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There is a real issue with the truth of these numbers. Gareth is currently down with his MU short of $214,000 and Lawton is down $164,000. If they actually put those loses in with their gains throughout the year they would only be up $67,000. That's only 6.7%. That's not good at all. They should be honest, but instead they show they are up $445,000. I believe they are charging way tooo much for us traders. I lost alot of money on their short picks. They should have went long instead of short. They really should give us a year of free membership, they hurt a lot of traders. Me included.

I purchased the Million Dollar Investor paid subscription, which I understood to be a mastermind-style service where the provider shares trades using a large account and margin. The service was expensive, and the landing page described it as an opportunity to “copy trade his trades, or just learn and absorb the 27 years of financial and trading knowledge.” My experience was extremely negative. I followed several of the trades shared through the service, including short positions in SNDK and INTC before earnings. As those positions moved against me, additional short exposure was added instead of using stop losses. Because I was using margin and following the trades, my account losses became very large, and I closed positions to avoid a margin call. In total, my losses from following these trades were over $500,000. I understand that trading involves risk and that I made the final decision to place trades in my own account, but I subscribed because the service emphasized the provider’s claimed 27 years of financial and trading experience. As of May 11, 2026, the portfolio performance displayed inside the paid service appeared to show a drawdown of approximately 70%. This increased my concern about the level of risk being taken and the risk controls used in the service. Based on my experience, the risk management was not what I expected from a high-priced trading education or copy-trading-style service. I would not recommend this subscription to anyone who is not fully prepared for the possibility of large losses, especially when margin is involved. This review has been edited after being flagged, so I have clarified the wording and focused on my own experience with the paid subscription.

Gareth should discontinue his services, instead he's making more courses. I have now blown up my account following his trading advice. I have been in the swing trading service for over 2 years. There were ups and downs but this last year has been an absolute disaster. He totally ignores these massive losses he is holding on to (some for years) and he just opens a brand new account for 2026 with another million dollars. At first his new portfolio was doing great I think he was up 27%ish on the year. This is because he was going heavy long. Once markets bounced, however, he cannot help himself with the shorts. The account for this year is now down 42% (a 69% swing) and now his account is available to be seen by members so he cannot just ignore it like he did previously. Even if trades went against us I would have never imagined I would blow up my account doing simple swing trades but here we are. After observing how he does things for multiple years I feel like he is too preoccupied with giving out trades regularly to act like the service is actually doing something and worth the money. Hilariously this is at the expense of the trades actually working and people making (and keeping) money. If he had just took his profits and sat on it from last April tariff selloff and then this most recent March 2026 selloff he'd be way better off. 99% of the year markets are usually griding up so the only trades he gives out for the most part are shorts. They end up taking over the whole entire account and he just prays to break even on these things. Like WTH is the point of it. Listen to the other awful reviews, I read one recently about someone over 60 years old who lost half of their net worth following him. These stories are tragic and I have no idea how he can just get up there every day with a smile on his face knowing how wrong he has been. He had similar complaint on his previous "inthemoneystocks" company and pivoted to Verified Investing to get a new image. Lessons learned? Absolutely 0 apparently and he's in the same boat again and here come all the negative reviews. I was joking that I should do an inverse Gareth portfolio... cannot even imagine how much money I would be up, instead I lost my whole account. They will respond and probably try to get this taken down or say how I needed to take my own risks into account. Like seriously don't provide a service then, anyone can just short all the high flyer stocks. Last year he just ignored margin calls but now he can't because we all see it. The worst part was that he kept giving me hope all year. I probably would have bailed a while ago if I was just trading myself but you assume he has so much experience and keeps saying how markets will come in and these stocks he's holding short will come down. The day has yet to come and now it has gone on so long that people are wrecked. I remember last fall him saying phrases in his daily video like "you'll see the fastest correction you'll probably ever see in your trading career" and "I'm not scared of these markets." Like maybe you should be buddy. Or even if you aren't and want to waste your time and money trading like this with your millions of dollars, do it on your own time. The way he trades is just insane, I can't believe this is what he has come up with to showcase to people after all of these years trading. Its like a broken record with this guy he just cannot help himself then finds himself in the same position over and over again praying these stocks will come down so that he can break even, I've never seen something more dumb in my life. Even if you don't want to buy these stocks at these levels, why do you have short everything under the sun. What's even more crazy is the amount of risk he is willing to take for 10% gains. He takes profits on all positions at around 10% but he is willing to go 100's of % out of the money in order to get the 10% or even less and he'll just keep saying "it'll come in." I really can't believe it has come to this, he is really hurting people who assume he knows what he's talking about and even the people who just joined in 2026 where it seemingly looked like he was doing great, now he's pulling the same crap all over again and praying for some big correction. I am never trading like this ever again in my life and I am going to have to unlearn a lot of things that I had learned following him. Cannot tell you how disappointed I am. On top of it he takes no responsibility at all. He acts like he made so many mistakes when he was younger doing dumb things, I can't imagine how bad it must have been considering he's blowing up accounts even now after 30 years of experience, like what a joke. This was money my family had built up for years and years and we will have to start over completely now. All I wanted was to make some extra money on the side since I was laid off and now we will have to start over completely thanks to this fraud.

