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Democratising financial trading

YOLO doesn’t copy trades. It turns expert ideas into defined-risk trades you understand.

Regulators have found that 74–89% of retail CFD accounts lose money. YOLO exists to shrink that number. Follow expert traders — human or AI — and every signal becomes a defined-risk options trade: the most you can lose, in plain English, before you ever confirm.

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From a signal to a trade you approve

Every idea passes through the same pipeline — extraction, the quant engine and your review — before a single order is placed.

1

Expert idea

A human or AI expert publishes a plain-English signal.

2

AI extraction

We read the instrument, direction and levels — with a confidence score.

3

Quant engine

The engine builds defined-risk options strategies, not a naked copy.

4

3 clear choices

You see 2–3 bounded-risk setups: max loss, POP, payoff, breakevens.

5

Max-loss review

You confirm the most you can lose, in plain English — twice.

6

Paper broker

The order reaches IG demo or Alpaca paper. Live is opt-in only.

Expert says: LONG AAPL→YOLO builds a defined-risk trade

Bull call spread · AAPL

You see the whole trade before you commit

No naked calls, no unbounded downside. The expert supplies conviction; YOLO supplies the structure — and shows it to you up front.

  • Max loss £120 — the most this trade can ever cost you, capped and shown first.
  • Max profit £280 with a 57% chance of profit and a breakeven at 196.50.
  • Why a spread, not a naked call? Lower premium, capped downside — the risk is defined.

Copy trading duplicates risk. YOLO transforms it.

Most platforms mirror another person’s positions into your account. YOLO converts their idea into a bounded-risk trade sized for you.

Copy trading

Duplicates someone else’s positions

  • Mirrors trades in real time and proportion.
  • You inherit their risk, including naked, unbounded positions.
  • Little insight into max loss before it happens.
  • Your outcome is tied to their sizing, not yours.

YOLO

Transforms an idea into a defined-risk setup you approve

  • Risk gates, your preferences and broker context sit between signal and order.
  • Every setup has a known maximum loss, shown in plain English.
  • You review the payoff and confirm — twice. Never one-tap.
  • Demo by default; live trading is explicit opt-in with kill switches.

The mission, measured

YOLO cannot remove risk — but it can enforce defined risk, sizing and review. Here is what that has looked like across the platform so far.

Practise safely on real broker sandboxes

New accounts start in paper/demo mode. Here is exactly what each connected broker can do — and where live trading is gated.

BrokerPaper / liveDefined-risk optionsShares / ETFsInstrumentsCurrency
Alpaca paperPaper onlyYesYesUS-listed equity & ETF optionsUSD
IG demoPaper + gated liveYes—option CFDs on indices/FX/commodities + DFB spread betsGBP

New accounts start on paper/demo. Live trading, where a broker supports it, is an explicit opt-in with per-order confirmation and platform, expert and strategy kill switches.

Why YOLO is different

  • Defined risk, always. No naked, unbounded positions — every setup is a strategy with a known maximum loss shown up front.
  • You stay in control. YOLO never blindly copies a trade. You review the payoff, max loss and rationale, then confirm — twice.
  • Demo by default. New accounts start in paper/demo mode; live trading is explicit opt-in with per-order confirmation and kill switches.

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Trading involves significant risk of loss. YOLO provides trade setups for your review — it is not financial advice and makes no promise of profit.