J Law

Grateful and humbled to become a 2x U.S. Investing Champion in the Million+ (Stock-Only) Division.🏆

These past two years truly felt like a marathon. Once you start running, you can’t stop. And when you get impatient and try to run faster, it doesn’t help—it disrupts your rhythm. Later on, that loss rhythm can turn into a painful collapse.

In many ways, the competition isn’t that different from how I manage my portfolio in normal times—from picking stocks to timing entries and exits. But the biggest difference is this: in a championship setting, you must be more aggressive while making sure the worst case is only a small injury—not a knockout. It’s an extreme mental and strategic challenge.

So in 2026, I’ve decided not to compete. This year, I want to focus on doing two things well:

1) Many people have asked for English trading education. Thanks to my team—and the progress of AI—I’ll be launching an English training program: JLawStock Academy, and also an English YouTube channel (the program will be paid, and the YouTube channel will be free). This will be a major focus for me. PLEASE STAY TUNED!😉

2) I will write a book—starting in Chinese, and hopefully expanding into an English edition later.

Finally, I want to thank a few people:

-My wife, for giving me unwavering emotional support this year.❤️

-The trading legends who selflessly passed down their experience through books and research, shaping generations of traders—including me. Writing my own book is my way of paying it forward.🙏🏻

@markminervini, a two-time USIC champion, for showing me what’s possible. I entered both years with you as my benchmark—think like a champion, trade like a champion. And now, I hope to do the same—so that traders who are still fighting their way forward can also see what’s possible.

@NormZada, for organizing the U.S. Investing Championship @USICOfficial year after year. It’s not only an amazing stage, but also an exceptional training ground for traders to sharpen themselves.

If you’re considering 2026 USIC, I encourage you to join. No matter the final ranking, I believe the process itself can change you.💪🏼 Good luck to everyone competing in 2026.🙌🏻

Nasdaq futures bounced strongly today from the weekly M.E.T.A. I highlighted last week, reaching 28,000 tonight.

Judging how long a move can last is harder than spotting the turning point. But for short-term trading, catching that turn can be enough.

I think the broader market may still have some room to bounce in the near term. However, I don’t expect the “animal spirits” we saw in the first half of the year to return before year-end.

We moved out of tech in early October, sidestepping the recent brutal selloff. Our focus is now on stocks outside the tech sector, including biotech and previously deeply undervalued retail names.

More in-depth analysis on JLA:
jlawstock.com/jla

Men around the world are probably busy doing one of two things today:

1. Getting interrogated by their better halves.
2. Explaining to their better halves why they’re not that guy.

Good luck, gentlemen. 🫡

It hasn’t been an easy week.

$QQQ slid into its 200-day on Monday, a level many traders lean on as support.
It bounced for two days. Then came Thursday: a 6.5% plunge on its heaviest volume of the year, closing right at the lows.

If you got caught in it, $SPY and $DIA probably look a little different to you now.
Both are sitting just above their own 200-day, holding for now.

Same line. Would you trust it this time?

Whatever you decide, the line itself isn’t the problem.
Relying on one signal is.

In my new video, I break down how I read a level like this: what’s working for the trade, what’s working against it, and how to tell which side actually has the edge.

Watch it before you make your next move👇
youtu.be/OVhjvIBwzCY

A brutal selloff followed this inverted chart.

Now we seem to be at the other extreme. Flip the chart back to normal, and price has reached the weekly M.E.T.A. (Multiple Edge Trading Area).

There’s little edge left on the short side here. In the near term, I think a bounce is the more likely outcome.