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In-depth essays on UK macro, prop firms, MT5 strategy and the politics of money — from the MT5 Viper Research Team.

Editorial illustration of a chained Big Ben and Union Jack figure dragged into the Thames while a banker in front of JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citi towers pulls the chain — UK borrowing costs chart rising sharply, money bags labelled Hedge Funds, Bank Profits and Bond Traders, brass plaque reads 'You Pay. They Profit.'

The City Is Holding Britain Hostage: Why UK Borrowing Costs Are Exploding — And Who's Profiting

UK gilt yields above 5% are not the verdict of impartial markets — they are the predictable output of an institutional architecture that funnels £111 billion a year of public money into the wealthiest tenth of the population.

18 May 202611 min read