followers are becoming a second pnl
trading is becoming increasingly social.
i see it with streamers, traders, retail, even friends around me: they are no longer optimizing only for pnl or leaderboard rank. they also care about followers.
fomo makes this explicit. trades become a real-time feed, performance becomes a profile, leaderboards make skill discoverable, and every good position can attract an audience.
this changes what a trade produces.
it still produces pnl, but it can now produce content, reputation, and