troylarue

Soccer was a major part of my life. The sport—along with the coaches who guided me—shaped me into the man I am today. I was blessed to play at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and travel to Jamaica, Spain, and Germany, where I competed in the Oberliga from age 17–18. I’ve been put in uncomfortable situations my entire life, and as you know, that’s where you grow the most.

I went on to earn a full-ride scholarship to play college soccer at Eastern Florida State College and at The University of the Incarnate Word. During my college years, I occasionally traded stocks, but limited buying power and slow market movement held me back—until everything changed.

I started trading crypto in 2020 during my senior year of college with my best friend. I began on Coinbase, then quickly moved to Binance after learning about VPNs and international exchanges. After a few months, I realized “insiders” were still beating me to the punch. Even with my eyes glued to X, refreshing nonstop to see which new coins were being listed, I still found myself buying tops.

With some research (and by fearlessly asking questions), I discovered meme coins—and that led me to Telegram, MetaMask, and Uniswap. But even in a hot market, the process of copying contract addresses, switching wallets, and swapping tokens was still slow. On top of that, I was constantly at risk of being front-run or sandwiched by MEV bots.

My hunger to learn pushed me deeper into the space. After joining countless groups and sending tons of DMs, I was introduced to sniper bots like Maestro, ChainSwap, and Banana Gun. This was the true game-changer for my trading career.

At the same time, I was doing part-time marketing work using tools like Canva and CapCut. I quickly realized I could merge my content-creation skills with my passion for crypto. For every project I believed in, I created eye-catching, high-quality content—and eventually integrated AI tools like MidJourney into my workflow. Degens would spam Telegram and X with my artwork, and big influencers started engaging with it—liking, retweeting, mentioning it on Spaces, and even inviting me to help market projects directly.