Hi everyone, after 6 years of anonymity, here I am. Brando in the flesh.
I’m a day trader with 14 years of experience.
I started with $6000 and after many ups and downs I ended up living the life of my dreams.
Here’s my story below. 👇
I grew up on the east coast near Boston. My Mom and Dad were war refugees from Vietnam. They came to the United States on a small boat 35 years ago in search of a better life. They did their best to raise me and offer the best life they could when I was growing up. I’ve lived a very normal and quiet life until I was 19 years old. This is when I discovered the stock market. One day,I looked at the company American Apparel and the stock price in the library and saw the potential of how much money could be made if I bought at a certain price and sold at a higher one. A friend of mine introduced me to options shortly after and the rest was history. I graduated from College and continued my journey towards becoming a profitable trader.
The first 3 years are BY FAR the hardest. The number of strategies, indicators, stocks, and education available was a sensory overload. I didn't know what to use or what to read. So I just read them all. I was fortunate in my first few years to get lucky trading a few stocks such as $BAC $INO, and some weed stocks during that 2013 range that helped build up my account tremendously.
After the first three years I realized that LESS is MORE. You don’t need 10 indicators to tell you a stock is going to go up. You don’t need 5 different strategies to be a profitable trader. You just need ONE. The most important thing that I found was helpful is PATIENCE. 99% of the world is impatient. I knew If I could master this, I could have a big edge against the majority of retail traders.
I spent a lot of time meditating. I spent hundreds of hours sitting alone in silence trying to clear my mind and focus on the present. Eventually I got really good at it. I noticed my ability to wait for trades got better. In my 4th and 5th year of trading, I was able to wait days to weeks at a time for the best trades. This was one of the A-HA moments I had in trading early on. Since then I’ve refined and mastered the art of patience and leveraged it to my advantage.
Fast forward 14 years. I’ve retired my parents. I’ve helped my brother, and countless others. I ask for nothing in return from anyone. I don’t ask for any favors and I certainly do not try and steal from anyone. I’ve lived my life with the utmost integrity and I did things MY WAY. I can’t be bought and sold. Money and Power have zero influence in my decision making. My sole purpose on this earth is to help as many people as possible.
I look forward to teaching you all and guiding everyone through the stock market for many years to come. Cheers! 🙏
Elite Options TRADE IDEAS for this week 🔥
$PLTR 5/2 95C at 89 I 🎯 95,100 SL 84
$META 4/25 485P at 500 I 🎯 481 SL 507
$SPX 4/23 5400C at 5339 I 🎯 5400 SL 5300
$SPX 4/23 5200P at 5272 I 🎯 5200 SL 5300
$META Trade idea: META April 25 485P
Trigger: 500 ✅
Targets: 481 🎯
Stop: 507 🛑
META- closed at 501.48. META sold off from 557 to near 496 last week. IF META breaks under 500 this week it can retest 481 again. Puts can work under 500. l'd wait for near 514 before considering calls. META above 514 can set up for 533.
$PLTR Trade idea: PLTR May 2 95C
Trigger: 89 ✅
Targets: 95,100 🎯
Stop: 84🛑
PLTR- closed at 93.78. PLTR has bounced from 66 to nearly 100 the past 2 weeks. If PLTR can start to form a higher low above 84 we should see a breakout above 100 again in the next month. PLTR above 100 can test 105-107. Let's see if PLTR can back test 89 this week before considering calls.
$SPX WEEKLY TRADE PLAN ✅
CALLS: SPX above 5339 SPX April 23 5400C Target 5400 📈
PUTS: SPX under 5272 SPX April 23 5200P Target 5200 📉
SPX- Closed at 5282. SPX had another volatile week. SPX tried to breakout above 5300 on Friday but failed. SPX needs to reclaim 5339 to start a move higher towards 5400 this week. If we see SPX continue to reject near 5300, Puts can work for a move back towards 5200.
If SPX breaks 5200 it can re test 5118. SPX under 5118 can drop to 5000. SPX 5000 will be the line in the sand for the next month. If 5000 breaks 4818 coming again. SPX needs 5500+ to start looking more bullish.
