Trader J Law Posts Record 1,499% Return
Hong Kong trader Law Wai-Sum, known as J Law, set a two-year record in the U.S. Investing Championship with a 1,499% return. Following a 252% gain in the most recent competition, he plans to expand his investment education business to an international market.
- The 1,499% two-year return is a cumulative figure, resulting from a record-breaking 353.9% gain in the 2024 U.S. Investing Championship followed by a 252.3% gain in 2025. For comparison, the S&P 500's total return over that same two-year period was 47%. - Law's 2024 performance in the million-dollar-plus stock division broke a previous record held by famed trader Mark Minervini, who is also one of Law's mentors. Minervini himself won the competition in 1997 with a 155% return and again in 2021 with a 334.8% return. - Before becoming a full-time trader with over 16 years of experience, Law Wai-Sum was a high school teacher. He began investing at age 20, initially relying on news articles and magazines, which led to years of losses before he dedicated himself to developing a systematic approach. - His trading strategy, which he calls the "Multiple-Edge Trading Strategy," is not based on a single indicator but on combining multiple factors, including trend, momentum, support and resistance, and overall market context. He emphasizes strict risk management, often setting a maximum stop-loss of around 3% for any single trade. - The U.S. Investing Championship is a real-money competition that originally ran from 1983 to 1997 and was restarted in 2019. Its alumni include legendary traders such as Paul Tudor Jones and Louis Bacon. - Law's educational venture, JLawStock Academy, teaches his trading system and decision-making framework. He began creating free educational videos in 2020, motivated by the inconsistent quality of financial education he had experienced, and has since amassed over 400,000 online followers.
