Lion Mode Club: How Yoel Montes Sells Trader Funding Tournaments on Skool

Lion Mode Club sells traders something the prop-firm world usually gates behind hard evaluations: real capital, won through weekly tournaments instead of "absurd tests." Yoel Montes's Spanish-language community runs monthly funding competitions, and it is a top-40 earner on the Skool Games leaderboard with about 1,965 members paying $50/month. This breakdown looks at the funding-tournament model and the offer, not trading strategy.

The founder does the selling

Yoel Montes (MasterYoel)

The founder of Lion Mode Club, a Spanish-language trading community. He sells access to funded accounts through weekly tournaments, positioning it against traditional prop-firm evaluations with a promise to fund traders who show real results.

Yoel sells against the prop-firm evaluation model that frustrates most traders. Rather than selling lessons, he sells the outcome traders actually want, funded accounts, awarded weekly to those who prove their skill in tournaments, "sin pruebas absurdas, sin reglas imposibles." The offer is framed as a fairer path to capital: compete, perform, get funded. Selling the destination (real capital) instead of the journey (courses) is the core of the pitch.

What Lion Mode Club sells

The about page (in Spanish) opens with urgency, promises capital by tournament, and positions against evaluations. Below is their about page word for word, with the key parts numbered. Hover a number to see what each line is doing. The copy is kept in its original Spanish.

Read as a builder, this is the "sell the destination" playbook: traders do not want another course, they want funded accounts, so the offer skips straight to capital, awarded weekly through tournaments. It positions hard against the prop-firm evaluation model everyone resents ("sin pruebas absurdas"), stacks credibility with big funding numbers, and adds scarcity ("una semana o hasta llenar los cupos"). Selling the outcome traders actually chase is what makes a recurring price feel like an entry ticket to real money.

The funnel, step by step

Lion Mode Club converts on the promise of real capital and anti-evaluation positioning, then retains on a weekly tournament cadence.

The retention driver is the recurring tournament. Every week brings a fresh chance to get funded, so staying subscribed is the only way to keep entering, an ongoing reason to renew rather than a one-time purchase you finish. A weekly shot at real capital is what keeps a competition-based community subscribed.

The formula you can copy

Sell the outcome buyers actually want. Traders want capital, not courses, so lead with funded accounts, not lessons.

Position against the painful status quo. "No absurd tests, no impossible rules" attacks the exact frustration your buyer feels with the alternative.

Build in a recurring reason to stay. A weekly tournament means renewing is the only way to keep competing. See the top of the Skool leaderboard and a related trading community in Trading Bootcamp.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lion Mode Club?

A paid Spanish-language trading community on Skool by Yoel Montes, priced at $50/month. It runs four funding tournaments a month where traders compete for access to funded accounts, positioned against traditional prop-firm evaluations. It is a top-40 earner on the Skool Games leaderboard with about 1,965 members.

Who is Yoel Montes?

The founder, known as MasterYoel, who runs the community's tournaments and its funding model, promising to fund traders who show real results rather than pass hard evaluations.

How does the funding work?

According to the about page, the community holds four tournaments a month and puts up capital per participant (stated as $30,000 per 100 participants), funding up to 20 traders each week for those who perform.

What is the lesson for other community builders?

Sell the destination. If members want an outcome, offer it directly and position against the painful path they are used to. A recurring mechanic like weekly tournaments makes renewal the only way to keep the opportunity alive.