Having spent years as both a personal adviser and fund manager operating a Managed Discretionary Account with approximately $10 million under management, one thing became very clear to me. Professional traders and fund managers do not think about risk the same way retail traders do. Most retail traders are conditioned to ask one question before entering a trade: "How much money can I make?" Professional traders ask a completely different question: "How much money can I lose?" That subtle...

There’s always a moment in these competitions where the room shifts. At the start, it’s excitement. Hands go up, people are keen, some have done it before, some are brand new. Everyone thinks they’re ready. And then reality kicks in, this isn’t just about making money, it’s about exposing your behaviour. That’s what this competition is really about. This is the first proper step in the pathway with us. It’s where we start to see who’s actually got the goods. Not just who can make money, but...

Most traders who begin in the European session naturally gravitate toward the DAX. That makes sense. It moves well, it reacts quickly to news, and over time you develop a feel for its behaviour. At Lepus Proprietary Trading our live sessions have historically centred around it for exactly those reasons. However, sitting right beside the DAX is another market many traders either misunderstand or simply never explore. The EURO STOXX 50 (often called the STOXX 50 or SX5E , traded via the FESX...