Earnings season is starting. More Tariff headlines coming. FOMC in a few weeks.
Volatility is your friend. Don't miss out.
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Gold is near all time highs, #bitcoin is holding up near 85k while Equities are taking an absolute beating.
My advice to newer traders/investors during these times.
1. Focus on stocks with a strong deviation between price and value.
2. Focus on sector leading stocks that have a strong MOAT and cult following.
3. Expand your time horizon for your investment goals. Don't expect a 50% gain in 6 months.
4. Manage your risk first. Don't go all in on one stock. This is how you blow up an account.
Generational wealth starts with ONE risk taker.
Generational wealth is built during a bear market.
Don't let the negativity on X steer you away from seeing opportunity.
When this market bottoms, you'll see many different investment opportunities similar to $AMZN $AAPL $NFLX $GOOGL $META from 10 years ago.
Trading will take everything from you before you get what you want.
The first 3 years are by far the hardest. You will doubt yourself, regret your decision, and face every kind of adversity.
Sleepless nights, friends and family constantly telling you to quit and get a real job, and frustration from not seeing any progress. These things will eat at you.
BUT... when you finally make it to the other side, there's no better feeling than achieving success when nobody believed in you.
Being in complete control of your time, being able to take care of your family and loved ones is the ultimate form of success.
I made my first million at 23 and Ive made many millions since. I only started with $6K. if I did it, you can too. Don't ever give up on yourself.
At some point this year this market will bottom.
When it does it'll present an opportunity to 5-10x your brokerage account if you invest at the right time.
There isn't any signal of a bottom has formed yet though. Stay on your toes and treat the upside as a trade until we see confirmation.
Volatile week but $SPX still managed to hold well above 5000 and closed near 5300. Expect to see more volatility in the coming weeks. We have Tech earnings starting next week too. Lots of opportunities coming leading into May.
I'll post my charts and plan on Sunday, Have a great weekend everyone!!! ❤️ 🙏
$SPX to 5339 possible here if it can hold above 5300, dips bought up today, higher low from yesterday
$QQQ through 447 can test 449 next, lets see if $AAPL can move near 200 by the end of the day
$SPX rejected at 5300 as expected, puts working if you bought near 5300 so far today.
$NVDA testing 100 if it fails here we can see 90 in the next 2 weeks
$META testing 500 here.. 481 possible next week if META fails to defend the 500 support level
Premarket TRADE PLAN ✅
$SPX gapping higher, if it fails to hold 5300 today we can see another 50-60 pts dip under 5300. SPX above 5339 more bullish.
$QQQ to 434 in play next week if it closes under 442. Puts can work if QQQ tests 449 and fails to hold today
$TSLA earnings coming up next Tuesday. If TSLA can reclaim 251 today we can see 260-265 before earnings. Calls can work near 251 leading into earnings
Your personal and trading life have to run in parallel with each other if you want to become a consistently profitable trader. You can’t be emotional and impulsive in your personal life and expect to be a multi millionaire day trader. It doesn’t work like that.
TRADE PLAN for Thursday 📉
$SPX big sell off today after failing to hold 5339. SPX to 5118 in play if we see SPX breaks the 5200 support level
SPX 5100P can work under 5200
$NVDA If it breaks 100 it can drop to 88-90 again. I'd stay bearish on NVDA under 100
NVDA 98P is best under 100
$META possible we see 487 tomorrow if it fails to defend 500
META 490P can work under 500
The market sold off during Powell's talk today. The trend is to the downside so be careful trying to buy shares or calls in this current range. After a 13.5% bounce in $SPX, we're seeing more weakness the past 2 days.
Reminder: You don’t need to trade every day to be a profitable trader.
Sitting on your hands is a skill. It’s something most traders underutilize especially in choppy trading conditions. You need to understand when to sit and wait and when to be aggressive when the market is in your favor. Once you can differentiate momentum from chop your trading will transform for the better. Be patient and wait for the best opportunities. This is how you grow an account.