Nick Deflorio is the founder of Onyx Trading Education. You've probably seen him on Facebook or YouTube. He runs a lot of ads. And whatever you think about that — the guy knows how to market. He got me to book a call, which I genuinely didn't think was going to happen.
I'd already spent money on trading stuff that went nowhere. I wasn't looking for another course. But his ads kept showing up and eventually I went and read what other people said about him. There were way more reviews than I expected. And I couldn't find anything that made me walk away.
So I booked the call. Ended up buying the program. Here's what I actually think after going through it.
I spent a fair bit of time on this before I spent any money. I went looking for the negative stuff first — there was one negative thread from 2021 which honestly seemed like a smear campaign from a competitor or someone who didn't like Nick, this review looked like it was written by someone trying to tarnish his name rather than actually provide any genuine feedback on the program or Nick Deflorio himself.
What I found was mostly positive. 272 reviews and a 4.9 star average across independent platforms (Trustpilot & ProductReview) But the reviews that actually convinced me weren't the ones saying the course was great. It was the ones where people said they'd spent a year or two trying to learn trading on YouTube and felt like they learned more in the first few weeks inside Onyx than in all that time combined.
That felt real. Generic praise is easy to write. That kind of specific outcome is harder to fake.
I also reached out to two of the customers who wrote a review on Trustpilot, i found them on facebook and reached out to find more, everything came back with praise for Nick and the program.
The negative reviews were mainly from people who wanted signals or someone to just tell them what to trade. Which honestly made me trust the program more. If that's the main complaint, they're probably doing something right.
This was the thing I cared most about before buying. It doesn't matter how good a course is if the person teaching it can't actually trade.
Nick was one of Breakout Prop's top performing funded traders — generating over $400,000 USD in verified payouts within a 12 month period. That's not a claim on a sales page. It's verifiable through the prop firm itself.
The prop-firm did an entire interview with Nick on youtube which i'll link right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1TtDCcxYRg
I went and looked at all of it before I bought. It checked out.
Most trading educators either traded years ago and stopped, or never really traded at all. Nick still trades. You can tell when you're on the live calls — the way he talks about what's happening in the market in real time isn't something you can rehearse.
I paid A$4,000 for the entry level package, even this big investment was 100% worth it. It came without group coaching calls or 1-1 access to Nick. Two weeks in I wasn't questioning it anymore and upgraded to the full package.
What changed my thinking quickly was understanding what the pricing structure actually is. There's one course. Different levels of access to Nick and his mentorship — but it's not built like most programs where you pay entry level money and then get upsold into the "real" content later.
There's no secret advanced module behind another paywall. No hoops to jump through before you get the actual information.
It's built to take someone with zero trading experience to the point where they can trade profitably and get funded. That's it. The price reflects a complete system with real support behind it — not a library of random content you have to piece together yourself.
There are hundreds of profitable traders inside the group. I'm one of them now. So what does it actually take to succeed with Nick's program?
If you do those four things you give yourself a genuine shot at getting funded.
I get why people search this. When you're about to spend real money on a trading educator you want to know if they've actually made money from trading.
But net worth is a number anyone can claim. What actually matters is whether there's verified evidence that the person trades profitably — and with Nick there is. The Breakout Prop results are publicly verifiable. That's more meaningful than any figure someone throws around on a sales page.
Generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in prop-firm payouts means you are an extremely high level trader.
Breakout, one of the worlds largest prop-firms post Nick regularly on their X page, because of his results.
Nick was the fastest on the platform to hit USD $200,000 in verified payouts, he did this in under 5 trading months, which if you don't quite understand.. is INSANE.
What I noticed inside the program is that Nick clearly makes his money from trading, not just from selling courses. The way he talks about live market conditions on coaching calls, the way he breaks down his own positions — that's not rehearsed. That's someone who does this every day.
The course is properly sequenced. It starts from absolute scratch — no assumed knowledge, no skipping steps. Each concept connects to the next and nothing feels padded out. I got through the core material in a few weeks and felt like I actually understood it, not just watched it.
The live coaching calls were the thing I didn't expect to value as much as I did. Nick breaks down his own trades in real time. Not theory — actual positions, why he took them, where he was wrong. Watching someone with a verified track record apply the system live is a completely different experience from a pre-recorded module.
The Discord community is genuinely useful. I've been in trading groups that are all noise and no substance. This one has people posting real chart analysis and talking through actual setups. It's not a hype fest.
And the fact that there are no signals is something I've come to appreciate. At the time I kind of wanted them. Looking back, being forced to apply the system yourself is what actually builds the skill. Signals would have left me dependent on someone else forever.
It takes real time and real effort. That's not a criticism — just an honest heads up. If you treat it passively you'll get passive results. The people who get funded are the ones who show up consistently, do the work, and ask questions when they're stuck.
If you're already a profitable trader with a system that works, this probably isn't for you. It's built for people starting from zero or who've been inconsistent and want to understand why.
And if you're looking for signals or someone to manage your trades — this isn't that. Nick teaches you to fish. He doesn't fish for you.
Legit. No question. But let me tell you what actually gave me that conviction — because it wasn't just the verified trading results.
Nick is just a genuine bloke. That sounds simple but it's actually rare in this industry. There's no persona, no hype, no trying to impress you. What you see is what you get.
The strategy call had zero high pressure sales. Nobody was pushing me to decide on the spot or telling me the price was going up tomorrow. It was a straightforward conversation about whether the program was the right fit. That alone told me a lot about how the operation runs.
Once I was inside, the thing that surprised me most was that Nick actually replies to members himself. Not a support team. Not a junior coach. Him. Someone running a program with 1,500+ students across multiple countries is still personally in the community answering questions. I didn't expect that and I don't take it for granted.
He also does giveaways and consistently goes out of his way to help members beyond what you'd expect. It doesn't feel like a business that squeezed money out of you and moved on. It feels like he actually wants people to get results — probably because his reputation depends on it, but also because you can just tell he genuinely cares.
Is Nick Deflorio a scammer? Not even close. Verified trader, no pressure sales, personally involved with every member, and a program that delivers what it promises.
Honestly, I felt like I owed Nick a proper review. Not a Trustpilot blurb that gets lost in the wind — something that actually gives people enough information to make a real decision.
I was sceptical before I bought. I had questions that a star rating couldn't answer. So I wanted to write the kind of review I was looking for before I committed — one that covers the real constraints alongside the positives, so whoever is reading this can figure out whether it's right for them without having to guess.
If this helped you make a decision either way, that's the point.
*This review was written by a customer and the original source can be viewed here: https://scribehow.com/page/Nick_Deflorio_Review__My_Honest_Take_After_Buying_His_Course_2026__fe-8Fg1vS2Ge-0MaPt7ryQ
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