Retail Trader

What You'll Do9

• Export every transaction from your U.S. brokerage account with the broker's standard export tool. The file must span at least 24 months and include every trade.
• Strip your name, account numbers, address, and other personal details before you upload the file to Jade's platform.
• Upload the full history in one submission. Partial files or missing trades fail the task requirement.
• Write a 100 to 250 word summary of your strategy, usual holding period, instruments, and trading platforms.
• Select at least five of your most significant trades, with stocks preferred, such as large wins, large losses, or high-conviction calls.
• For each selected trade, explain your reasoning at entry or exit and the information that shaped the decision.
• Match every explanation to a real trade in your history by symbol, date, side, and quantity.
• Keep your later reflection on the outcome separate from the original reasoning you give for the trade.
• Complete the upload and all five annotations before you submit. Jade does not pay partial submissions.

Requirements10

• You live in the United States.
• You have traded an account you own for at least two years, with 1,000 or more trades during that span, about two per trading day.
• Your activity centers on stocks; options also qualify.
• Your brokerage is a U.S. retail broker, for example Robinhood, Schwab, Fidelity, E*TRADE, Webull, or Interactive Brokers.
• You are 18 or older.
• You will share a complete trade history with no trades removed.
• Any education or career background works: college students, graduate-degree holders, finance professionals, non-finance professionals, and full-time traders all meet the background rule.
• Current or former professional traders may apply with a personal account.
• You sign Mercor's Expert Content License Agreement as part of the application.
• Managed accounts, employer accounts, and prop-firm accounts do not qualify. Jade also rejects histories under two years, fewer than 1,000 trades, or with crypto or futures as the main activity.

Who Should Apply

U.S. retail traders with at least two years of active stock or options trading on a personal brokerage account fit this task. The ideal candidate has 1,000 or more trades, can share a complete 24-month history, and can explain five major decisions with exact trade details.

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