The Hidden Class: Earning Where Others Can’t
You need to understand that high-income earners are far rarer than millionaires. Globally, there are approximately 58 million millionaires, but fewer than 2 million people consistently earn over $650,000 annually. And notably, many of those millionaires didn’t get there by generating high income — their wealth often comes from capital gains, inheritance, or luck. In that sense, becoming a millionaire is almost more akin to a random outcome than a skill-based income stream.
This, in my view, is the most difficult financial problem to solve — to become a true high-income earner through the market itself. Especially through trading. That type of income generation almost doesn’t exist in any meaningful form. Most paths are inconsistent, unsustainable, or deeply capital-intensive.
I operate in a uniquely situated sweet spot that virtually no one else is playing in. Retail traders and institutions are both fixated on longer timeframes, which are largely driven by randomness, media narratives, and macro positioning. Meanwhile, machines dominate the ultra-short-term space with sheer speed. But there’s a niche in between — an execution layer — that still contains human edge. I believe it’s the only real “safe space” left in modern markets.
Then there are those who chase absolute centralization — where the big get bigger — effectively the rich getting richer. We’ve seen this structure institutionalized in the East, where there’s often a massive gap between high GDP and low GDP per capita. In these post-labor societies, income erodes, and opportunity disappears unless you’re connected to the state apparatus. Yet the wealthy grow richer through equity value. That’s why markets have become a real-time, mark-to-market reflection of net worth. And that’s precisely what we can exploit.
The most important factor in this game is consistency — because consistency replicates income, and income can be scaled. This market is designed to be incredibly difficult — by design. The gatekeepers use hidden liquidity pools, misinformation, and algorithmic traps to shake out anyone who isn’t precise.
But once consistent income emerges, it compounds. And over time, it transforms into capital gains. That’s the power of a skill-based edge.
What’s most surprising is that almost no one understands this — and that’s a good thing.
That is the real holy grail.
