#Retail trading
11 stories tagged Retail trading, newest first.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
The top 1 percent of retail traders take two-thirds of all the profits
iSAM Securities' Radar data shows the top 1 percent of winning retail accounts captured 66.5 percent of client profits over the past year, and the top 5 percent took 85.5 percent. Retail trading is a winner-takes-most game.
Plus500 had to calm investors mid-session after IG's crash dragged it down 14 percent
When IG's weak quarter hit on 2 October, Plus500 shares fell as much as 14 percent before the broker issued an unusual mid-session update saying it was trading in line. The episode shows how fragile broker valuations have become.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
UK retail trading is booming for some brokers while IG struggles
ThinkMarkets UK grew active clients 40 percent and first-time depositors 123 percent, returning to profit, while EC Markets doubled UK revenue to over 6.3 million dollars. Smaller brokers are winning as the giants struggle.
Your AI assistant can now prepare trades for you. Brokers just made it official
In one week, Webull let AI assistants research markets and prepare orders for client approval, The5ers opened account monitoring to AI chat apps, and Match-Trader gave brokers an AI management connector. The AI trading era has begun.
