What Is Physik Invest?

Physik Invest provides actionable insights into credit and positioning, the economy and geopolitics, and trade theory and structuring. Founded by Renato Leonard Capelj in 2020, the business began as a personal portfolio for him to share his methods, research, and market performance. After establishing the appropriate business structures, Physik Invest may expand its services to include paid research, consulting, and trading solutions.

As a disclaimer, Physik Invest and Capelj are not in the business of providing advice. They won’t solicit the public for capital or collect fees. Accordingly, their comments should not be construed as recommendations.

Who Is Renato L. Capelj?

Renato Leonard Capelj is a multilingual economics graduate working in finance and journalism. His journey in markets began in 2011 when cryptocurrencies began to rage. Fast-forward a couple of years, and he pursued economics in college and spent much free time studying how markets worked.

After graduating college in 2019, Capelj dreamed of pursuing markets full-time and hoping to trade profitably for a living. However, he had two significant problems: a lack of capital and direction.

He applied to many financial institutions and emailed countless executives. One executive who responded and offered an opportunity was Jason Raznick, founder at Benzinga, a prominent content provider to brokerages and news outlets. Capelj used the Benzinga opportunity to get closer to his goal: trade profitably for a living.

In interviewing top traders, he learned where to look and what to work on to improve his chances. After years of self-education, strategy development, and mentorship, Capelj secured the capital to begin trading full-time. He transitioned to a part-time role at Benzinga, allowing him to continue building his network and weathering bad trading periods.

In 2020, Capelj founded the Physik Invest brand to detail his methods, research, and market performance. Later, he joined SpotGamma as an equity options analyst in 2021 to add to his market understanding. There, Capelj spent most of his time distilling the structure, pricing, and trade of options and how the last mentioned, in the aggregate, influence market volatility for the firm’s clients. SpotGamma insights have been featured by the likes of Reuters and Bloomberg.

In 2023, Capelj left SpotGamma. Now, he spends most of his time building Physik Invest. Separately, he remains at Benzinga as a part-time journalist and Managing Director, interviewing global leaders in government, business, and finance, such as famed investor Kevin O’Leary, ARK Invest’s Catherine Wood, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Lithuania’s Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė, and former Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers.