How to use FOMO
Everything you need to know, from signing up to selling your forecasts. It takes ten minutes to read, and you can come back to any section later.
Getting started
FOMO is a platform where traders publish trading ideas on specific instruments, discuss them and sell access to their analysis. Readers find authors with a verifiable forecast history; authors get an audience and a way to earn from what they already write.
Three things worth understanding right away:
- Anyone can publish. Free ideas are available from day one, with no thresholds.
- Money goes straight to the author. The platform takes no commission and never holds your funds.
- Rating is your reputation. It is calculated automatically and unlocks paid features.
Sign-up
It takes a minute; no administrator approval is needed.
- 1Enter your emailOn the sign-up page, enter your address and confirm you are not a robot.
- 2Get the code from the emailYou will receive a six-digit code from no-reply@fomo.spot. It is valid for 15 minutes. If there is no email, check your Spam folder.
- 3Choose a name and passwordThe password must be at least 8 characters. The system will reject passwords that are too simple or too common.
You can install the site as an app: open it in your phone's browser and choose “Add to Home Screen”.
Your account
Everything is managed in your profile, across four tabs.
Profile
Name, avatar, bio, specialization, city, market experience. This is what readers see.
Finance
Payment methods, your channels, subscriptions, purchases and sales, expenses. The main tab for authors.
My ideas
A list of your posts. You can delete them here too — one at a time or all at once.
Security
Change your password and email. Changing the password ends all other sessions.
Publishing ideas
The “Create idea” button is right on the board once you are signed in. There are no rating requirements for free ideas — publish from day one.
- 1TitleShort and to the point: the instrument and the gist of the move.
- 2PreviewFree text that everyone sees. For a paid idea it is the shop window — readers decide whether to buy based on it.
- 3Full contentYour reasoning, entry and exit levels, chart screenshots.
- 4InstrumentsTag the securities you are writing about. These tags are how the idea is found in the feed and on instrument pages.
There is just one limit: no more than 10 posts per hour. It protects the feed from flooding and doesn't get in the way of normal use.
Author rating
The rating is calculated automatically and shown as stars. It determines what is available to you and helps readers choose whom to follow.
It is recalculated on every post, rating, follow and unfollow. Publishing never lowers your rating — it only raises it.
Paid ideas
A paid idea shows its title and preview openly; the full text and attachments appear after payment.
How many paid ideas you can publish depends on your rating:
| Rating | Paid ideas per week |
|---|---|
| below 3.0 | not allowed |
| 3.0 — 5.0 | up to 3 |
| 5.0 — 7.0 | up to 10 |
| 7.0 and above | unlimited |
The limit counts the last seven days — it is a rolling window, not a calendar week.
Channels: free and paid
A free channel is something you already have — it is your profile. Any reader clicks “Follow” and gets notified about your new ideas. Nothing to set up, and no rating threshold.
A paid channel is a subscription: the reader pays for a period and gets access to all your paid content while it is active. The channel has its own private chat for subscribers.
How to create a paid channel
- 1Reach a rating of 5.0Below this threshold the section is unavailable. Publish ideas and gain followers.
- 2Add a payment methodProfile → Finance → Payment methods. You can't save a plan without one.
- 3Create the channelAvatar, name, description and hashtags — the instruments you trade.
- 4Set up plansName, price in rubles, duration in days and payment method. You can have several plans — for example, monthly and yearly.
Accepting payments
Your payment details are stored in your profile and attached to your plans. You can add them under Finance → Payment methods.
Bank card
The card number and a label that makes sense to you, like “Tinkoff *2977”. The buyer transfers money to you directly and you confirm receipt.
YooKassa
The shop ID and secret key from your YooKassa account. Suitable if you are registered as a sole proprietor or self-employed.
How payment works
The buyer clicks “Buy” and a payment request is created. They transfer the amount to your details and attach proof of payment. You get a notification, check that the money arrived and confirm. Access opens immediately, and for a subscription the channel's private chat opens at the same time.
If you don't see the money, you can reject the request. All requests are listed under Finance → My sales.
Fees
0%
FOMO charges no commission on sales of ideas or subscriptions
Payments go directly between the reader and the author; the platform is not involved and holds no money. Whatever price you set in the plan is what you receive.
Sign-up, reading free ideas, chats and the trading terminal are free too. You only pay the author, and only for paid content.
Instruments, terminal and chats
The catalog has more than 380 instruments: all main-board shares of the Moscow Exchange, the top 30 cryptocurrencies, the largest US stocks, futures on oil, gas, metals and grains, indices and currency pairs.
The terminal shows charts and quotes: Russian securities and futures from the Moscow Exchange, cryptocurrencies from Bybit, and US stocks from an external provider.
Every asset has its own chat — oil, gold, Sberbank and so on. Plus direct messages and private chats of paid channels.
Rules
Encouraged
- Ideas with reasoning: why, where to enter, where you admit you were wrong
- Honest review of your own mistakes — it builds more trust than a streak of winning calls
- Accurate instrument tags
Prohibited
- Guarantees of returns in any form
- Someone else's content under your name
- Rating manipulation: collusive mutual likes, empty ideas for the bonus, fake accounts
- Raising money “for management”, pyramid schemes, advertising third-party services
- Other people's personal data, insults, harassment
- Demanding prepayment outside the request mechanism
Violations: the content is hidden by moderators and the account is restricted or banned. Rating gained through manipulation is reset to zero.
FAQ
How much does FOMO cost?
Sign-up, reading free ideas, chats and the terminal are free. You only pay authors for their paid content.
Does sign-up require administrator approval?
No. Your account is active as soon as you confirm your email.
Can I delete my idea?
Yes, in the “My ideas” section: there is a cross on each post and a button to delete them all at once.
Why does my rating drop when I do nothing?
It is the inactivity penalty: a week after your last post, the rating drops by 0.05 per day. A new idea resets the countdown.
What if an author doesn't confirm my payment?
Send them a direct message — most often it is just a delay. If there is no reply, contact support: we will take action against the author, but the platform cannot refund the money because it never received it.
Can I change my email or password?
Yes, in the “Security” tab. Changing the password ends all other sessions — if anyone else was using your account, they will lose access.
Can I reply to emails from FOMO?
No, the no-reply@fomo.spot address does not accept mail. For questions, contact support through your profile.
Ready to publish your first idea?
Sign-up takes a minute, and you can publish right away