About Oliver Velez

In 1999, Dow Jones called him "The Messiah of Trading."

40 years in the markets as a trader, author, and educator. A generation of Spanish-speaking traders knows him as "El Mesías del Trading." Everything in this store comes straight from his desk.

Portrait of Oliver Velez wearing his cap and sunglasses, arms crossed

Who Oliver is

Oliver L. Velez is an international bestselling author, world-renowned trader, and one of the most sought-after teachers on trading the financial markets. His seminars and speaking events have been attended by traders all over the world. Financial programs on CNBC, CBS, and Fox News regularly seek out his read on the markets.

From a basement to an institution

Oliver founded Pristine Capital Holdings, Inc., his first firm, out of his basement apartment in New York City. He grew it into one of the country's leading educational institutions for investors and self-directed retail traders. His method took shape there.

The books

Oliver is the author of five best-selling books on trading. Two of them, Strategies for Profiting on Every Trade and Tools and Tactics of the Master Day Trader, are considered must-read classics for anyone who wants to trade the markets seriously. His career also appears in books about Wall Street's most successful traders.

In the press

On air, they call him for his read on the markets:CNBC · CBS · Fox News
Featured and mentioned in:The New York Times · The Wall Street Journal · Investor's Business Daily · Barron's · Forbes · Stocks & Commodities · Equities Magazine

His dedication to trading as a way of life has been favorably covered across the financial press for decades.

What Oliver does today

For years, Oliver's mission has been to bring serious trading education to as many people as possible, and to give the everyday individual the tools and technology to approach the markets like a professional. That mission has built trading teams across the US, Europe, and most of Latin America.

Where you'll find him:

  • YouTube: his trading education channel, open to everyone.
  • Daily live trading sessions, with simultaneous translation into Spanish and Portuguese.
  • Instagram: a growing community where he shows up daily with free educational content for traders around the world.

His method, in this store

The cards, the classes, and the programs all carry Oliver's own method, packaged so you can run it before your next trade. Start where most traders start.