Trade Syndication · Market replay · Thursday, Oct 22

Thursday’s best moves, and what the desk would have paid

We took GBP/JPY, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, Nasdaq 100, FTSE 100, Silver, EUR/JPY, AUD/USD and EUR/USD and ran them through the live engine.

Each trade below is 2 contracts, entered after the move had already started and closed either as it faded or when the desk’s own stop took it out — not the perfect top or bottom. Every step comes from replaying real market prices, minute by minute, through the live Trade Syndication engine.

In total: 9 trades, $270 in fees, $1,446.37 in earnings.

How the desk trades with you

1. You open a trade and pay a flat fee per contract. That is the most it can cost you.
2. The desk backs your trade with its own capital — a small allocation at first, stepping up as the trade proves itself, protected by its own stop, which trails the move as it goes your way.
3. You are paid 90% of what the desk’s allocation makes. If it makes nothing, you are paid nothing.

Trade 1: GBP/JPY sell

1. 03:45 You sell 2 contracts of GBP/JPY at 211.896 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 212.532.
2. 03:50 Price 211.886 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 30% and lowers its stop to 212.010.
3. 04:23 Price 211.757 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 62% and lowers its stop to 211.892.
4. 04:36 Price 211.689 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 100% and lowers its stop to 211.817.
5. 04:59 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 77% ($22.53 banked by then).
6. 05:00 The move resumes: the desk buys back, up to 100%.
7. 07:00 The desk exits at 211.310 — profit trailing stop.
8. 10:30 You close at 210.654. Your earnings: $254.72 — 8.5× the fee you paid. $118.10 of it was banked by 8 partial sales.

Trade 2: USD/JPY sell

1. 04:00 You sell 2 contracts of USD/JPY at 158.165 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 158.639.
2. 04:03 Price 158.138 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 30% and lowers its stop to 158.224.
3. 04:47 Price 158.080 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 65% and lowers its stop to 158.164.
4. 05:15 Price 158.008 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 100% and lowers its stop to 158.092.
5. 05:22 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 27% ($44.50 banked by then).
6. 05:24 The move resumes: the desk buys back, up to 100%.
7. 06:44 The desk exits at 157.680 — profit trailing stop.
8. 07:30 You close at 157.711. Your earnings: $219.58 — 7.3× the fee you paid. $152.19 of it was banked by 5 partial sales.

Trade 3: GBP/USD buy

1. 18:00 You buy 2 contracts of GBP/USD at 1.33630 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 1.33538.
2. 18:00 Price 1.33653 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 25%.
3. 18:40 Price 1.33731 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 46% and lifts its stop to 1.33626.
4. 19:03 Price 1.33828 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 100% and lifts its stop to 1.33724.
5. 22:23 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 29% ($152.38 banked by then).
6. 22:58 The move resumes: the desk buys back, up to 81%.
7. 23:15 You close at 1.33932. Your earnings: $180.90 — 6× the fee you paid. $176.24 of it was banked by 12 partial sales.

Trade 4: Nasdaq 100 sell

1. 17:15 You sell 2 contracts of Nasdaq 100 at 29,282.67 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 29,333.13.
2. 17:15 Price 29,264.02 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 10%.
3. 17:33 Price 29,139.47 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 38% and lowers its stop to 29,204.29.
4. 18:11 Price 29,067.74 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 87% and lowers its stop to 29,148.39.
5. 18:12 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 32% ($125.65 banked by then).
6. 18:17 The desk exits at 29,106.87 — profit trailing stop.
7. 19:00 You close at 29,162.61. Your earnings: $166.62 — 5.6× the fee you paid. $125.65 of it was banked by 4 partial sales.

