{"id":1171,"date":"2026-10-04T08:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T08:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andlil.com\/en\/?page_id=1171"},"modified":"2026-10-04T08:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T08:55:19","slug":"benoist-rousseau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.andlil.com\/en\/benoist-rousseau\/","title":{"rendered":"Benoist Rousseau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have been trading since 1994, teaching since 1998, and writing on Andlil since 2010. Between the three, a single thread: understanding what moves the markets, and passing it on without embellishing anything.<\/p>\n\n

My background, in a few dates<\/h2>\n\n
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  1. 1994<\/strong> My first trades, alongside my studies. Since then, I have never stopped being active in the markets: over thirty years of trading.<\/li>\n
  2. 1996<\/strong> Ma\u00eetrise d’histoire<\/span> in contemporary economic history at Paris IV Sorbonne, a four-year French university degree, with highest honors. Economic history taught me to step back from the markets when everyone starts to panic.<\/li>\n
  3. 1997<\/strong> I become the exclusive trainer for the senior executives of a multinational company in the French CAC 40: passing on knowledge is already my profession.<\/li>\n
  4. 1998<\/strong> I become a certified teacher of history, geography, and civic education: I taught for twelve years, while continuing to trade.<\/li>\n
  5. 2004<\/strong> I become an entrepreneur, in web SEO, alongside teaching and trading: three professions managed simultaneously for six years.<\/li>\n
  6. 2006<\/strong> I open my account with Interactive Brokers: it is still the broker I use to trade Futures, twenty years later.<\/li>\n
  7. 2010<\/strong> I leave France’s national education system to trade with my own capital and I create Andlil: a blog, then a forum, which has become one of the largest French-speaking trading communities.<\/li>\n
  8. 2016<\/strong> I entrust Andlil to Captain Trader<\/a> and I become a consultant to a major player in the trading platform industry.<\/li>\n
  9. 2019<\/strong> I publish Devenez Trader Pro<\/em>, which became a reference work on trading in the French-speaking world, later translated into English and then into Spanish.<\/li>\n
  10. 2020<\/strong> I pass the professional certification of the AMF, France’s financial markets regulator, for market participants: 100% on part A, 99% on part C.<\/li>\n
  11. 2022<\/strong> The French business magazine Challenges ranks me in the top ten economic influencers. I open my Trading School<\/a>, for those who want a program and guidance.<\/li>\n
  12. 2024<\/strong> Andlil receives the Grand Prix d’Excellence for \u201cBest Stock Market Blog and Forum\u201d, and I become the owner of a seat at the CME and a seat at the CBOT in Chicago.<\/li>\n
  13. 2025<\/strong> I become a consultant for an international stock exchange, while continuing to trade and teach every day.<\/li>\n
  14. 2026<\/strong> LinkedIn recognizes me as a \u201cTop Entrepreneurship Voice\u201d, and Andlil opens up to English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    A trader who trades<\/h2>\n\n

    I personally own a seat at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) \u2014 Individual Member (IOM), 1,287 seats in the world \u2014 and a seat at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) \u2014 Individual Member (IDEM), 641 seats in the world: very few retail traders are accepted there.<\/p>\n\n

    I have been trading on ProRealTime for over 10 years. What I write here comes from there: from the screen, not from a theory. I do not promise easy wealth; trading is a profession, which requires rigor, work, and flawless risk management.<\/p>\n\n

    What I write on Andlil<\/h2>\n\n

    Trading is my passion, history my training; the rest follows from that. On the blog<\/a>, I write about trading, economics, history, current events, and psychology, but also about the art of living, and about Andorra, where I have settled. On the forum<\/a> (in French), the community interacts every day.<\/p>\n\n

    Where to follow me<\/h2>\n\n