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The reason is jurisdictional rather than philosophical. For 25 years that split made futures the standard workaround for undercapitalised day traders — a role that ended in June 2026, which is worth reconsidering from first principles.
The appeal is earning from a strategy you were running anyway. The obligations are less obvious — including the fact that your edge can shrink as your following grows, and your own record will not show it because you trade first.
The regulatory picture is genuinely unsettled in places, and content presenting it as simple is usually selling something. A sitting CFTC Commissioner has dissented publicly over where the line between software and advice sits.
