About

Alpha Before It Prints
High-conviction investing before the world notices.

A different way to think.
A different way to see inflection points.
A different way to win.

Origin Story

Most people never find alpha.
They follow it.

Every cycle, the same thing happens: a handful of people see it early.
Everyone else waits until CNBC tells them it’s “safe.”
By then, the real money is gone.

I built Alpha Before It Prints for one reason:

To give everyday people the same shot at early conviction that most only get years later.

Not by pretending to be a guru.
Not by hindsight.
But by showing — in real time — how I identify mispriced opportunities long before the crowd agrees.

This newsletter is built on actual timestamps, actual entries, real mistakes, and lessons earned the hard way.

Why I Started This

For most of my 20s, I did everything wrong.
I chased shiny objects.
Over-traded.
Listened to the wrong people.
Blew up accounts trying to impress people who weren’t even watching.

It took years of pain, humility, and self-reflection to finally understand the game I was playing.
Now, I invest with one goal:

Find asymmetric upside before the world wakes up.

Not the consensus picks.
Not the “safe ideas.”
But the ones nobody wants… until they’re up 300 percent.

Alpha Before It Prints is the outlet I wish existed years ago — someone showing how they see the edges forming in real time, before narratives flip.

What You’ll Get Here

Nothing polished.
Nothing corporate.
Nothing manufactured for engagement.
Just conviction-driven research built around a simple framework:

See inflection points early
Buy where risk/reward is violently skewed
Track the fundamentals and story as they evolve
Stay level-headed when everyone else is emotional

If you’re tired of influencers pretending they “called it,” you’ll like it here.
This isn’t hindsight. This is before it prints.

About Me

I didn’t get here the traditional way.
I’m not a Wall Street guy.
I didn’t grow up with a trust fund.

I learned by getting it wrong first.
By chasing the wrong trades.
By trusting the wrong voices.
By letting emotions win when the data said otherwise.

Those mistakes are what eventually made me good. Not perfect — good.

I’ve built early conviction on multiple names that most people laughed at: HIMS at $7, TSLA at $160, SOFI at $5, IREN, CIFR, ONDS, and others — not because I was lucky, but because I learned the pattern.

The media is almost always late.
The consensus is almost always wrong.
The “crowd” celebrates when the story is obvious.
The real alpha comes from getting in before the world agrees.

People wonder why I share these ideas publicly — it’s simple:

I know what it’s like to feel lost.
I know what it’s like to be wrong a lot.
And I know what it’s like to finally understand the game.

Everything I write — about markets, life, discipline, conviction, character, faith, and especially The Faithful Shepherd Project — comes from a single conviction:

Live it first. Then teach it.

If that resonates with you, you're in the right place.

Connor Miller
Founder, Alpha Before It Prints
CIO, Black Sheep Capital Partners
Founder, The Faithful Shepherd Project

Why I Really Do This

People think I built this newsletter for investors.
I didn’t.

I built it for my kids.

One day, they’re going to be old enough to ask who I was… what I believed… what I built… and what I stood for when nobody was watching.

I don’t want them to inherit money.
I want them to inherit wisdom.

Clarity about how to think.
How to act.
How to build conviction when the world screams the opposite.

Every lesson I share here — every trade, every mistake, every insight — is something I want them to have access to long after I’m gone.

This newsletter is their blueprint.
Their proof that their dad didn’t just talk about discipline, faith, and courage —
He lived it.

Brodie, Luca, Alice Jane — Daddy loves you.

The Mission

Alpha Before It Prints exists to help people think independently.

To show them how early conviction actually forms.
To challenge the narratives that keep the average investor trapped.

If you’ve ever felt like you were meant to play this game differently…
You’re in the right place.

Where conviction is born long before the headlines catch up.

If you want the full picture — the positions I’m building, the inflection points I’m watching, and the research I don’t post publicly — then Premium is where the real work happens.

When you're ready to think differently — earlier, deeper, and with conviction before the crowd — that’s your next step.

Alpha Before It Prints
Real stories. Real timestamps. Real transparency.
~ Connor