Trade 5: FTSE 100 buy

1. 13:00 You buy 2 contracts of FTSE 100 at 10,690.50 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 10,658.43.
2. 13:03 Price 10,693.10 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 28% and lifts its stop to 10,675.92.
3. 13:29 Price 10,710.60 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 63% and lifts its stop to 10,692.62.
4. 14:35 Price 10,721.20 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 100% and lifts its stop to 10,702.72.
5. 17:08 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 94% ($13.09 banked by then).
6. 17:11 The move resumes: the desk buys back, up to 100%.
7. 17:39 The desk exits at 10,723.57 — profit trailing stop.
8. 18:00 You close at 10,727.80. Your earnings: $142.12 — 4.7× the fee you paid. $138.52 of it was banked by 7 partial sales.

Trade 6: Silver sell

1. 09:30 You sell 2 contracts of Silver at 56.23 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 56.40.
2. 09:33 Price 56.15 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 6%.
3. 18:06 Price 55.13 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 26% and lowers its stop to 55.40.
4. 19:48 Price 54.70 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 84% and lowers its stop to 54.95.
5. 19:58 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 5% ($136.71 banked by then).
6. 20:21 The desk exits at 54.92 — profit trailing stop.
7. Oct 23 05:15 You close at 54.08. Your earnings: $137.92 — 4.6× the fee you paid. $136.71 of it was banked by 12 partial sales.

Trade 7: EUR/JPY sell

1. 21:45 You sell 2 contracts of EUR/JPY at 175.976 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 176.504.
2. 21:48 Price 175.969 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 29% and lowers its stop to 176.094.
3. 23:30 Price 175.862 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 58% and lowers its stop to 175.987.
4. Oct 23 01:33 Price 175.776 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 100% and lowers its stop to 175.907.
5. Oct 23 01:55 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 51% ($10.79 banked by then).
6. Oct 23 01:57 The move resumes: the desk buys back, up to 100%.
7. Oct 23 02:57 The desk exits at 175.601 — profit trailing stop.
8. Oct 23 04:00 You close at 175.592. Your earnings: $137.57 — 4.6× the fee you paid. $41.74 of it was banked by 6 partial sales.

Trade 8: AUD/USD sell

1. 03:45 You sell 2 contracts of AUD/USD at 0.70289 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 0.70500.
2. 03:46 Price 0.70281 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 30% and lowers its stop to 0.70345.
3. 04:30 Price 0.70243 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 71% and lowers its stop to 0.70308.
4. 04:36 Price 0.70217 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 100% and lowers its stop to 0.70281.
5. 05:30 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 72% ($19.57 banked by then).
6. 05:31 The move resumes: the desk buys back, up to 100%.
7. 07:00 The desk exits at 0.70126 — profit trailing stop.
8. 08:00 You close at 0.70178. Your earnings: $103.85 — 3.5× the fee you paid. $74.67 of it was banked by 9 partial sales.

Trade 9: EUR/USD buy

1. 18:00 You buy 2 contracts of EUR/USD at 1.11974 and pay the $30 fee. The desk backs it with 5% of your size, stop at 1.11638.
2. 18:03 Price 1.12014 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 30% and lifts its stop to 1.11922.
3. 18:39 Price 1.12061 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 51% and lifts its stop to 1.11971.
4. 19:05 Price 1.12135 — the trade is proving itself, so the desk steps up to 100% and lifts its stop to 1.12043.
5. 20:27 The price pulls back toward the stop: the desk sells part of its position to keep its stop away from the price, down to 22% ($116.49 banked by then).
6. 20:28 The move resumes: the desk buys back, up to 100%.
7. Oct 23 03:57 The desk exits at 1.12205 — profit trailing stop.
8. Oct 23 05:00 You close at 1.12117. Your earnings: $103.09 — 3.4× the fee you paid. $72.43 of it was banked by 23 partial sales.

Not hindsight trading: every entry here starts after the move had already begun.

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These are hypothetical trades: real market prices replayed through the live Trade Syndication engine. They illustrate how the desk allocates and pays; they are not the results of any client. Times are platform time. Past performance does not guarantee future results — a trade can lose, and earnings can be zero. Trade Syndication is not a traditional funded account or brokerage account; trading activity occurs in a simulated environment and is subject to platform terms and eligibility rules.