ITU RISE 2026: THE STANDARD WE LIVE BY!

There comes a moment in every movement when the mission has to be spoken out loud. Not whispered. Spoken. Fully. Clearly. Unapologetically. Today is that moment for Independent Trading University.

I have watched our community grow. I have watched people fall and get back up. I have watched doubt, fear, struggle, and survival try to tear at the edges of what we are building. And after spending time with my own family these past days, it hit me harder than ever before. Many of you grew up hearing the same story. Trust no one. Carry it alone. The world is cold, so you better be colder.

That mentality did not come from strength. It came from pain. It came from a damaged culture that taught us to isolate instead of to grow. To survive instead of to rise. And this is exactly why ITU exists. Not to create lone rangers. Not to build traders who hide behind screens with no support. This is a heaven sent community formed because a group of people decided to say yes to each other. We will not carry that burden as a badge of honor!

You cannot elevate in life by yourself. You cannot grow your knowledge separate from connection. People need people. Iron sharpens iron. Destiny sharpens destiny. Every strong season of my life came because someone was willing to stand beside me when everything else was collapsing. I owe more to those people than I could ever repay. And for that very reason, I made a decision that I will say right here for the whole community to hear.

I have a sworn duty to destroy this broken way of thinking that tells you to walk alone.

I have a sworn duty to make ITU the place where people do not fall through the cracks because they were too afraid to ask for help. If I have to carry that mission alone, I will, but I am telling you now that this community was never built for one person. It was built for all of us.

We do not disappear when things get hard. We do not quit when life punches us. We do not pull away from the people who are fighting for their lives right beside us,

If you are here, ten toes down, then you are here by assignment. You are here because something in you knows you are meant to be a part of this vision. Not just as a student. As a builder. As a brother or sister in this battle to take back our futures and build a system that no longer works only for the privileged few.

Understand something today. You play a major role in this mission. There is a seat reserved for you in what we are building. A seat in the community we will expand. A seat in the story we are writing together.

Life is not working all year for two vacations and seeing your children a few hours a day. Life is not dying with potential still trapped inside you. Life is not settling for a version of yourself that stopped growing because fear whispered louder than faith.

In ITU, we refuse that life. In ITU, we RISE.

We all have ups and downs. We all have moments when we feel like we are drowning. Sometimes we cannot solve every problem for every person. But mark my words. In this space, we will never let someone fall who shows up, who fights for their goals, who refuses to quit on themselves. If you are in the arena with us, you will never stand alone.

That will always be the standard!

We are heading into ITU Rise 2026. This is not just an event. This is not just another motivational weekend. This is the moment where the entire community levels up. Mentally. Spiritually. Financially. This is where we remove every leftover piece of fear, isolation, and doubt that tried to control our lives. This is where we stand together as a unit. This is where we remind the world that growth comes from unity, discipline, and relentless commitment to the vision God placed on our lives.

ITU is more than a program. It is a calling. ITU is more than education. It is transformation. ITU is more than trading. It is reclaiming your future with a community that refuses to let you fail.

So if you are here, hear me clearly. We rise together. We win together. We build together. And no one who chooses to stand in this family will ever walk alone again.

ITU Professor

Independent Trading University

The Standard Will Always Be The Standard