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Every prop trader has seen the headline by now: AI trading with Claude quietly outperforming the market inside a live experiment. Claude shows up in more of these stories every month, and futures traders want to know whether the edge is real. But a viral result and a repeatable process are not the same thing, […]

This week’s trader statistics give us a clear look at our traders’ top assets, positions, and countries of origin, demonstrating shifting trends in market sentiment, sectors, and global participation. 5 Top Traded Assets Top 5 Tickers by P&L Top Asset by Positions | Profit | Volume Positions by Symbol Positions by Asset Class Top […]

CME Group is about to shrink its index futures lineup again, and this round of shrinking is dramatic. E-nano contracts will trade at one-tenth the size of Micro E-mini futures. Those were themselves already a fraction of the original E-mini. A smaller number on the label, though, doesn’t automatically mean a smaller decision for the […]

Most traders don’t lose accounts by being wrong; they lose them by being wrong without a stop loss in place to call time on the trade. For example, a trade drifts against an open position, and the trader gives it “just a little more room.” However, that small 1% loss can quietly become a 6% […]

This week’s trader statistics give us a clear look at our traders’ top assets, positions, and countries of origin, demonstrating shifting trends in market sentiment, sectors, and global participation. 5 Top Traded Assets Top 5 Tickers by P&L Top Asset by Positions | Profit | Volume Positions by Symbol Positions by Asset Class Top […]

A forex trader spots a clean setup and jumps in without sizing the trade, risking five percent of the account because the entry feels right. One oversized loss then wipes out weeks of gains in minutes, and no amount of good analysis saves it. This is why professionals treat position sizing as its own discipline, […]