# Market Lab — First Contact

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

**Published by:** [Hampfree | Market Lab](https://paragraph.com/@hampfree/)
**Published on:** 2026-03-06
**Categories:** trading, risk-management, kai, futures, marketlab
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@hampfree/market-lab-first-contact

## Content

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 👈

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