Sebastian Tudor | Founder, The Institute of Trading & Investing
Most busy parents do not have a money problem. They have a time-and-system problem. Day trading costs hours. This system costs 1 hour a month.
Sebastian Tudor
310+
Families helped in Europe

Sebastian Tudor

Founder, The Invest 1-Hour™

For years I built live, verified market systems.
When I became a father I asked one question: which system can a busy parent actually keep — in 1 hour a month?
That is how The Invest 1-Hour was born.

I am an engineer. I arrived in the Netherlands with a backpack and a degree. First job: pulling 1,000 metres of cable a day in a shipyard. I climbed. I earned. I was missing one thing: time with my family. So I built a system. First for myself. Then for 310+ families.

My higher trading results come from private portfolios and live accounts that are publicly verifiable, including Myfxbook. The Invest 1-Hour is not that intensive trading system. It is the simple ETF process I chose for family life.

★ 310+ families helped

You already work hard enough.
Your money needs a better system.

Not because you are lazy. Not because you are slow. Nobody told you these three facts.

1. Inflation takes from you. Quietly. Every month.

Savings rates have sat below inflation for years. The gap looks small each month. Over a decade it is the largest tax on idle cash.

2. “I’ll start later” is the most expensive sentence you will say.

€100 a month for 10 years is €12,000 of your own money. At long-run market averages that often compounds to roughly €20,000–€24,000 — not a fortune. Waiting leaves you with €12,000 in a drawer and a second decade you cannot buy back. Start with what you have.

3. Your children copy what you do. Not what you say.

They see the stress. Or they see a parent who spends one calm hour a month letting money work. Which lesson do you want them to inherit?

The maths does not lie.
Run it yourself.

This is a compound-interest demonstrator. You pick the rate. It is not a forecast and it is not the programme return.

Monthly contribution€ 500
Assumed annual return8%
Time horizon (years)20
Estimated portfolio value
€ 0
Your capital
Compounded profit
After 20 years of consistent investing
€ 0
Your contributions
€ 0
Compounded gain
0x
Multiplier

Figures above use the rate you chose. Long-run global equity averages sit nearer 7–10% before inflation and tax. Markets fall in some years. Default is 8%, not 15%.

The leverage of small changes

Unused subscriptions
Redirecting €50/mo unused apps:
+€ 0
One dinner out
Redirecting €150/mo:
+€ 0
Cost of waiting
If you delay the start by 5 years, the gap is:
-€ 0

How I got here

The start

Backpack. Degree. The Netherlands.

I had an MSc in engineering. Romania had no path I wanted. First job: pulling cable in Amsterdam shipyards. Hard work keeps you alive. It does not make you free.

The climb

Good salary. No time.

I became a project manager on multi-million projects. Inflation still ate the surplus. And I sold my most expensive asset every day: my time.

The mistake

Profitable trading. Free? No.

Twelve years of day trading, crypto, forex. I made money. I also stared at screens 40 hours a week. Trading did not give me freedom. It gave me a second job.

The promise

My son was born. Everything changed.

One promise: I will never miss a bedtime story because a chart needs checking. I took 12 years of knowledge and cut it to rules. The system takes 1 hour a month.

Facts. Not slogans.

MSc Electrical Engineering
Technical University of Iași
I build systems. My portfolio is a system. Not a feeling.
Investment Management
University of Geneva
Same principles large funds use. Simplified for busy people.
Six Sigma Black Belt
Process optimisation
I cut what does not work. That is why it takes 1 hour, not 10.
Prince2 Project Manager
Maritime · Airports · Industry
Complex projects are my trade. Making money work was the simplest one.
12+ years live markets
Own capital. No simulator.
Lost money. Made money. Distilled into rules.
KVK registered
Amsterdam · KVK 89463528
Not an anonymous guru. Check kvk.nl.

The real return

Money you can earn back.
Time with them, you cannot.

If you need four hours a day on charts to make money, you are not free. You have a second job. This system exists to buy the time back.

Sebastian Tudor with his son

Why we invest passively: uninterrupted time with the people who matter.

Real clients

They had the same doubts.
Watch what changed.

Not actors. Clients with jobs and children.

“I’m a dad. I have no time to trade.”

Before: active trading stole family time.
After: he says he now runs two portfolios in under 60 minutes a month.

Busy dadFilipe P. · Netherlands

“I wish I had known this 30 years ago.”

The cost of waiting, from someone who started later than he wanted.

WaitingAram V. R. · Netherlands

“It is not a cost. It is one of my best investments.”

Irina on education. Her view — not a guaranteed ROI.

EducationIrina B. · Romania

“6–7% in two months. Zero experience.”

Eduards describes a short window. It is his result, not a typical return and not a promise.

StartEduards S. · Spain
“He explained it as if I were five.”
▶ YouTube

“He explained it as if I were five.”

Alexandru and his wife. Video lives on YouTube, not on this page.

YouTubeAlexandru V.

Choose your programme

The Invest 1-Hour™

The system for busy parents in the Netherlands, UK and Dubai. ETFs. One hour a month.

Start the system →

Investitor 1 Oră™

The same system in Romanian. For Romanians and expats who want the process in their language.

Romanian programme →

Real company. Check it.

A smart person verifies before they buy education.

Trustpilot · 53

Public reviews we cannot edit or delete. No stars drawn here — open the platform.

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Google · 36

Amsterdam listing. KVK 89463528. Reviews live on Google, not as screenshots on this page.

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Questions you already have

Direct answers. No fluff.

Is Sebastian Tudor a scam?

No. I never touch your money. Capital stays in your account at a European-regulated broker — DEGIRO, Interactive Brokers or Trade Republic. I sell education and rules. KVK 89463528. Public reviews: 53 on Trustpilot + 36 on Google (80+).

Who is Sebastian Tudor?

Engineer. Father. In the Netherlands since 2010. Shipyard cable-puller to corporate project manager. Twelve years testing markets with my own money. Financially free at 37. The +309% figure is a trading track record, not what the ETF programme promises.

Why sell this if the system already works for you?

I build businesses. That is what I do. This industry is full of people who never put real money in a market. I did. You do not have to repeat my expensive mistakes.

How much time does it actually take?

Target: 1 hour a month after you learn the rules. The first weeks take more. It is education, not a button.

Can I lose money?

Yes. All investing involves risk. Diversified ETFs reduce single-stock risk. They do not remove market risk. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

What does it cost?

Depends on the programme. First step is a strategy conversation. You leave with a plan whether you buy or not.

I only have a small amount. Can I start?

Yes. The process can start from about €100 a month. €100 × 12 × 10 years = €12,000 of your own money. What it becomes after that is the market’s job, not a slogan.

How is this different from an advisor?

An advisor often takes 1–2% a year to manage the account. I teach you to run it. You stay in control. Money never leaves your broker.

Stop letting inflation
win every month.

⚠️ Savings rates sit below inflation. You fund the gap until you change the instrument.

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