Your Father Traded on Gut , We Trade on Systems

About

Most investors are still relying on the outdated styles their fathers used, slow, large-cap strategies that miss the real opportunities. At MNS Investing, we focus on the explosive moves of 100–4,000% in a single day that go unnoticed in the broader markets. These opportunities are often ignored, leaving profits uncaptured.

MNS Investing is built on discipline, experience, and trust. With over 20 years of trading expertise, including a decade at Goldman Sachs, founder Jeff Hales created MNS Investing to give investors access to proven, active trading strategies without the stress of managing trades themselves.

Our approach is simple: we handle the trading, you sit back and benefit from the results. By combining disciplined risk management with advanced market insight, we turn overlooked momentum into measurable results.

👉 “ Protect capital. Earn trust. Build relationships. Let consistency do the rest "

Our Vision

At MNS Investing, we believe trading is not about chance, it’s about structure, discipline, and timing.

The scanner shown to the right is one of the tools we use daily to identify stocks experiencing unusual momentum and volume. On this particular day, the scanner identified multiple stocks making extraordinary moves, including four stocks up more than 100%, one over 200% and one over 1000% for the day. Just the other day we had AMIX up over 800% in a day. This happens almost EVERY DAY and the regular market misses these opportunities, well WE DON'T.

These are not monthly or yearly returns. These are single-day percentage moves occurring in the market right now.

These are also the types of opportunities that are often overlooked by traditional investment approaches. While larger firms such as Charles Schwab, Merrill Lynch, Fidelity, and other wealth management institutions typically focus on long-term investing, retirement planning, ETFs, mutual funds, and large-cap equities, we specialize in identifying short-term momentum opportunities occurring in the small-cap market.

While not every stock that appears on the scanner becomes a trade, these are the opportunities we monitor and evaluate every day. Our objective is not to capture every dollar of every move, but to consistently identify high-probability setups, manage risk effectively, and participate when opportunity aligns with our strategy.

The market rewards preparation, patience, and discipline. We simply focus on being ready when opportunity presents itself.

Our Mission

At MNS Investing LLC, our mission is to build an enduring investment firm founded on discipline, integrity, and continuous improvement. We believe successful trading begins with preparation, thoughtful decision-making, and an unwavering commitment to managing risk before pursuing reward.

Every trade is guided by data, structure, and a repeatable process, not emotion, speculation, or headlines. We strive to protect capital, execute with consistency, and continuously refine our approach as markets evolve.

More importantly, MNS Investing is committed to building trust through transparency, professionalism, and meaningful relationships. Our vision extends beyond trading, we aspire to build a company that creates lasting value for our family, future partners, and the communities we serve.

Because true success isn't measured only by financial results, but by the integrity with which they're achieved and the positive impact we leave on others.

Past Week Updates - 10/12 - 10/16/2026

Monday 10/12/2026

Wednesday 10/14/2026

Tuesday 10/13/2026

Monday, There Will Always Be Another

Well, here we are. Another week, another Monday... And what a Monday it was.

For most of the morning, I thought we were going to have my favorite kind of day, a one-ticker type of day. Then, at the last minute, NCPL decided to join the party. I only took one trade on NCPL as it approached its high of day. Just a quick scalp, in and out, and that was all we needed.

But the real breadwinner Monday was WFF.

I started trading WFF around $19.79 and continued finding opportunities as it worked its way higher. My final exit came around $37.48, near what I thought was going to be its morning high.

Then I had to leave for PT. And boy... was I wrong about that being the end of WFF. 😂

While I was gone, WFF continued running and eventually reached somewhere around $50.66.

I missed the entire afternoon move.

And you know what? I'm perfectly okay with that.

I had already captured my opportunities, secured the profit, and walked away green. I'm not going to look back at another $13 of movement and beat myself up over money that was never mine to begin with. That's how FOMO starts.

I don't need the bottom. I don't need the top. And I definitely don't need the entire move.

I just need my piece. There will always be another ticker, another setup, and another opportunity.

Take the trade. Secure the profit. Leave the greed for somebody else.

There will always be another. Stats: 1 trade, 71.40% W-rate, 28.60% L-rate, $7,462.31 PnL.

Tuesday 10/13/2026

Wednesday 10/14/2026

Tuesday 10/13/2026

Tuesday, Greed Is NOT Good

What kind of day was Tuesday?

My favorite kind, a one-ticker type of day.

And Tuesday's ticker was JBDI.

JBDI provided some great opportunities, and we were there to take advantage of them. My first trade came around $6.47, and my final trade was around the break of $9.

All told, I traded JBDI for roughly one hour.

But honestly, you don't even need an hour.

Sometimes all you need is 10 seconds with the right setup, a good entry, a clean exit, and you're done for the day. I've never been a greedy trader, and I certainly don't operate MNS Investing with a “Greed is Good” mentality. Quite the opposite.

