Retail Trader

Retail Trader — AI Training Contributor
About the Role
We're looking for active retail investors and everyday traders to contribute their real-world market knowledge to a cutting-edge AI research project. If you actively trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, or derivatives and know your way around a brokerage platform, your experience is exactly what we need.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role where your trading instincts and investment judgment directly shape how frontier AI systems understand retail investor behavior.
What You'll Do

• Review and evaluate trading-related content, investor communications, and platform activity for accuracy and relevance

• Label and annotate financial data with consistency and precision to support AI model training

• Apply your real-world trading knowledge to assess how AI reasons about equities, ETFs, crypto, and broader market behavior

• Provide structured written explanations of how retail investors approach risk, conviction, and trade execution

• Help refine AI understanding of portfolio management strategies and market analysis techniques

- Complete task-based assignments independently and on your own schedule

• Complete task-based assignments independently and on your own schedule

• An active retail investor or trader with hands-on experience in stocks, ETFs, crypto, or derivatives

• Familiar with major brokerage platforms such as Robinhood, Wealthsimple, Charles Schwab, Fidelity, eToro, Interactive Brokers, SoFi, or Webull

• Up-to-date on current market trends and comfortable discussing how real investors think

• Strong analytical judgment with the ability to explain your reasoning clearly in writing

• Detail-oriented and able to follow structured labeling and annotation guidelines

• Self-motivated and reliable when working independently

- No prior AI or data annotation experience required

• No prior AI or data annotation experience required

• Experience with options, futures, or other derivatives

• Background in personal finance, investment research, or financial analysis

• Familiarity with technical or fundamental analysis methodologies

- Experience across multiple asset classes or international markets

• Experience across multiple asset classes or international markets

• Work on cutting-edge AI projects that are shaping the future of financial technology

• Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule, on your terms

• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and the ability to work from anywhere

• Put your trading knowledge to work in a meaningful new way

• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension