Paid guest columns
Publish a column for $99
We don't take free guest posts. If our editors didn't invite you, a column costs $99, paid before we read it. It's open to people who do the work: traders and analysts in every market, and the people behind brokers, exchanges, prop firms and trading technology.
One-off payment by Stripe. Choose USD at checkout to pay exactly $99. Full refund if we can't run your column.
Who it's for
- Traders and analysts with real experience in stocks, crypto, futures and options, commodities, metals or FX
- Newsletter writers (Substack and others) who explain markets rather than sell signals
- Heads of dealing, risk, compliance and operations at regulated brokers, exchanges and liquidity providers
- Founders and senior staff at prop firms and trading-technology companies
- Economists, market-structure specialists and lawyers who work with the industry
- Educators with a verifiable track record of teaching, not selling
The rules
- If we didn't invite you, you pay. A guest column costs $99, paid when you book. We don't pay contributors, and we don't accept free submissions, guest posts or link placements.
- Invitations come from us. You can't apply for one, and we don't answer requests to write for free.
- Your column is labelled Sponsored and says under the headline that you paid to publish it. The fee buys publication, not our opinion, and it never changes these rules.
- If we can't run your column, we refund the $99 in full.
- No promotion: no product pitches, sign-up, referral or affiliate links, bonus offers, or return, win-rate or profit claims.
- No trade calls: analysis and explanation are welcome; buy or sell recommendations and price targets are not.
- You disclose your role, your firm and any interest in what you write about. We print it under the headline.
- Brokers and platforms must be licensed, and we check the licence on the regulator's own register.
- Our editors edit for accuracy, clarity and length, and you approve the final version before it goes live.
How it works
- Book. Pay the $99 fee at checkout. We don't read drafts or pitches before this.
- Send your draft. Email editor@globaltradingoutlook.com with your column (700 to 1,200 words, written for GTO), a short bio, a link to your work under your own name (LinkedIn or X), a portrait photo and any interests to disclose. For regulated firms, include your regulator and licence.
- Review. We read it and check who you are within a few days. If we can't run it, we refund you in full.
- Edit and approve. We edit it and send it back for your approval.
- Publish. It runs as a Sponsored guest column with your byline, role, photo and disclosure, on your own contributor page, with the same share kit as every article.