Tim Trakes
Co-founder
[A few lines on Tim's trading background and why he started TradeWise.]
Chapter II · Why TradeWise
Trade wisely. Let the machine keep the discipline.
TradeWise Systems began with a simple question: what if the best habits of patient, professional traders could be written down as rules, and then followed perfectly by technology?
The problem
Markets are loud. Discipline is quiet.
Hot tips, overnight-millionaire stories and screens flashing red and green all compete for attention. Most traders don't struggle for lack of information. They struggle with discipline: chasing a move too late, freezing at the right moment, or moving a stop "just this once."
We believe the answer isn't a secret formula. It's a sound plan, followed consistently.
The navy eye · Wisdom
Five principles we trade by
Each principle is written into the system as a rule, so it holds on good days and bad ones.
- 1
Follow the trend, not the crowd
In the system: every strategy trades with the trend on its own timeframe: a weekly up-trend for the breakout bots, SPY's intraday trend for the intraday bots, and a scored up-trend for the ML AutoTrader.
- 2
Wait for proof
In the system: a setup must confirm before any buy, whether that's a breakout that holds or a stock holding above VWAP with the chart pattern agreeing.
- 3
Protect capital first
In the system: every filled position gets a protective stop order held at the broker.
- 4
Stay small and consistent
In the system: a fixed dollar size per trade, with firm limits on open positions and new entries each day.
- 5
Respect the warning signs
In the system: signals carrying too many risk flags, such as a weak market or a late-stage trend, are skipped.
The green eye · Technology
Rules are only as good as the hand that follows them.
We use AI, machine learning and automation to research, test and build our trading systems. Once a rule is set, the machine's job is simple: follow it exactly, at every bar, and keep a record of everything.
Today that means nine bots across three strategies, from our original machine-learning Wise-Trader to the breakout and intraday bots. Tomorrow it means a growing team of trading bots, each one tested, measured and held to its own record.
Tireless
It reviews thousands of stocks every night and checks its watchlist at every bar close.
Unemotional
No fear, no greed, no second-guessing. A rule either passes or it doesn't.
Accountable
Every buy, sell, fill and rejection is written to a journal we can review and learn from.
TradeWiseSystemsQuantitative TradingThe crossing · Our name
Trade + Wise
Our name is the moment two paths cross. The owl watches with patience; that's the wisdom. Its W is built from rising chart bars; that's the work of the machine. Navy on one side, green on the other, meeting in the middle.
We have learned from legends. We follow a way of trading: patient, disciplined and honest about risk.
Our mission
To trade wisely, with patience, discipline and respect for risk, and to build the AI trading bots that hold us to it.
The people behind the owl
Built by traders who also write code
"With TradeWise Systems you can manage your trades instead of trying to find them."
Rocco Pieczonka
Co-founder
[A few lines on Rocco's background and role.]
Partners and affiliates
Traders and builders who work with us
We build in the open, and we test with people who trade for a living.
AlphaShark Trading
Starting November 2, 2026, Andrew Keene of AlphaShark will trade the TradeWise bots in a live account for four to six weeks, putting the system in front of a professional trader and his audience.
alphashark.com →
Peakbot
Peakbot runs the Discord community where every TradeWise fill is posted, and is the source of the WiseTrader studies our breakout bots were built from.
peakbot.com →TradeStation
TradeStation is the broker behind the breakout and intraday bots. It streams the price data, executes every order and holds every protective stop, in both the simulated and the live accounts.
tradestation.com →Partners trade their own accounts and make their own decisions. Nothing here is an endorsement of results, TradeWise Systems is not affiliated with TradeStation, and we do not manage money for anyone.
Next · Chapter III