Josh Answers has been a pioneer in the financial streaming world since 2015. The nearly 300K subscribers to his YouTube channel, The Trading Fraternity, and over 200K followers to his YouTube stream, The Stock Market Live, come for his unique “hands-on” approach to trading; Answers actively makes deals and advises followers moment by moment, but his hands are — quite literally — the only thing his viewers see on their monitors. He has yet to reveal his face online.
The man without a face
Two years ago, a viewer of Answers uploaded a tantalizing clip from the live stream to The Trading Fraternity entitled “Face Reveal.” Still, no one ever saw the stock market guru. In the end, he subbed in a goofy puppet to block his identity.
That type of prank is just the thing that keeps his viewers coming back stream after stream, upload after upload. At 29-years-old, he has the quirky randomness that consistently keeps younger generations of viewers engaged through 7 hours of live financial streaming, covering the stock market and finance markets each day.
Not showing his face certainly lends Josh Answers an element of mystery. Is he Wall Street’s Spider-Man, or is he just camera shy? According to him, he conceals his identity partly for his own safety. He isn’t overly concerned about an identity reveal, and growing up in the early days of the internet, he was taught to maintain his privacy. When trading live accounts daily for everyone to see, a bit of caution against social media stalkers is warranted. In the past, stalkers have doxed him, obtained his social security number and private cell phone number, and made threats toward his family.
Though viewers never glimpse his face, they do have access to a few specifics about the man of mystery. Answers was born and raised in San Diego, California, and later obtained a degree in Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He became an early tech investor and today uses social media to bring over 15 years of experience as a real estate investor, stock investor, and options trader to his audience.
What viewers find on The Trading Fraternity and The Stock Market Live
Josh Answers’s YouTube channel blends his ideas on developing a wealthy mindset with his practical tips on real estate investing, stock trading, and options trading. At any given moment, he can stream what some describe as “the fastest news in the world” and discuss market conditions, trading options, or life in Southern California. He interacts with a variety of traders and even trades live himself.
While Josh Answers clearly has a high financial IQ, he keeps his videos on the light side. Someone looking for a straight-edge stock mentor probably won’t click ‘like’ or ‘subscribe,’ but many find his approach to the market refreshing nonetheless. Complete beginners to his channels can quickly go from having no financial education to a wealth of knowledge on options trading that includes iron condors, iron butterflies, calls, puts, straddles, and strangles. He also introduces a popular strategy he coined “the ghetto spread”, where he was able to turn $500 into $50,000 off one trade.
Though Answers is prone to joke around, viewers have learned to take his financial tips seriously. They recall how he predicted 10-year bonds were going up right before the market crashed. He talked for a week about why these events were going to happen and how to profit from them. Not only that, he did this live on streams with followers who were making money right along with him.
According to many, the biggest bonus of the live streams hosted by Answers is the size of its chat. Their strength in numbers allows them to break news almost immediately. For example, during one particularly eventful week on The Stock Market Live’s chat feed, a viewer posted, “Zuckerberg going live.” As soon as Facebook’s creator hinted he was launching a partnership, Josh Answers purchased the put and came away with 1,000% gains in 15 minutes. Several days later, another follower posted an intriguing tweet from Elon Musk. Josh Answers jumped on a 0.50 Tesla put and earned thousands in even less time. Overall, the stream’s followers took in quite a collective haul that week.
Not every day on The Stock Market Live is guaranteed to be as action-packed. Still, even a slow day can be a good time with Josh Answers. His engaging personality and depth of knowledge make hours of investing and real-world money strategies entertaining. To find out more, readers can visit The Trading Fraternity and The Stock Market Live or follow them on instagram @TheTradingFraternity.
