About RPM: The Heart Behind RPM Trades

RPM — Robert Paul Matthews, Paul to his kin — is a 56-year-old trend bucker who’s been self-employed since 17 years old, never touching a W2. RPMTrades.com is RPM’s soul, a market and crypto trading community under construction for traders who cut through noise to find real signals. This fucker’s got grit, spitting “RPM-isms” like “CRASH is a position, get ready to assume it!!” and building a hub that’s raw and real.

RPM started in electronics, fixing stereos and hauling satellite dishes until DirecTV’s small dishes ended the game. He made money but walked when he saw defeat — disruption’s a hard lesson. RPM ran a printing hustle after selling windows with his wife, but when landlines faded to cell phones and the internet roared, paper became history. RPM jumped into web hosting, launching RPM Web Services in the ‘90s, and 30 years later, he’s still running that show. He plays guitar, draws fire from metal — music’s his lifeline — and lives for evolution over stale ideas.

Trading snagged RPM 17 years ago, with 15 years in DayTradingRadio.com’s crew — his second family. The internet’s 1996 buzz was a start; in late 2016, RPM threw himself into Bitcoin, hooked on “fix the money, fix the world.” Crypto’s the next wave, like web hosting was then. Markets have bruised RPM, but he reads charts like a book, nails contrarian calls, and keeps swinging. RPMTrades.com is his vision — a tight 100-trader crew, Wednesday night live sessions (2-5 hours of real talk), and a members-only chat alive with spark. “Hold my Bear,” RPM says with a grin.

RPM’s a loyal, stubborn son of a gun — “He’d agree with you but then you’d both be wrong.” He’ll listen if he shuts up for 10 minutes, always open to a new angle. Life’s hit hard: long hours, short pay, broken deals. RPM laughs it off, saying, “We’re all here ’cause we ain’t all there!” His dad called him 5/3rds crazy — RPM got 3/4 of it from him!! RPMTrades.com is his stand — a place for traders to master technical analysis, dodge the herd, and win. DayTradingRadio lifers from before January 8, 2024, get free access; RPM’s loyal to his roots. New folks can join at $100/year or $24.97/month until July 4, 2025, then it’s $59.95/month — once you get a price, you keep a price. RPM thanks early adopters in advance (you can be one of them).

RPM owes a ton to John Kurisko at DayTradingRadio.com. Over 15 years, Johnny mentored RPM, gave his blessings, and taught him to own his voice — loud, real, unfiltered. Johnny showed RPM how to connect and grind. RPMTrades.com is RPM’s tribute to that fight, a community for those who question and grow. Thank you Johnny!!

Special thanks to RPM’s dear friends who lifted him through divorce, unimaginable loss, and life’s storms: Jdub, Tight_Stops, PapaPhilip, and dearest Dawn-Marie. To RPM’s son Bobby and daughter Emily, his ex-wife Melanie who hung in there, and his late dad “Boots” — a self-employed, hard-working SOB whose words, “Let’s stay at it” and “Throw enough shit at the wall, something has to stick,” built RPM. That fire rubbed off. RPM’s proud of himself and all his peeps.