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Reach professional futures & options traders where they start their day.
About TraderStan
TraderStan is the professional trader's front page — Bloomberg's data density meets Drudge Report's curation aggression, stripped of every pixel that doesn't serve a trade.
We publish a curated Live Tape of market-moving headlines updated throughout the trading day, AM and PM market letters with original macro/commodity analysis, real-time TD and RSI signal alerts across 25+ futures instruments, and thematic link curation across four verticals: Macro/Central Banks, Commodities/Energy, Rates/Credit, and Geopolitics/Policy.
Our editorial filter: if CNBC would lead with it during a slow news day, we skip it.
The Audience
TraderStan's readers are professional and serious independent futures/options traders — the people who are already in a position before CNBC explains what happened. They trade energy, metals, grains, equity indices, rates, and FX — primarily on CME/ICE. They manage real risk capital and use TD, Elliott Wave, options Greeks, and macro-fundamental analysis to make decisions.
- ▸ Independent futures & options traders
- ▸ Commodity desk analysts & PMs
- ▸ Macro strategists & rates traders
- ▸ Energy trading professionals
- ▸ CL, NG, Brent — Energy
- ▸ GC, SI, HG — Metals
- ▸ ES, NQ, VX — Indices & Vol
- ▸ ZN, ZB, ZC, ZS — Rates & Grains
There is no higher-value per-reader audience in financial media.
Sponsorship Inventory
| Slot | Placement | Format | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top Anchor Banner | Above hero headline — first thing on page | 728×90 or text lockup | $2,000–$5,000/mo |
| Section Sponsor ×4 | Column header: Macro, Commodities, Rates, Geopolitics | "Presented by [X]" + logo | $1,000–$2,500/mo ea. |
| AM/PM Note Sponsor | Top of daily market letters | Text line + link | $1,500–$3,000/mo |
| Charts Strip Sponsor | Charts of the Day section | "Powered by [X]" + logo | $1,000–$2,000/mo |
| Event Takeover | Full-site premium during Fed/OPEC/CPI | Banner + badge + note mention | $3,000–$7,500/event |
All placements are exclusive by category — no competing vendors in the same slot. All creative must conform to TraderStan's terminal design language.
Homepage Layout & Slot Positions
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ [Signal Banner — TD/RSI alerts] │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ▓▓▓ TOP ANCHOR BANNER ▓▓▓ │ ← Primary
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ HERO HEADLINE │
│ SCREAMERS (2–4 stories) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ [Market Snapshot Grid] │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ▒▒ MID-PAGE SPONSOR ▒▒ │ ← Secondary
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ [Moves That Matter] → [Live Tape] │
├───────┬───────┬───────┬──────────────────┤
│ MACRO │ COMMO │ RATES │ GEOPOLITICS │
│ by[X] │ by[X] │ by[X] │ by[X] │ ← Section
├───────┴───────┴───────┴──────────────────┤
│ ▒▒ CHARTS SPONSOR ▒▒ │ ← Secondary
│ [Charts of the Day] │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ▒▒ NOTE SPONSOR ▒▒ │ ← Primary
│ [From TraderStan — AM/PM letters] │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ [Data Tables] [Polymarket] │
│ ░░ FOOTER SPONSOR ░░ │ ← Tertiary
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
Ideal Sponsors
Futures, options, multi-asset
Market data, research platforms
Trading platforms, order flow
Funded trader programs
CME, ICE, Cboe co-marketing
Geopolitical risk, macro research
What We Don't Do
No popups. No autoplay video. No programmatic ads. No interstitials.
No casino, crypto-pump, guru-course, or off-vertical sponsors.
No sponsored content in the tape. No editorial influence.
The site is a trader's tool. It stays that way.
Early sponsors lock in founding rates for 6 months with a 3-month minimum commitment. Includes monthly analytics reports and direct line to editorial.
Limited to one sponsor per category. First come, first served.
Get In Touch
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