# Market Lab — First Contact

*How the team gained someone who lost $100k so you wouldn't lose $1k*

By [Hampfree | Market Lab](https://paragraph.com/@hampfree) · 2026-03-06

trading, risk-management, kai, futures, marketlab

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You know that feeling when you walk into the lab and find someone sitting in your chair?

That's how Emily's morning started. A stranger greeted her in the office. A calm gaze, a mug of cold coffee, and a phrase that made Emily's eye twitch:

— _I heard you like to open positions without a stop? I lost $100k so you wouldn't lose $1k. Nice to meet you — I'm Kai. Your new risk manager._

So the Market Lab team officially gained a new member: someone who learned the market's hardest lessons so he could protect others. And he already has his first task.

**The article about trading journals and public online statistics —** [**in the Market Lab Telegram channel**](https://t.me/hampfree_market_lab_global) 👈

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*Originally published on [Hampfree | Market Lab](https://paragraph.com/@hampfree/market-lab-first-contact)*