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Nicholas Syiek (born December 7, 1996) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software developer is primarily known for his YouTube publications advocating conservative investing, trading techniques, and general financial literacy for wealth building.

Nick’s business, A1 Trading Company, provides financial services to traders and investors around the world, and manages one of the fastest growing online trading communities, with thousands of members inside.

Syiek is also a renowned YouTube personality, having released hundreds of professional videos espousing his insightful and informed approach to trading and investing, enjoying hundreds of thousands of views on many of his uploads and boasting a channel with over 124,000 regular subscribers (as of July 2020), many of whom are also active participants in the A1 Trading Company online community.

Early life & Education
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nicholas Syiek has developed a positive reputation and strong track record of entrepreneurial endeavors from a young age.

First Business Venture
Nick started his first business at 10 years old, with his father and mentor helping him execute his first business venture by purchasing and operating a vending machine in a busy office complex. It was important to Nick to take on the responsibility of strategizing logistical concerns related to his vending machine enterprise, and he kept meticulous records in order to help determine optimal location Even at the age of 10, Nicholas realized that good metrics, much like they are in the world of Forex Trading, are key to good business. After all, "what you don't measure, you can't manage."

Young Entrepreneurship
At age 15, Nick started a landscaping business in his local neighborhood. Knocking door to door, he was able to gain a recurring client base sufficient to add to his savings that would later be used to bootsrap other professional endeavors. At age 17, after realizing that lawn mowers and other related items are always in high demand, Nick moved to buying and selling yard equipment such as pressure washers, lawn mowers, and tractors.

Nick sought out undervalued used equipment at garage sales, secondhand stores, auctions and online classifieds like Craigslist and Offerup, often reconditioning or making minor repairs, and then reselling them throughout the community. This helped prepare Syiek for future business ideas by providing operational expertise as well as capital that he would use for future efforts in the arbitrage of preowned goods.

At age 18, Nick used money earned from selling yard equipment to start an online iPhone recycling business, buying used devices from people and reselling them locally. This business ultimately was a failed experiment. While it cost him a significant hit to his accumulated capital when demand in the local market proved more difficult to predict, Syiek did learn some valuable lessons on not only how to approach new ventures with caution and discipline, but to also never let setbacks deter his professional determination.

At age 19, Nick took on a promissory note* to purchase over $100,000 worth of construction equipment from a foreclosing construction company, repairing and reselling the equipment.

Foray Into Stock Trading
In 2018, with his capital from prior business ventures, Nick took an interest in investing in stocks. From here, Nick spent long hours learning and investing in stocks, and eventually made the cross to trading forex more actively.

Education
In 2019, at age 20, while studying computer science at Auburn University, in Auburn Alabama, Nick began modeling and analyzing the markets by building software to scan and study the financial markets. In 2019, Syiek successfully completed his degree program in Computer Science and went on to work as a Technical Analyst.

TraderNick YouTube Channel
At age 21, Nick started his YouTube channel, sharing his journey as a trader/investor, and talking about his studies in financial markets. After some time, the channel began to really grow, as traders around the world found the content relatable and insightful.

A1 Trading Company
At age 22, Nick started his financial services business, A1 Trading Company, providing market coverage, software tools, and an interactive online community. With this, he hired a team of market analysts, video editors, marketers, etc. to help spread a vision of encouraging people to be more financially informed, and learn skills that could help them change their financial future.

Top Videos
Having made notable achievement sin forex trading with his company’s proprietary software tools Syiek has even showcased having made upwards of $22,000 in a single month trading Forex & Stocks