The LSE Directory / Trading influencers
Michael Silva is an American swing trader and technical analyst who runs the Figuring Out Money brand and hosts The Stock Market Report, a chart-deck market brief published on YouTube three times a week covering the S&P 500, Nasdaq, sectors and key equities. Before trading full time he spent 12 years at Verizon retailer Victra, rising from part-time representative in Elk Grove, California to district manager. His content centers on technical analysis and swing trading mechanics, indicator math, follow-through days, chart patterns, intermarket correlations and market-condition signals, and he monetizes through a Substack newsletter and a Patreon community offering trade ideas and Discord access. He bills himself as "TikTok's #1 Stock Trader & Technical Analyst" and a verified United States Investing Championship participant, claiming a top-15 Q1 standing in the 2023 championship; his platforms displayed roughly 309K TikTok followers, 148K YouTube subscribers, 47K X followers and 6.1K Instagram followers as of July 2026.
