I went through Drysdale’s Inner Circle starting in October 2025 and graduated in early 2026. It’s a three-month, application-only mentorship built around the VWAP Wave Systemâ„¢: live classes, trade review, homework, drills, and a level of accountability I hadn’t had in twenty-five years of trading on my own.
Inside the mentorship
What the Inner Circle Actually Asks of You
Three months inside Drysdale’s Inner Circle, and what came after: the plan I committed to, the homework, the graded journal, and the accountability standard nobody warned me about.
More from inside the Inner Circle
More lessons are on the way.
This is the inside view. What the curriculum covers, what the homework looks like, how the accountability works, and what has changed in my trading since. I don’t share Chris’s class materials. I share what it did to me. If you’re thinking about applying, read these pages first, then again after a bad week, because that’s the week the program is built for.
When you’re ready: join the Inner Circle waitlist.
Can I join the Inner Circle from outside the US?
Yes, as far as I can tell. Everything Chris runs is online, in English, on Discord and video: the classes, the trade review, the journal channel. Nobody checks your passport, they check your journal. Your side of the deal is a broker or prop firm that offers CME futures, a TradingView chart, and a Discord account.
The clock is the real question. Chris schedules the live classes and the live room in US Eastern Time, so ask about the current schedule before you apply, and use this table to see what it costs you in sleep. The group I trade with every day is spread around the world, so it can be done. A few of them do it before breakfast.
| Where you are | New York open, 9:30 ET | Globex open, 6:00 p.m. ET |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | 14:30 / 13:30 | 23:00 / 22:00 |
| London | 14:30 | 23:00 |
| Berlin, Paris | 15:30 | 00:00 |
| Mumbai | 20:00 / 19:00 | 04:30 / 03:30 |
| Singapore, Hong Kong | 22:30 / 21:30 | 07:00 / 06:00 |
| Tokyo | 23:30 / 22:30 | 08:00 / 07:00 |
| Sydney | 01:30 / 23:30 | 10:00 / 08:00 |
Two times means US winter / US summer. US clocks change in March and November, not on the same dates as yours, so around those months check a time-zone converter. Sydney’s New York-open time is the next calendar day.
If you’re in Asia-Pacific, the Globex open is your morning and the New York open is your bedtime. In Europe, New York is your afternoon and Globex your late evening. I trade Globex from Alaska because I hate mornings, which makes me an honorary Australian.
Questions from readers outside the US
Do I need a US broker to trade ES and NQ?
No. ES and NQ are CME contracts and futures brokers in most countries offer them; Interactive Brokers, for one, serves most of the world. Prop firms sell simulated evaluation accounts and the ones I use publish a list of countries they can’t serve. Read that list before you pay for an evaluation.
Is the Inner Circle taught in English?
Yes. The classes, the Discord, the book and the toolkit are all in English. Trading English is a small vocabulary, and the group corrects mine regularly.
Are the live sessions at a sane hour for Europe or Asia?
Europe, yes: the New York open is mid-afternoon and Globex opens around midnight. Asia-Pacific gets Globex in the morning and the New York open late at night. Drysdale Trading Groupâ„¢ keeps a recording library for the sessions you sleep through; ask Chris which ones are recorded before you apply.
What do I need before I apply from outside the US?
A broker or prop-firm account that trades CME futures, TradingView (the toolkit is a TradingView indicator), Discord, and Chris’s free Core Setup Guide read once. Everything is online and nothing on this site is limited by country. Your own country’s rules on futures trading and prop-firm accounts are yours to check, not mine or Chris’s.
Ready for the system itself, not just my lessons on it?
I explain the VWAP Wave Systemâ„¢ from a student’s chair. Chris Drysdale teaches it. Start with his free Core Setup Guide, read the book, or take seven days inside Drysdale Trading Groupâ„¢ and watch it traded live. All of it is online and in English, wherever you are.
Disclosure. VWAP.biz is an independent site written by Scott West, a paying member of Drysdale Trading Groupâ„¢. The VWAP Wave System™ is Chris Drysdale’s work. He doesn’t own or run this site, but he has reviewed and endorsed it. Links to his book, toolkit, and community are affiliate links: if you buy through them I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Nothing here is financial advice, and trading futures carries a risk of loss. Full disclosure · Risk disclaimer