Tesla Surprised Everyone!

Dear Traders, Happy New Year! I hope everyone has started this year well and strong. The market continues to show exceptional volatility, based in part on Tesla’s announcement yesterday of record-breaking car deliveries. Today, Tesla gapped up over 9% and pushed toward an all-time high of $1243 per share. Semiconductors are also robust with both … Read more

Making $3000 Per Week on a Losing Position

Dear Traders, First off, we have a few spots left for our 4th Peak Capital Trading boot camp, where we will help you build a successful and consistent TradeBook. The next boot camp starts on January 10, 2022 and you can sign up here. This week has been slow. I had some small wins yesterday … Read more

Setting up your Trading Desk

Although it is a simple concept in theory, having your trading desk set up improperly can lead to struggles in producing the results you desire. What type of computer do you need? How many screens should you have? Does a stream deck improve execution? What items should you place on your screens? Where should items … Read more

So Long, 2021!

Dear Traders, Although 2021 was very eventful and exciting, it also went by very fast. Reflecting back over the last 12 months, there are so many happenings to remember. A few that come readily to my mind include the Suez Canal blockage, Elon Musk hosting Saturday Night Live and being named TIME Person of the … Read more

Will COVID Lockdowns Ever End?

Dear Traders, What a wild market we are in, thanks to the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 which is causing more lockdowns and restrictions in Europe and around the world. Apparently, our war with Covid is never going to end. All indexes are down, and IWM, as usual, is leading the weakness by dropping roughly … Read more

Is the Stock Market Bubble Bursting?

Dear Traders, These are scary times in the stock market. Yesterday, Jerome Powell’s speech was heartwarming for Wall Street, and stocks such as SPY and QQQ surged to mostly new all-time highs. Today, on the other hand, a bloodbath is unfolding, especially for the highly overvalued technology companies in QQQ. One thing that Federal Reserve … Read more

I Finished the Most Difficult Race of My Life!

Dear Traders, I have now concluded the Extreme option of the Santo Antão Triangle Trail Race in Cape Verde, a collection of volcanic islands off the coast of northwest Africa. The race itself was just under 70 miles (110 km) in length with an elevation gain of some 22,000 feet (6,706 m), and I finished … Read more

Both Inflation Numbers and Cape Verde are Hot

Dear Traders, I am writing this newsletter from Cape Verde, a beautiful island in the central Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. As you will recall from my last newsletter, I am participating in a 110 km (68 mile) trail running race. It is literally stunning here, and also very hot, which is a … Read more

Did You Buy the Dip?

Dear Traders, I am writing today’s newsletter on the plane as I am heading to Africa for one of the longest trail runnings I have ever done! I promise that if I survive this 110km (68 mile) run, I will include pictures in my next email. Before leaving, I spent an exceptional morning trading with … Read more

Market Has No Strength

Dear Traders, Happy December! It is hard to believe but there is only 1 month left until 2022. The market has certainly been volatile this year and today we saw a gap up of over 1.5% for all indexes. This is almost exclusively due to the world digesting the impact of the new COVID-19 variant. … Read more

Last Chance to Join Us and Endless COVID War

Dear Traders, Happy Cyber Monday! I will start this newsletter with a few important reminders. Firstly, one of Ardi’s books is now available for free on Amazon. If you would like to have a copy, please check it out here. Both Ardi and I would be very grateful if, after reading it, you would take … Read more

Jerome Pow is Back: Do 1% Get Even Richer?

Dear Traders, I am back in the Vancouver office after traveling to a few different cities and continents including Toronto, NYC, DC, Doha, Kilimanjaro, and Istanbul. I will be trading from the office until our big meetup in Vancouver + art EDM music event, the latter being put on by some of my friends in … Read more

Is Inflation Out of Control?

Dear Traders, Hello again from Istanbul, Turkey. I am looking forward to coming back home to Vancouver next week and to finalize the preparations for hosting all of you in two weeks! I made some really good trades today, and in particular with LCID and MRNA. I also did not repeat yesterday’s mistake and was … Read more

How to Trend Trade from Kilimanjaro

Dear Traders, I am writing you from my base camp at Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. It was absolutely beautiful to observe the sun rising (at 6am local time) from “the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest freestanding mountain in the world”. It truly is an incredible experience being here on Mount Kilimanjaro! It deserves … Read more

Trading From Doha, On My Way to Africa

Dear Traders, I am writing this letter from Doha, Qatar, as I make my way to another mountaineering expedition. I had the chance to trade TSLA and AMD today with Brian from my hotel room. Please watch our recap here. Doha has truly blown my mind. This city is incredible and they are getting ready … Read more

My Tour of the NYSE and Travelling to DC!

Dear Traders, Because of an invitation from Peter Tuchman of the New York Stock Exchange, I spent Friday and the weekend in The Big Apple. It was a great visit. I received a tour of the floor and I was able to discuss some potential trading education opportunities. The massive influx of new traders since … Read more