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50-Yr-Old UK Carpenter • Automated Prop & Retirement Journey • Live Sync Active

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🇬🇧 UK SELF-EMPLOYED CARPENTER • REAL NUMBERS, WINS & LOSSES

No Pension at 50? Aiming to Build a Tax-Free Retirement Pot & Second Income With AI.

I'm Lee — a 50-year-old self-employed carpenter here in the UK. When you're self-employed, nobody is paying into a company pension for you. I've withdrawn my own £980.99 personal seed cash safely back into my bank account (0% personal broker risk) and teamed up with AI to run automated trading bots on Prop Firm capital while I'm at work — aiming to funnel the payouts into a 0%-tax UK Spread Betting retirement pot.

Active Prop Capital 3 Live Slots
$112,547
+$2,547 Combined Gain
Personal Cash at Risk: £0.00 (Banked)
US Futures • #L01 1-Step Eval
$52,308
$800 away from Sim-Funded ($53,108)
Start: $50,000 Target: $53,108
US Futures • #L02 Auto-Copier
$50,000
$3,000 to Sim-Funded ($53,000)
Start: $50,000 Target: $53,000
Gold & US100 • FTMO #01 2-Step Swing
$10,239
+$239 (+2.39%) • $761 to Step 1 Pass
Start: $10,000 Target: $11,000

🏦 The Endgame: 0%-Tax UK Spread Betting Retirement Pot

Funded strictly from Prop Firm payouts — waiting for £3,000–£5,000 launch threshold before switching on personal compounding

£0 / £5,000 Target
£980.99 Personal Seed Safely Withdrawn to Bank

🛠️ Prop Firms & Platforms Used on the Channel

The exact UK-eligible prop accounts and platforms featured in my YouTube updates

⚡ Lucid Trading ($50K LucidFlex) US Futures

1-Step US Futures evaluation on NinjaTrader 8 / Tradovate ($3,000 target, $2,000 EOD trailing drawdown, 90% payout split).
🥇 FTMO (2-Step Swing) MT5 Swing

MetaTrader 5 Swing evaluation allowing overnight holds and unrestricted news trading on Gold (XAUUSD) & US100.
🎬 Follow the Journey on YouTube @TheAlgoTradie

Weekly episodes showing every single trade, pass, fail, and payout as I build a retirement pot alongside my carpentry work.
Disclaimer: Nothing on this website or the @TheAlgoTradie YouTube channel is financial advice. I am a self-employed UK carpenter sharing my personal algorithmic trading experiment for educational and entertainment purposes only. Trading futures, CFDs, and prop firm evaluations carries significant risk.