Back in 2017, Matt Monaco was in college studying to become a software engineer — and he HATED it. By the time he started doing internships, he knew it wasn’t what he wanted to do with his life. 

In 2017, he came across Timothy Sykes online and decided he wanted to become a stock trader. 

He joined Tim Sykes’ Trading Challenge and started trading with $25,000 he saved from side hustles while still in college.  

He started the “Beyond the PDT” podcast with his roommate Bryce Tuohey and started networking with other traders. 

After a couple of years of grinding, Matt started to find trading consistency. And by June 2020, he had grown his $25,000 account into $100,000. 

Matt has since grown his account to almost $2 million. And he proves that hard work and perseverance pay off. 

He credits his success to having a supportive trading mentor and community. Now he pays it forward helping others take their trading to new heights in our Small Cap Rockets chat room.