Jon Chui

Helping mission-driven companies amplify impact at @WanderDigital. Father, husband & life long learner. B4: @YWAMer, @Google, @microsoft #TeamADHD #7w8, #ENTP.

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@araghougassian Bet

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

Everyone keeps sharing these stories. And whenever I try to do them it doesn’t work the same LOL

[Marry Evan @marryevan999]

I was woken up at 3:47 AM by OpenClaw

It sent just one message:
"Found 6 markets that will settle in the next 90 minutes. Americans are still asleep. Need approval to deploy $12K."
I replied with a yes and went back to sleep

Woke up in the morning, and my account had gained:
+$43,800
I've been running this agent for 9 days
It does one thing specifically:
Watch for timezone arbitrage

I fed OpenClaw a few types of real-time feeds from different time zones:
Japan government RSS
European Parliament schedule
Australian financial alerts
Middle East flight tracking
Asian central bank announcements

Then I gave it just one rule:
"Find markets that settle between 2 AM and 6 AM Eastern Time. If the edge exceeds 30%, wake me up."
And at 3:47 AM, it actually found 6 markets
All settling between 4 AM - 6 AM

These markets had one thing in common:
The market was still pricing on a "normal rhythm"
But when settlement happened, US traders were basically all asleep
The official signals from the relevant countries had actually come out early

The alerts it pushed to me at the time were:
"Japan rate decision - BOJ leak shows YES 68%, Polymarket still at 23¢"

"EU emergency vote - Live footage shows YES already leading, Polymarket still at 31¢"

"South Korea policy - Government RSS has confirmed, Polymarket still at 19¢"
"Australia trade deal - Minister stated publicly 2 hours ago, Polymarket still at 27¢"
"UAE production cut - OPEC meeting minutes already public, Polymarket still at 15¢"

"Singapore regulation - Parliament session still live-streaming, Polymarket still at 22¢"

Its summary was pretty straightforward:
Potential edge: $43K
Window: 90 minutes
Required capital: $12,000
I was half-asleep at the time, phone buzzed once

Opened Telegram and saw just one line:
"approve or miss"
I replied yes, then went back to sleep
By 7:30 AM when I woke up, all the notifications had come in

All 6 markets settled during morning hours in Asia / Europe
While US traders were waking up, the markets were already done

My entry prices were roughly:
15¢ - 31¢

Final settlements all hit:
95¢ - 100¢

Profit breakdown:
Japan: $8,200
EU: $6,900
Korea: $11,400
Australia: $7,100
UAE: $5,800
Singapore: $4,400

Total:
+$43,800

Later when I checked the logs, I realized this agent had been monitoring these markets for 8 to 14 hours
Constantly syncing official sources
Constantly waiting for US traders to go to sleep

Then it only struck in that instant:
Results overseas were basically confirmed
Prices on the US side hadn't updated yet
And settlement was already close

This edge boils down to something pretty simple:
Polymarket is 70% US traders
But events around the world never happen on EST time

While you're sleeping, the markets keep settling
This play of specifically exploiting info gaps during "when Americans are asleep" hours—do you think it's timezone arbitrage, or is it edging into the most basic form of insider advantage?

Giving This Free for 24 hours. To get it:

1. Comment the word 'Openclaw'
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[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@marryevan999 Openclaw

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

Reminds me of the adage “show, don’t tell”

[Mehul Agarwal @meh_agarwal]

A VC cancelled our meeting. I've never been happier.

They scheduled a call for our Nov fundraise. Tried @KoyalAI beta themselves.

Cancelled the call to offer an uncapped SAFE directly: no pitch, no deck, no meeting.

YC's right: your product is your best pitch. Just launch.

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

I love these underdog stories

[Will Cannon @iamwillcannon]

2000: Parents broke up.

2001: My mom and I moved into a one-bedroom apartment with cockroaches.

2002: I started working full-time in high school to help pay bills.

2003: I made more money than my mom for the first time.

2004: Dropped out of college.

2005: Started a mortgage company.

2006: Made $100k in one month.

2007: Bought 4 homes, multiple cars, thought I was on top of the world.

2008: The real estate crash wiped out everything I had.

2009: 4 Foreclosures, Bankruptcy, cars repossessed.

2010: I started over from zero.

2013: I sold email lists from my laptop to survive.

2017: My wife and I built UpLead with no funding and no tech background.

2018: We hit $1M in sales.

2020: I turned down a $13M offer to sell.

2021: We crossed $10M+ in sales.

2024: UpLead crossed $30M+ in sales.

2025: I started building my personal brand to give back what I learned..

The one thought I had the entire time:

No one’s coming to save you. You have to save yourself.

Dont ever give up on yourself. Keep going.

These things take time.

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@AndrewBolis Send

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@iam_chonchol LINK

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@Zephyr_hg NEWS baby!

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@DevinOlsenn That’s so cool!!! Thanks for making these videos. How did you get v14.1? I’m still stuck on v12.6.4 😥🤯

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@PlaySight is it true that if I scan the QR code here at #relishPickleball here in louisville CO, after a game. I won’t get the highlights ??? Just had an epic gold medal win and some crazy rallies and I wanted to see them 😭! Thanks

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

Just joined the https://t.co/2CvujZNlmT waitlist, and you should too!

This reminds me of when I first tried https://t.co/MIHagbtIoO …

Hopefully this will finally solve all my calendaring problems

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@philipyoungg What are you building?

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

Genuinely curious
1) who at @FedEx, a $60.976 billion market cap company, was responsible for this feature/bug.

2) from now till its fixed in production. How long it would take?

Background : clicked a FedEx tracking number in email, opened FedEx app to this screen.

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

This.

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

I love twitter …. FYI @vickichui

[Laura Behrens Wu @LauraBehrensWu]

Seen in the @shippo slack: heart shaped bubble wrap 💜

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@Evsparis Wow, this quote resonates deeply with me... And I notice I feel a sense of wonder & curiosity - what the relationship is between the two...

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@philipyoungg Wow, hearing you say that, I actually resonate alot! Especially as I'm doing FANGG interviews again after almost a decade.

I'm curious & surprised: I assumed your goal was like mine: Building great products that help ppl? (like @stayinsession ) vs. "correct", readable code?

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@philipyoungg @stayinsession What???? Do you even know what you did? I just started using session a few days ago and it’s been super helpful for me ! Thanks!!!

LMK if you need any help - would love to chip in and fix things if I can

Dealt with apple negotiations a ton for iOS apps mostly hahaha

[Jon Chui @jonchui]

@ericsatz I just got a couple of phishing / scam texts sent to my number associate with #altoIRA this morning. These are scam/fake websites right? https://t.co/2zLpZwqhf9 and https://t.co/5qmANmqPhv for “$500” credits. are you guys aware of leaks ? Should I be concerned?