Leslie N. Masonson is a highly accomplished market veteran in the financial markets, serving as a financial advisor, author, ETF columnist, educator, and active trader in ETFs and futures. He has over 50 years of experience in researching, backtesting, investing, and trading stock ETF strategies using technical indicators and relative strength analysis.
Since the infancy of ETFs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mr. Masonson has been actively engaged in recognizing their value as investment vehicles. He has dedicated countless hours to developing ETF trading strategies, writing articles, and participating in interviews about ETFs.
Les has written eight authoritative books on day trading, market timing, ETF relative strength, ETF rotation investing, and corporate cash management. His notable works on the stock market include: Profiting from ETF Rotation Strategies in Turbulent Markets (2011) and The QQQ & TQQQ ETF Profit Machine: A Roadmap for Trading and Investing in Cutting-Edge AI-Focused Tech Titans (2025).
The AI-revolution and the rapid advancement in semiconductor chips and manufacturing have led to significant price appreciation in the “Munificent 7”, semiconductor stocks, and leveraged ETFs (such as TQQQ and SOXL) since the market bottom in October 2022. Their earnings growth and price appreciation have propelled their market capitalization to all-time highs. Many analysts believe that AI is still in its infancy, indicating substantial future growth prospects.
This session highlights both the risks and rewards, as well as the key factors to consider before risking capital in this challenging sector. Investors and traders will receive technical set-ups and the rules necessary for successfully trading these highly volatile and high-stakes investment vehicles, drawing from 15 years of trading TQQQ and Nasdaq-100 Futures.