Do I need coding experience to join?
No. Most members start with zero coding. The University is plain English, the Game Lab starts with one prompt (/prompt_game fills it in from 3 boxes), and every Build Board task comes with a copy-paste master prompt for the AI tool you already use. You'll pick up technical skills as you go, step by step.
How do automated trading strategies work?
An automated or algorithmic trading strategy is a set of written rules: when to enter, where to exit, how much to risk. Software checks those rules against market data and acts the same way every time, which takes emotion out of the decision. At UpIsUp you learn the rules first in the University, test ideas on paper (Bull Bot vs Bear Bot and #strategy-lab show how), and see every live result posted on the weekly scorecard. Strategies can and do lose money. Not financial advice.
Can I really make passive income with AI?
It's possible, but it isn't guaranteed and it isn't instant. Automated businesses and strategies take real work to build, test and maintain, and many don't make money. What we offer is the education, the blueprints and a community to build with. Results vary, past results don't predict future ones, and nothing here is financial advice (NFA).
What is beginner algorithmic trading?
It means learning to trade with clear rules instead of gut feeling, then letting tools help apply them. Start with Options 101 and the Trading Psychology & Risk track, practise on paper, and move to automation only once your rules make sense to you.
Where can I find step-by-step SaaS tutorials?
On the Build Board. Each daily business idea is split into about 10 automation tasks, each with a copy-paste master prompt, ending with a 7-day zero-manual-work test. It's how to build automated business strategies by doing them.
What is Tasks for Humanity?
Our sister project at tasksforhumanity.com. Anyone can complete short research tasks for open medical science, like running a research prompt with an AI assistant or cross-checking literature data, and labs can map spare equipment and GPU compute to research missions.
What is UpIsUp?
UpIsUp is an online trading and automation university in Discord, and the place for winners: a trading Discord where we study money to make money, and where we work to put up the best information for you to win. Members get the stock market today in a 7 AM premarket plan and hitlist, daily Bull Bot and Bear Bot premarket reports, live options trade cards, a daily business idea and the Build Board, crypto setups, a Kalshi 15-minute desk, 21+ sports stat analysis and Up Is Up University, with lessons and quizzes on options trading, technical analysis, crypto and trading psychology. It is also an AI community building together: businesses, tools and bots, video games in the Game Lab, and apps.
Can I use UpIsUp in my language?
Yes. This site is available in 13 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Turkish. In the Discord, pick your language in #choose-language, then right-click any message (or long-press it on a phone) and choose Apps, then Translate to my language, or use /translate. Messages written in other languages in the chat get a short English translation automatically.
What free tools are in the UpIsUp Discord?
The UpIsUp Tools bot adds master prompt builders for games, images and video, trading calculators (/kelly, /theta, /ivcrush, /payoff and /drawdown), reverse-engineering study tools for your own files (/disasm, /hex, /magic and /rom) and Game Lab helpers (/loot_sim, /palette and /vram). The #master-prompts forum, sponsored by FoundationalIT (foundationalit.net), runs a weekly Token Golf contest, and every weekday there is a Blind Chart Quiz, a question of the day and the #trade-review forum. A built-in translator covers 13 languages. Education only, not financial advice.
What is the daily business idea?
It's #business-ideas. Every morning at 5:30 AM ET a new remote business idea drops, designed so it can run itself once it's built: what runs on autopilot, how to run it from your phone and the automation steps. Each idea then becomes a venture card on the Build Board. Ideas are for education, not financial advice, and no income is promised.
How does the Build Board work?
Each venture card in #build-board lists automation tasks sized S, M or L, each with a copy-paste master prompt. Claim a task, build it, and once a founder approves it you earn points. Founders keep majority; contributors earn from a shared pool split by points. Any ownership is legal only through a signed agreement. The final task on every card is a 7-day run with zero manual work. Not financial advice.
What is the Game Lab?
It's the Game Lab section of the Discord. Start a game with one prompt: paste the free Video Game Master Prompt into your AI coding tool, or run /prompt_game and fill 3 boxes. Then talk games in #game-lab-chat, study how hit games work in #reverse-engineering (study only, no piracy or cheats), share builds in #game-builds and enter the monthly #game-jam.
Where can I follow the stock market today?
In #todays-plan. Before the open, it covers stock futures (ES, NQ and RTY), the VIX, major stock market news today, premarket movers and the stocks on our hitlist, with trigger, stop and target levels. During market hours, the free #market-pulse board tracks SPY, QQQ, SPX and the VIX and posts big-move alerts.
Do you cover stock futures and premarket movers?
Yes. Every trading day the Bull Bot and Bear Bot reports open with where stock futures are versus the prior settle, then list the top bullish and bearish premarket movers with gap size, catalyst, trend and key levels, each with charts. They are paper analysis for education.
Do you trade SPY options and 0DTE options?
We post SPY, QQQ, IWM and SPX options trade cards in #live-trades, and the Bull Bot vs Bear Bot paper cards in #market-pulse show the contract with its live bid and ask and a chart explaining the trade. 0DTE options can go to zero the same day, so the University has a full lesson on 0DTE SPX and SPY risk and position sizing.
Is UpIsUp good for the stock market for beginners?
Yes. #todays-plan is written in plain English, the free #free-lesson walks through Options 101 with a quiz, and the University starts with what an option is and how to read a candlestick before moving to advanced options trading and day trading topics.
Is this a stock market newsletter?
Think of it as a daily stock market newsletter that lives in a trading Discord. The plan lands at 7 AM ET, and the community, live cards and Q&A with the bots run all day in the same place.
What is free in the Discord?
Anyone can join the free Discord and get the #market-pulse live market card (every 5 minutes, stocks 9:30 AM–4 PM ET, crypto 6–11 PM ET) with Bull Bot vs Bear Bot paper trade cards, the Options 101 lesson in #free-lesson, and #chat. VIP unlocks the rest.
Is this financial advice?
No. Everything in UpIsUp is for education and information only and is not financial, investment or betting advice (NFA). Paper trades and reports are analysis, not recommendations. You make your own decisions and are responsible for your own decisions. Trading involves risk of loss.
Who can see the sports section?
The sports section is 21+ only. Members confirm they are 21 or older before the sports channels unlock. The section is stat analysis only, with no guarantees. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.
How do I cancel?
You can cancel anytime through your Whop account. Whop handles all billing for VIP Access.