From "Trading Entry" to "Cognitive Entry": Taran, the head of Huobi Growth Academy, reveals the content logic behind US stock contracts

The "VIP Guardian Program" is a series of interview columns launched by Huobi HTX, focusing on large client service practices. Every Tuesday, it invites the platform's frontline service team to share real service experiences, market observations, and insights into client needs, conveying a long-term service philosophy and showcasing Huobi HTX's professional and stable customer service capabilities.

In the 12th episode of the "VIP Guardian Program," Taran Jin, head of Huobi Growth Academy, made his first appearance and shared insights on "New Ways Behind Huobi's US Stock Contracts."

As is well known, with the deep binding of the crypto market to the global macro economy, a clear trend is emerging: more and more Web3 users are turning their attention to TradFi. A set of data from Huobi HTX confirms this change: by the end of July, the trading volume of TradFi assets on the Huobi HTX platform had exceeded $2.5 billion, and the types of assets had rapidly expanded to over 170.

The change in users' trading perspectives also means that trading logic is shifting. In the past, Crypto users focused more on on-chain data, community enthusiasm, and other native indicators of the crypto market; now, macro data, listed company financial reports, industry cycles, and Federal Reserve policies are becoming important variables influencing trading decisions.

When crypto users start trading US stock contracts, what do they need to catch up on? How does Huobi HTX help users lower the cognitive threshold for entering the TradFi market? Starting from user needs, Taran explained how Huobi HTX helps crypto users better understand US stock contracts through content education, market interpretation, and product mechanisms.

From Crypto to TradFi, becoming "the US stock entry that understands crypto users the most"

During the live broadcast, Taran analyzed that traditional financial assets like US stocks, while providing new trading opportunities, involve traditional trading methods that include accounts, currency exchange, settlement, and trading hours. At the same time, users need to establish an asset analysis framework that differs from Crypto.

Therefore, Huobi HTX's layout of US stock contracts is not just about adding new trading targets; more importantly, it is about providing crypto users with a trading entry that connects Crypto and TradFi. "We don't want to create a US stock trading platform with more assets; we want to be the US stock entry that understands crypto users the most."

Taran also pointed out that after the widespread adoption of AI tools and social media, the market is no longer lacking in information; what is truly scarce is the filtering and understanding of that information.

Based on this change, Huobi Academy is building a content system that goes from "information acquisition" to "forming judgments."

First is information filtering. Through fixed columns like "Community Morning and Evening Reports" and "Tonight on Wall Street," market information is organized and condensed to help users quickly find the key points that are truly worth paying attention to.

Next is logical sorting. Huobi HTX invited the chief macro analyst to create video tutorials for TradFi trading, along with weekly produced in-depth research reports on TradFi, breaking down relatively complex knowledge such as macroeconomics and market trends into more understandable trading logic, helping users further understand "how information affects the market and how the market transmits to specific assets."

Finally, forming judgments. Relying on the "TradFi Zone" on the Huobi HTX app homepage and ongoing active community discussions, users can further access market information, research opinions, and communicate with experts, research teams, and other traders. Through continuous learning and practical verification, they gradually transform external information into their own analysis framework and judgment system.

Creating a "negative fee rate" practical training ground: US stock contracts can be played this way

What is learned on paper always feels shallow; excellent content education ultimately needs a friendly practical environment to land.

To allow users to take the first step into TradFi trading without psychological burden, Huobi HTX has also specially launched a TradFi trading mining activity.

According to Taran, the core highlight of this activity is the subsidy for trading fees, further reducing users' trading costs through a reward mechanism. For users participating in the activity, it can be simply understood as receiving a refund on trading fees, along with additional rewards.

Among them, Maker trades correspond to a 110% reward, while Taker trades correspond to a 100% reward. For example, if a user incurs 100 USDT in fees as a Maker, according to the activity mechanism, in addition to the refund of the corresponding fees, they can also receive an extra 10 USDT reward.

Currently, the second phase of Huobi HTX's TradFi trading mining is in full swing, further strengthening the trading cost advantage around "negative fee rates." For crypto users who wish to expand their trading targets while wanting to systematically understand US stocks and traditional financial markets, "US stock contract trading, come to Huobi, negative fee rate" is becoming a new entry point after the combination of products and content.

Teaching to fish, accompanying users for long-term growth

At the end of the live broadcast, Taran candidly stated that discounts and activities are ultimately just an entry point to connect with users; what he truly hopes to leave with users is a set of market cognition and analysis methods that can be reused in the long term.

"Content education is a very selfless thing. What we teach is a method, not just simple skills. The cognition you learn here, even if you don't trade on Huobi in the future, still belongs to you and can be beneficial throughout your future investment career."

Teaching to fish is better than giving fish. In the ever-changing market cycle, short-term trading opportunities will eventually pass; what can truly be solidified is the understanding of the market and the ability to make independent judgments. This may also be what Huobi HTX understands as long-termism: accompanying users through cycles and allowing them to truly grow in the process of traversing those cycles.

Complete live broadcast replay: ++ "VIP Guardian Program - Taran" ++