I operate MNS with a:

“Live to trade another day” mindset.

I don't need the bottom. I don't need the top. And I don't need every penny in between.

I need my piece of the move while keeping risk under control. There will always be another ticker. Another setup. Another trading day.

I believe that mentality has played a big role in keeping me consistent throughout my career.

Take the opportunity. Take the profit. Protect the capital.

Then come back tomorrow and do it again. Stats: 9 trade, 66.7% W-rate, 33.3% L-rate, $4.618.82 PnL.

Wednesday 10/14/2026

Wednesday was another day of balancing recovery with getting back into the office.

I had PT during the day, so I was in and out of the office and wasn't able to spend the entire session behind the screens. But honestly, I don't think I missed much. The market just wasn't providing the type of opportunities I was looking for.

Could I have found something to trade?

Of course. You can always find something to trade if you look hard enough. But there's a big difference between finding something moving and finding a setup where I'm comfortable putting capital at risk. Wednesday didn't give me that.

So instead of trying to manufacture an opportunity simply because I had some time behind the desk, I kept my hands off the keys.

No setup. No trade. No capital unnecessarily put at risk.

Another NTD in the books and perfectly comfortable with it.

Thursday 10/15/2026

Weekly Recap 10/12 - 10/16/2026

Wednesday 10/14/2026

Thursday, I Don't Get Paid to Press Buttons

Thursday was more of the same.

I had a doctor's appointment during the day, so once again I was in and out of the office. But during the time I was watching, there was very little happening that interested me.

And I'm certainly not going to start forcing trades just so I can say I traded.

That's one of the easiest traps to fall into.

You're sitting at the desk. The screens are on. Level 2 is moving. Time & Sales is printing. Your hands are sitting there on the hotkeys...

So you start convincing yourself that you should be doing something. But I don't get paid to press buttons. I get paid to manage risk and take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves. If I have to talk myself into a trade, there's a pretty good chance I shouldn't be taking it in the first place. Thursday never gave me a setup worth putting capital behind.

So once again:

Zero trades. Zero forced setups. Capital preserved.

Sometimes discipline is knowing when to get in.

Other times, it's knowing when to leave the keys alone.

Friday 10/16/2026

Weekly Recap 10/12 - 10/16/2026

Friday, Patience Is a Position

Friday... what can I say about Friday?

Not much good, unfortunately. 😂

It was really just a continuation of a slower week. I had a few appointments during the day, so I couldn't stay in the office the entire session, but from what I did see, I wasn't impressed.

And with that, we officially ended the week with three consecutive No Trade Days.

Would I have liked more opportunity? Absolutely.

But you have to trade what's in front of you not what you wish was there.

I'm finishing the week green, so there are no complaints on that end. I'm certainly not going to risk a green week chasing subpar action just because I feel like I need to trade.

That's where slower markets teach one of the most valuable skills a trader can have:

Patience. Too many traders believe that because they're sitting at the desk, they have to hit the keys. You don't. If the setup isn't there, don't force it. Preserve the capital and wait for another day.

Three straight NTDs. Still green on the week. I'll take it. Knowing how to trade is important.

Knowing when NOT to trade might be even more valuable

Weekly Recap 10/12 - 10/16/2026

And that's a wrap on another week.

Considering we had three No Trade Days mixed in, I'm pretty happy with how things turned out.

We traded only three tickers all week. WFF provided some great opportunities Monday, NCPL gave us a quick scalp, and JBDI finished our actual trading for the week on Tuesday.

Then? Nothing. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were all NTDs. Now, something you don't necessarily see from these journal entries is that I take losses too. On days I trade, there's usually a losing trade or two mixed in with the winners.

The difference is I try to keep those losses small.

Small position sizes and controlled risk mean a losing trade doesn't have to become something I spend the rest of the day or week, trying to recover from. That's risk management.

The other lesson this week was patience.

I had capital available. The screens were on. The hotkeys were ready. What I didn't have was an opportunity worth risking capital on.

So I didn't trade. Three straight NTDs isn't frustrating to me. It's part of the job.

On a broader-market note, I've also become increasingly cautious about where this market may be heading. We've seen major corrections associated with excesses and shocks before, 1987, the dot-com collapse, the financial crisis, and the COVID shock. My concern today is AI.

There is an enormous amount of capital, expectation and market concentration tied to AI. I think there's a real possibility that disappointment somewhere in that ecosystem eventually becomes the catalyst for a significant broader-market correction. Will it happen? When? How severe? I don't know and neither does anyone else. That's why it doesn't change what I do tomorrow morning.

Trade what's in front of me. Keep risk controlled. Protect capital. And stay ready for whatever the market decides to do next.

We're into the middle of October and still green for the month. No complaints from me.

Patience when there's nothing. Discipline when there is. Live to trade another day

Stats: 16 trades total, 68.80% W-rate, 31.20% L-rate, $12.1k PnL.