Before Leo clicked "buy," he noticed something strange. The stocks weren't all the same; they were grouped into tiers.

Leo started by looking for these stocks on his usual exchange apps, but he couldn't find them. He soon learned why: OTC stocks aren't traded on a centralized exchange like the New York Stock Exchange. Instead, they are traded through a decentralized network of .

He was now an OTC shareholder. He knew these stocks were risky—some might go to the moon, and others might disappear—but he had followed the right steps: finding the right broker, checking the tiers, and using a limit order.

Once upon a time, there was a curious investor named Leo. He had mastered the art of buying big-name stocks like Apple and Amazon on major exchanges, but lately, he’d been hearing whispers about the "OTC markets"—a place where smaller, more adventurous companies lived.

Intrigued, Leo decided to try his hand at it. Here is the story of how he navigated the world of "Over-the-Counter" stocks. Chapter 1: The Hidden Marketplace