Retail Trader - AI Trainer

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Retail Trader
Type: Contract
Compensation: $400 per task
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Upload your complete transaction history from your U.S. brokerage account. Ensure it covers at least 24 months with no trades removed.
• Describe your trading style in a short summary, including strategy, typical holding period, instruments, and platforms used.
• Explain your 5 biggest trades, detailing reasoning at entry or exit and information driving the decision. Include specific trade details like symbol, date, side, and quantity.
• Ensure all explanations are clear and separate reflections from original reasoning.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Location: United States only.
• Trading experience: At least 2 years of active trading and 1,000 trades over that period.
• Instruments: Stocks and options.
• Broker: Account with a U.S. retail broker like Robinhood, Schwab, Fidelity, E*TRADE, Webull, or Interactive Brokers.
• Age: 18 or older.
• Willing to share complete brokerage trade history with no trades removed.

Compensation & Legal

• $400, paid once you have uploaded your full history and annotated at least 5 trades.
• Partial submissions are not paid; the upload and all 5 annotations are required.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.