Traders,

Everyone's always in my DMs like "Jay, how did you get so cracked at trading?" Yeah yeah, there's the generic "blood, sweat, and tears" answer that sounds good on LinkedIn. But you want the real shit? The secret sauce?

Before I was taking your paycheck in the markets, I was taking your lunch money in competitive gaming. And beyond all the fancy order flow bullshit, the biggest edge I have is treating trading like I'm still that kid playing video games in his mom's basement.

Sure, there's the obvious benefit of not getting emotional about money - to me, it's just ammo in a game, not rent money (looking at you, overleveraged degenerates). But the real galaxy brain shit runs deeper than that. Let me explain using one of the GOATs of gaming: Super Smash Bros.

Free Knowledge Alert

But first, you guys need to know about our free seminar this Monday at 9 PM EST. Y'all have been crying about wanting to be more "quantitative" (probably learned that word on Twitter), so me and the quant team have been grinding to put together some AI and ML concepts that'll help fix your broken-ass trading.

Our nerds spent 100+ hours developing this (and I spent just as long translating it from PhD-speak to regular degenerate language).

Just drag your ass into Discord at 9 PM EST Monday. Don't be late.

The Smash Bros Secret

Back in the day, I'd waste countless hours on Super Smash Bros Melee, destroying my friends on that little purple GameCube like it was my job.

What most casual players don't know is that Melee has one of the most technical competitive scenes in fighting games. There's a whole documentary about it - perfect for when you're pretending to do "market research" at work.

So what the fuck does this have to do with trading?

Here's where it gets interesting. When I first discovered competitive Melee, I approached one of the top players in my region. I played Marth - a slower character that used positioning and strength to gain a tactical advantage. I was getting my ass handed to me by those who played Fox (the tryhard's choice) because they spammed this move called Shine.

When I asked this god-tier player how to counter it, he started stammering like a teenager asking for prom date. "Uhh, well... it depends."

I was like, what the actual fuck? One of the best players can't tell me how to counter one simple move?

As I got better (and stopped being a little bitch), I understood his problem. See, I was looking for that quick fix, that "one weird trick" bullshit you see in trading ads. Back then, something simple like "just roll dodge and counter attack bro" may have temporarily solved my problem. But that's surface-level thinking that'll get you destroyed by any decent player.

Because if the Fox player notices that pattern, he's gonna read you like a children's book and position himself to where you're going to be. Sort of a “skate to where the puck is going” approach. Then you adapt, he adapts, you adapt again - it's like 4D chess but with cartoon characters beating the shit out of each other.

There's no simple answer because the entire game state changes with every decision. Just like trading, you smooth brain.

The Need to Adapt (Or: Why You Keep Losing Money)

This is why I get triggered when people ask shit like "Jay, would you buy at X price or short at Y price?" And if I don't give them a yes/no answer like some magic 8 ball, they whine about me being a wishy-washy furu.

While these comments don't hurt my feelings (my therapist says I'm making progress), they show how fucking clueless most traders are about a fundamental concept.

Trading is like playing high-stakes poker - you're constantly gathering information. But that info rots faster than a banana in the sun. Every tick brings new, more relevant data that usually takes precedence over the old shit. And just like in Smash, you need to adapt or die.

When price hits a key level, or when I'm feeling more bullish than a crypto bro in 2021, I need to see orders backing up my thesis. If buyers show up but then sellers come in harder than your ex trying to get back together, that support level just turned into resistance faster than you can say "liquidated."

Just like in gaming, there's no value in being stubborn. I update my views with new info faster than you update your dating app profile. So even if the famous "Jay level" from the pre-market plan fails, that failure actually gives us valuable intel about what to do next.

That's why I obsess over the DOM, read the tape like it's the last book on Earth, and ask my bots to ping me when shit's about to go down. It takes massive balls to cut losers quick. And even bigger ones to flip your position entirely. Most of you don't have either.

Want to Stop Being Poor?

If you want to learn how to read order flow like a sweaty try hard and be able to seamlessly adapt with the times. Well, then you should become a premium member. You’ll get:

Here's the deal: We're more packed than a PS5 launch, so premium sign-ups are closed. Yeah, it sounds stupid, but we actually give a shit about helping people.

But don't rage quit yet - the waitlist is open. Fill out our survey, and if you're not completely hopeless, you might get in when a spot opens. You've got 48 hours once you get the email, so don't choke.

If you’ve been on the waitlist for a while, check your Spam folder. We released a few spots recently but some emails got lost there.

Got questions? Complaints? Just want to say hi? Hit reply. I read every response because apparently, I enjoy pain.

Git gud,

Jay

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