Priya's Thursday, two ways

Priya is a commodities trader at a mid-sized firm.

Priya starts her Thursday at 5:30 a.m. with a coffee and a screen full of overnight moves in copper and crude. She opens ChatGPT and uses the market briefing prompt: 'Summarize the overnight news for copper and crude, including the Fed statement and China's manufacturing data, in plain English.'

By 7:00 a.m., she has a hunch about copper tightening. She uses the trade idea drafting prompt in Claude: 'Turn this into a structured thesis: long copper, target 4.20, stop 3.95, because of supply disruptions in Chile and low inventories.' The AI gives her both sides of the argument, which helps her spot a weak assumption about demand.

Before placing the trade, she uses the risk and position sizing prompt in Gemini: 'Size a copper long for my book with a small risk limit and stress-test it against a sharp drop in copper.' The plain-English refresher on options risk reminds her to check her options exposure.

At the end of the day, she uses the client communication prompt to write a calm update for a client who worries about volatility. She saves the draft and adds a personal note. With the time she wins back, she leaves the desk by 5:00 p.m. and takes her daughter to soccer practice.