Inside the envelope was a single number

Blake Young walked into his livestream today carrying a sealed envelope.

He held it up to the camera, told everyone there was a piece of paper inside, and set it down on the desk. 

He said he would open it later. Then he started teaching.

18minutes in, he came back to it.

Inside the envelope was a single number. 

April 2026, plus 15.9%. That was the previous month's return on a real-money $5,000 account he has been trading live for 12 months straight using the system he calls The 10AM Bell.

The full track record on the same account: 189.2% net profit over 12 months, taking $5,000 to $14,459. 

Eleven winning months, one losing month at -4.3%. The best month was August at +44.9%. The 12-month average came in at roughly 24% per month.

That number is unusual. 

Most published trading research puts realistic monthly returns for serious traders in the 5-10% range, with 2-5% considered the professional standard. 

The traders who consistently average 24% per month are statistical anomalies. 

Blake's track record sits in that anomaly zone, documented and timestamped, with the trades published in the room before they happened.

The envelope was the proof he wanted us to see first. 

Not his slides, the testimonials, or his “pitch.” 

A sealed envelope opened in front of a live audience containing the actual return for the actual month that ended a few days ago.

Here is what makes the framework different from the dozens of other “systems” my subscribers have asked me about over the years.

Blake doesn't trade the open. 

He doesn't watch the news (for better or worse). 

The guy doesn't even sit at his desk all day waiting for setups. 

The 10AM Bell is built around a single observation that the academic research and the SEC's own market structure data both confirm: the first 30 minutes of trading is the worst time to take a position. Spreads are wide. 

Algos are sweeping stops. Institutional desks are still positioning. The moves you see between 9:30 and 10:00 reverse more often than they continue.

The traders who fight that 30 minutes are the ones who end most days flat or down. 

The traders who wait it out and enter at 10:00 are the ones working with cleaner price action and a tighter probability distribution.

Blake walked through the system mechanics in detail in the presentation, including the indicator that draws the trade zones the night before, the morning execution window, and the actual charts he uses. 

If you missed the live session, the replay is below. 

Watch the envelope moment first if nothing else, because that is where the conversation about whether this works actually ends.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE REPLAY 

To your success, 

Don Kaufman