Retail Trader
Mercor Experts · Remote, USA · Data annotation / labeling
Retail Trader is an open role at Mercor Experts, available remotely, with pay listed as $400 per task.
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At a glance
- Pay
- $400 per taskStated by Mercor Experts
- Location
- United States (remote)
- Work type
- Data annotation / labeling
- Listed
- Since Oct 27, last confirmed Oct 27
From Mercor Experts’ listing
“We are building a dataset of real retail trading behavior: complete brokerage trade histories, paired with the trader's own explanation of how they trade and why they made their biggest decisions. The data is used to study and model how individual traders make decisions.”
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About the work
We are building a dataset of real retail trading behavior: complete brokerage trade histories, paired with the trader's own explanation of how they trade and why they made their biggest decisions. The data is used to study and model how individual traders make decisions.
This is a one-time task, paid a flat $400 on completion.
What you will do
- Upload your trade history. Export your complete transaction history from your U.S. brokerage account using the broker's standard export, and upload it to our platform. It must cover at least 24 months and include every trade, with none removed. Remove your name, account numbers, address and other personal details before uploading.
- Describe your trading style. Write a short summary (about 100 to 250 words) of your strategy, typical holding period, the instruments you trade and the platforms you use.
- Explain your 5 biggest trades. Pick at least 5 of your most significant or influential trades, such as large gains, large losses or high-conviction calls, with stocks preferred. For each, explain your reasoning at entry or exit and what information drove the decision. Keep any reflection on how it turned out separate from your original reasoning. Each explanation must name a specific trade in your history, with the symbol, date, side and quantity matching that trade.
The writing takes up to about 1.5 hours.
Pay
- $400, paid once you have uploaded your full history and fully annotated at least 5 trades.
- Partial submissions are not paid: the upload and all 5 annotations are required.
Who we are looking for
- Location: United States only.
- Trading experience: at least 2 years of active trading on your own account, and at least 1,000 trades over that period (about 2 per trading day).
- Instruments: stocks; options count too.
- Broker: your account is with a U.S. retail broker, such as Robinhood, Schwab, Fidelity, E*TRADE, Webull or Interactive Brokers.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I apply for the Retail Trader role at Mercor Experts?
Applications go through Mercor Experts's own portal - HumanSourcer links to the listing and never collects applications or handles hiring. Mercor Experts's access model is "Apply" (Profile / role application). This listing was first seen here on October 27, 2026 and was still live at the last check.
Is the Retail Trader role at Mercor Experts remote?
Yes - Mercor Experts lists this role as remote.
What does the Retail Trader role at Mercor Experts pay?
Mercor Experts lists this role's pay as $400 per task, quoted from the listing rather than estimated.
What kind of work is Retail Trader?
Data annotation / labeling. Law, medicine, finance, engineering, operations and AI evaluation
Is Mercor Experts a legitimate AI-training platform?
Direct expert network - and that relationship is rated "Confirmed" here because it can be checked against www.mercor.com rather than taken on Mercor Experts's word. Confidence describes how well the ownership is evidenced. It is not a rating of how the platform treats the people who work for it, which no public source covers reliably.
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