The founder

Thirty years in the markets · twenty-five years of teaching

A historian by training (Paris-Sorbonne), Benoist Rousseau made the markets his field: an active trader since 1994, a teacher since 1998, and an entrepreneur since 2004.

This threefold background earns him a rare standing — a voting member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), on equal footing with the world's largest banks — and feeds his work: three reference books on trading and forewords to classics of finance and political thought.

In 2010 he founded andlil.com, a community awarded the 2024 Grand Prix de l'Excellence; in 2022, the Trading School.

Education & memberships

Maîtrise d'histoire — Paris-SorbonneFour-year French university degree. Specialty in contemporary economic history — Université Paris IV Sorbonne, with highest honors, 1996 — Diploma No. 4549
AMF Certification for Financial Market Professionals100% in module A, 99% in module C, on January 28, 2020 — certificate
Member of the CME with seat and voting rights — Individual Member (IOM)Chicago Mercantile Exchange — one of 1,287 IOM seats worldwide (Class B-3 share),
owned outright, since May 2024 — bulletin 24-MB-058
Member of the CBOT with seat — Individual Member (IDEM)Chicago Board of Trade — one of the 641 IDEM seats, Index, Debt and Energy Market (Class B-4 share),
owned outright, since May 2024 — bulletin 24-MB-056

Training

benoistrousseau-trading.com · since 2022

Aiming for excellence —

Trading School

Learn on your own, in a small group, or one-to-one. Nine formats, a single instructor.

Thousands of subscribers

Newsletter —

Get my analysis by email

My latest news and analysis, straight to your inbox.

Bonus a token worth $100 to watch me trade live.

YouTube Channels

Seven channels, seven worlds

Scalping, Day Trading & Futures

Scalping and day trading on CME Futures, as close to the market as it gets.

Economics, Markets & Capitalism

Economics, markets, and capitalism, in long-form, reasoned analysis.

History, Civilizations & Strategy

Key figures and civilizations, contextualized in their era.

Current Affairs, Geopolitics & Society

Present events, read in the light of long-run history.

Philosophy, Psychology & Stoicism

Stoicism and the sciences of the mind, in the service of decision-making.

Art de Vivre & Gastronomy

Michelin, palaces, museums, and travel: the art de vivre is a quest for excellence, beauty, and emotion.

Living in Andorra

Settling in the Principality: local life, procedures, and the pleasure of living there.

Podcasts

Two shows

News & History

The present and long-run history, told as a story.

Trading & Economics

Markets and the economy, in measured analysis.

Blog

andlil.com · since 2010

Trading

In-depth articles on CME futures, scalping, and day trading.

Economics

Economics, markets, and capitalism, in long-form analysis.

History

Long-run history, civilizations, and strategy.

Current Affairs

Current affairs and geopolitics, put in perspective.

Philosophy & Psychology

Stoicism, psychology, and decision-making, put into practice.

Art de Vivre

A taste for the beautiful and the good.

Living in Andorra

Local life, formalities, and the pleasure of living there.

Forum

andlil.com

Forum

The reference French-speaking trading forum: 50,000+ members, 2M+ posts.

Available in French

Networks

Seven networks

About

Thirteen milestones · two companies · three books · four forewords

Background —

Thirty years in the markets

1996Paris-Sorbonne UniversityMaîtrise d'histoire, specializing in contemporary economic history. Corporate historian for a CAC 40 multinational.
1997Corporate instructorExclusive instructor to the senior executives of a CAC 40 multinational.
1998TeacherCertified teacher of history, geography and civics.
2010Independent traderResignation from the French public education system. Started trading his own capital, independently.
2011andlil.com forumFounded the andlil.com forum — over 2 million posts and 50,000 members.
2016ConsultantConsultant to a major trading-platform operator.
2019Best-sellerPublication of Devenez Trader Pro, translated into English and Spanish.
2020AMF certificationProfessional certification for financial market participants (Bärchen) — 100 % A, 99 % C.
2022DistinctionTop 10 economic influencers, Challenges magazine.
2024Distinctionandlil.com named best stock-market blog and forum at the Salon de l'analyse technique.
2024Two seats, CME and CBOTIndividual Member (IOM) at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and (IDEM) at the Chicago Board of Trade, both owned outright.
2025ConsultantConsultant to an international stock exchange.
2026DistinctionTop Entrepreneurship Voice, LinkedIn.

Companies —

Benoist Rousseau Seo

Over twenty years of SEO, every Google update weathered. Since 2004, my company has designed search and E-E-A-T authority strategies that lift businesses and individuals to the top of the results — and keep them there. Some clients have trusted me without interruption for more than twelve years.

www.benoistrousseau.ai

Benoist Rousseau Tech

Breaking the language barrier: founded in 2026, my company puts artificial intelligence at the service of creators to dub, subtitle, and distribute their videos and podcasts worldwide, with visibility optimized for each market. Proprietary technology I use across my 30 YouTube channels.

www.benoistrousseau.tech

Books —

Three works

Les traders sont de vrais communistesJDH Éditions, 2019 — English edition: Robin Hood Was a Trader — Amazon: FR · EN
Devenez Trader ProJDH Éditions, 2019 — English (2021) and Spanish (2022) editions — Amazon: FR · EN · ES
Découvrez votre potentiel de trader
The keys to successful tradingJDH Éditions, 2023 — Amazon: FR

Forewords —

Four classics

Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorEdwin Lefèvre (Jesse Livermore), 2022 — Amazon: FR · EN
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli, 2022 — Amazon: FR
What Is a Nation?Ernest Renan, 2022 — Amazon: FR
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular MindGustave Le Bon, 2019 — Amazon: FR