2024 & 2025 Track Record Update

Reading back on what I wrote in 2023, I can’t help but think wow, how naive was I to think that if I built something useful, people would just come and use it. I learned a lot about business in 2024. I learned the term “product-market fit” and I learned that BigShort in its current form is not a “product-market fit.” That is, the market consists of traders who are either 1) already successful and don’t have any desire to change what’s working for them and 2) a bunch of noobs who suck at trading and want to learn how to trade. The vast majority of money is made in this tools-for-traders industry from educating the noobs, not from selling to traders who already understand how to read charts. And these noobs, more so than wanting something good, they want something easy. They view trading as something fun and sexy to dabble in, and would rather lose money doing something easy than to make money doing something hard. If you don’t believe me, just look at the statistics: Of people who go to casinos, only 6% play poker. The rest play games such as slots and roulette where you are guaranteed to lose over a long enough timeframe. Trading is not much different. And by starting a business that targets this tiny 6% of traders who care more about profits than easiness, I’ve already capped my business’ revenue potential.

I also learned that in an attention economy, eyeballs are very expensive. I’m writing this in January 2026, and after over two years of running this business, we still have yet to become part of the conversation in social media. The vast majority of traders have never heard about us, and many of those who do, think we’re a scam.

Along the way, we’ve developed a cult following of die-hard users who love our product and will likely stay with BigShort for their entire trading career. They value our proprietary indicators like Honey Badger Days, MM Skew, and SF3 which can’t be found anywhere else, and they appreciate that everything is consolidated into a single, real-time chart. Despite rave reviews from these users, many of whom credit BigShort with helping them make millions of dollars in trading profits, BigShort has yet to attract enough broader traction to become profitable. Contrasting my 2023 summary with this one feels like Battlestar Galactica before and after the Cylon attack. I’m like a humbled and haggard Command Adama, just trying to keep this hunk of junk flying.

But it’s not all bad news. I’m still making about 100% year after year, and I also started managing portfolios for two of my close friends, through a “friends and family advisory” account on Interactive Brokers. When I pitched them on it, I told them, “I’ll double your money in 2 years” - something which sounds inconceivable to people who’ve been exposed to professional money managers who deliver 10% annual returns. Luckily they both have zero experience in finance, economics, and statistics, otherwise they’d probably have been a lot more skeptical of my claims. One made her money in fashion, the other made her money as a real estate agent. I started managing their money in 2025, and after 1 year, I’ve already delivered on my promise of doubling their money. As my daddy always said, “underpromise, overdeliver.” An often overlooked aspect of measuring performance is the risk denominator. I avoided meaningful drawdowns during every major correction in the overall market this year, including the liberation day panic in April, when I had to work overtime to combat bearish sentiment in the BigShort discord.

Here’s a screenshot of one of my client accounts. She started the year with $1.8 million, and I made about $2 million for her after interest, dividends, and commission. Pleased with these results, she deposited another $2.5 million toward the end of 2025. As of January 15, 2026 she’s already up another 7% YTD. My other client had similar returns and will also be depositing more money soon. My AUM is about $10 million now, and if I ever decide to open up a legit fund (lots of legal compliance blabla eww) then I’m confident I can raise $100 million without breaking a sweat.

So yeah, I don’t know what to tell you, I’m not a scam. I don’t just use BigShort to make millions of dollars per year, I need BigShort to do so. Which is my primary justification for continuing to subsidize this money-losing business.

I’ve learned a lot over the past two years, and just like Commander Adama, I’m going to stubbornly keep doing my best, keep pushing forward because that’s how winning is done! We’ve released a slew of new indicators, we’ve massively upgraded the server performance, and we’re going to upload 5 years of BigShort historical data to ChartGame.com to help people practice using our indicators before they bet real money on them. We’re even planning on creating an interactive course to attract more of the noobs that like it easy. I always thought of myself as being above the course-sellers of the world, but my users have been petitioning me for one. I think I have like 50 signups for a non-existent $3,000 course last I checked. It’s time for me to swallow my pride and go where the market wants me to go. The customer is always right! 💪

Oh and also I moved to Puerto Rico! So if any of you serious traders want to not have to pay taxes on your trading profits, come join me! Let’s hang out and be friends irl 😄