Founder of the prop trading company Trade System

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How I lost a business built over 8 years and created a new one with a turnover of 27.7 billion rubles
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24.1.2025
Reading time: 7 min.

Author:
Rail Sharipkulov
I worked as an employee, a manager, in a regular company in my hometown. I always wanted to work for myself, but I had no experience in business and no knowledge of how to build one. I found myself in prop trading and trading in general in 2014. I started with Forex, which was advertised at every turn at the time. I began actively studying and trading. Within 3-4 months, I earned a decent amount and quit my main job at the end of 2014. Then I lost everything and started working part-time as a taxi driver. Before Forex, I was not familiar with the concept of trading or financial markets.

My conscious path began after the first attempt - with immersion in theory, chart analysis and building trading models. I enthusiastically studied literature and practiced at the same time, enjoying the learning process without unnecessary stress.
I liked the financial markets because you can earn unlimited money while being free. Everything depends on you.

First company
While working as a taxi driver, I continued to look for belgium email list and found a vacancy as a trader in a prop trading company. Having studied the provided materials from scratch and passed the test, I received my first start-up capital. It was a symbolic account for 100 rubles with leverage, which made it possible to make real transactions and gain invaluable experience. Having started with small goals - to earn only 5-10 rubles a day, I gradually developed my skills, and I was good at it. In 2016, an opportunity arose to open a branch of the company I worked for, and I took advantage of it. The Light-Invest company grew every year and showed good results. As a result, by 2024 we were among the top three prop trading companies in Russia.

I founded the company together with a partner. I offered him an idea, a strategy for creation and development, and he acted as an investor, investing 600 thousand rubles in the idea. Then we began to build it on trust, and not everything was secured legally. This is a kind of parting word to beginning entrepreneurs: any serious business needs to be secured legally, register what really belongs to you.