Jonathan Guerrero and Ryan Leszyk, two finance students at Fordham's Gabelli School of Business. Jonathan started this in January 2026. Ryan joined as co-author in June 2026.
The site exists because writing forces you to actually understand what you're talking about. Every week we have to read what happened, figure out what mattered, and explain it clearly enough to publish. That process is more useful than any class we've taken.
Who covers what
Jonathan handles the macro side: weekly wraps, Alt Radar (private equity and alternatives), and the monthly equity deep dives. The FTAI and COHR DCFs are his work.
Ryan focuses on equities and the broader market. Individual stocks, sector analysis, earnings. He brings a more bottom-up approach to the research.
The portfolio
There's a live portfolio on this site benchmarked against the S&P 500. The positions are real. It's there to keep the research honest, not to show off returns.
What we publish
A Weekly Wrap every week. A Monthly Pick each month with a full DCF. Alt Radar every other week covering private markets. Everything is sourced from primary data. When we're wrong we say so.
On advice
Nothing here is financial advice. We're students. Don't make investment decisions based on anything on this site.
Founder · Jan 2026
Jonathan Guerrero
Macro · Alt Radar · Monthly Picks
Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University. Covers macro, weekly wraps, Alt Radar, and monthly equity deep dives.
Co-author · Jun 2026
Ryan Leszyk
Equities · Sector Analysis · Earnings
Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University. Focuses on individual equities, sector dynamics, and earnings analysis.
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Read First
Primary sources only. BLS releases, Fed statements, company filings, FactSet data. No recycled takes from Twitter or financial media.
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Write It Down
If you can't explain it clearly in writing, you don't understand it yet. The writing is the test, not the grade.
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Cite Everything
Every data point sourced and attributed. No numbers without a reference. No winging it and hoping nobody checks.
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Be Wrong Honestly
The record stays. If a call was wrong, it gets documented. That's the whole accountability structure. No deleting, no revising after the fact.
Trading is not the primary objective here, the research is. That said, positions are taken with real capital and a clear, repeatable process. When a trade goes in, it follows the same rigor as the written work.
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Research and Conviction
Every position starts with a written thesis. Macro context, sector dynamics, and a specific catalyst or risk/reward setup. Nothing goes on without a reason, and nothing comes off without one either. The portfolio page documents both sides of every trade.
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Unusual Whales — Options Flow
Unusual Whales tracks real-time options order flow for institutions and retail alike. Exact contract counts, strike, expiration, premium, sweep or block. When large volume clusters at a specific strike ahead of a catalyst, that's informed money taking a position. We use it to confirm or push back on the directional thesis before entering.
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Heatseeker — Dealer Exposure
Heatseeker by Skylit maps where market makers carry their biggest gamma exposure at each strike and expiration. King Nodes are the highest-exposure levels, where price tends to gravitate near expiry. Gatekeeper Nodes sit in front of them and can cause sharp reversals before price ever gets there. Yellow nodes absorb volatility, purple ones amplify it. On macro days like NFP or FOMC, Hedge Nodes appear well off current price, showing the range dealers are actively protecting. We use all of this to find high-probability entry and exit zones and avoid the no-man's land in the middle of ranges.
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Confluence and Execution
One signal on its own isn't enough to act on. A trade needs at least two of the three layers pointing the same way: research conviction, unusual options flow, and dealer structure. When all three line up, sizing goes up. Entry is tied to a specific level or catalyst window. Exit is planned before the trade goes on, based on node structure or thesis invalidation, not how it feels in the moment.
All trades on this site are documented for educational and research purposes. Nothing here constitutes financial advice. Past performance of individual trades does not imply future results.