I’ve been using Verified Investing for a month and it has been an absolute disaster. Following Gareth’s semiconductor calls has cost me over $50,000 in losses. Nearly every major trade has gone the wrong way — the INTC short backfired, SMH backfired, Google backfired, Bloom Energy has been a complete train wreck, and SOXS is down massively. At this point it feels like the entire strategy is just drawing lines on charts while completely missing what the market is actually doing. The calls have been consistently out of sync, and if you watch the latest updates on the app, even Gareth seems aware the performance has fallen apart. I honestly can’t remember the last genuinely good call. The losses just keep piling up while subscribers are left holding the bag. Yes, trading involves risk, but this has genuinely been one of the worst financial decisions I’ve made. I strongly advise people to think very carefully before paying for this service or blindly following these trades.

I have been with VI for over a year now and have never submitted a review. However, after the drawdowns people are experiencing recently, I felt the need to share some things I've learned along the way with this service. 1.) Do NOT take short positions with this service. They suffer massive drawdowns and continue to double down on losing positions. This includes longs like SOXS, QID, ZSL, etc as those are still shorts. I have been sitting in cash as Gareth's entire portfolio at the moment is in shorts, it's still frustrating that I am missing out on this rally. 2.) They do have some really good calls on true long positions. I have made money with this service, but only with long positions. If you look at their historical record, long positions typically don't suffer big losses or drawdowns and naturally recover when the market does. 3.) My biggest complaint is that they recently devalued their service by eliminating the dividend trader, ETF trader, and small cap catalyst. They continue to try to spin their reasoning, but at the end of the day call a spade a spade. You're paying the same price for fewer trade ideas and alerts. I may not be with this service for much longer, but my hope is that VI takes these reviews seriously and overhauls their product to provide the same value as they once did before. They need to create a service that is truly a longer-term buy/hold, no shorting strategy for those of us who don't want to bet against the market.

I must warn you, this service can get you; in real trouble. I have been with Gareth for a year and a half. I am in the swing trader service. This service has 11 open positions. He does not reflect these in his performance. They are left for dead. For good reason, they are SNDK 10% of your portfolio short @ 233. He doesn't say a word. Today, I took a 300,000 loss since the stock is @ 1100 and looks like it's going to 2000. 5% of your portfolio in SMH short at 206. Today its 510 Then there's CAT 7% of portfolio short at 476 it's now 900. WDC 7% of portfolio short at 130 dollars it's 440. This is half of all my money in the world. I am 66 and this hurts. 1,000,000.00 of life savings loss. He never emails us or updates. Essentially this year was 100% loss of portfolio if you followed him. Thank God I put in lower numbers. But still a huge chunk of retirement funds gone forever. He is a good teacher, but he can handle way more risk than anyone else and he seems to have unlimited funds. When I called the office they said he has no updates on these positions. That I need to make my own risk assessments. How do you sell a service then take no accountability? He is brilliant and I still follow him, I just make my own trade decisions now.

You would be better off buying the Nasdaq or S&P 500 than following their trades. As of today, May 5, 2026, the Stocks and ETF portfolio has a loss of 14.89% year to date. The qqq is up 9.5% and the S&P up 5.7%. Gareth posts very risky trades like shorting stocks right before earnings. His money management is poor. When the market goes against him, he doubles down. When you look at the closed trades, you see a very good winning record, but the open trades have a huge drawdown. They do this purposely to inflate their win rate, and they don't want you to see the losing trades, so they keep holding them. They can have open positions that are down 40 to 50%. He recommended one stock, SOXS, that is currently down 52%. SOXS is meant to be day-traded because it has time decay, whereas it's being held in the account for over 3 weeks. He's been doubling down on this while it's been going against him. So in this portfolio, there is $1.015 million, and he put $472k into SOXS. Almost 47% of his portfolio is this one stock, which is crazy. This is a recipe for blowing up an account. I am sure they will reply that their service is for educational purposes only, but most people thought it would help them make money. Then, I guess you should join only if you are looking for an education, and don't expect to make any money. Do not pay them $150/month to underperform the Nasdaq and S&P 500 and potentially have 50%+ drawdowns on your account.

It's important for people to know that the top guys says he is 80% right but this is not true!! As badly as I wish it was, you will be disappointed. If you want to bet against the strongest economy in the world, you will love this service. They short USA everyday and continue to lose. They dollar cost average their day trades and get out and say they made a profit. I sat and followed every trade at my computer, everyday and still had small wins and big losses. I did APEX day trading and smart money stocks and the crypto service for 2 months. All I can think is that though he says charts drive him, its a skewed view that USA is doomed. And you have to have hundreds of thousands of capital to take their trades to even make say $50. But most trades go red as soon as they announce them. Makes you wonder.