It was never that you weren’t smart enough. You were reading the market without the instrument panel the other side already had. Here’s the real, documented record — and the terminal that finally shows everyone the same live data, in plain English.
Start with the receipts
“90%” is the round number the internet repeats. The reported data lands roughly between 74% and 97%, depending on the market and the method — there is no single tidy government headline. So here is the actual, checkable record instead:
The share of retail accounts that lose money, from broker figures EU regulators have required brokers to publicly report since 2018. Real accounts, not a survey.
ESMA-mandated broker disclosuresOf roughly 360,000 day traders studied across Taiwan, more than 8 in 10 lost money — and fewer than 1 in 100 came out consistently ahead.
Barber et al. (2011), Taiwan Stock ExchangeIn a Brazilian futures study following active day traders across 300 trading days, almost everyone ended in the red.
Chague & De-Losso (2019), Brazilian futuresThe exact number moves by market and method. The direction never does — the majority lose. The question worth asking isn’t “how do I beat them.” It’s the quieter one: what did the winning side have that you didn’t?
It wasn’t you. It was the instrument panel.
The people on the other side of your trades weren’t guessing. They had a live read on the whole environment — where things sit, what’s aligning, which way the regime is leaning — on the kind of professional terminal that used to cost a five-figure subscription or a preferred-client relationship. You were flying the same sky with the lights off. That’s the entire gap. Not talent. Not grit. Access to the instrument.
The instrument panel — built for everyone
An institutional-grade reading tool for people who were never handed one. Given does the 99% that’s hard — a systematic model reads 407 names every session — and every bit of jargon is translated into plain English. You get a five-second snapshot you actually understand.
Real data, read live
Real market data and real events, read in real time and translated into plain English — the math, the regime, the names, live and explained. Never written for pros. Never a long letter.
See around corners
You see what’s happening and why traders, investors, and allocators care — 99% of the puzzle already assembled in front of you, ahead of the crowd instead of reacting after.
Place the last piece
You explore the names yourself, you learn, and you decide. We never tell anyone what to do — that isn’t our job and never will be. The last piece is always yours.
The proof is free — that’s the point
The daily Morning Brief and the daily video are yours every day at no cost. Not a locked teaser — the real read, dated and published with its result, wins and losses alike. Follow it for a couple of weeks and watch the market start to make sense in plain English. When you want the whole live panel — every name, the live math, the regime as it moves — the Desk is there. Until then, the free read stands on its own.
Why do most traders really lose money?
Not talent, and not discipline alone. The reported data — ESMA broker disclosures, the Barber Taiwan study, the Brazilian futures study — shows the majority end in the red across almost every market studied, roughly 74% to 97% depending on market and method. The common thread the research points to is access: the winning side reads the whole environment on data most people never had. Close that information gap and the game changes shape. This is an educational observation, not investment advice.
Do I have to be a professional to understand any of this?
No. Given is built for the layman on purpose — never written for pros. Every number and every piece of jargon is translated into plain, friendly English and delivered as a five-second snapshot you can actually read and understand.
Can I get institutional-grade market data without an expensive professional terminal?
That is exactly what Given exists to do — take the kind of live, data-driven read that used to require a five-figure terminal or a preferred-client relationship and make it readable for everyone, in plain English.
Is Given a trading room, or a place that tells me what to do?
Neither. Given is educational. It shows what is happening in the market and why it matters, then you explore and decide for yourself. It never tells anyone what to do, and it publishes losses as prominently as anything else. That is the whole difference, and it is a line it does not cross.
Is the daily brief actually free?
Yes — the Morning Brief and the daily video are free, every day, with no card required to read them. They are the proof the read works, not a teaser.