like to ask questions.
Regards,
Candy Benn