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The truth, in writing.

Analysis of markets, discipline, and the industry that profits from pretending both are easy. No hype, no screenshots, sources attached.

RESEARCHINDUSTRY23 August 2026 · 5 min

The win rate we could have sold you

Our own backtests produced a 58% win rate. We didn't ship it, because the 42% version made more money. Here's the full result, including the parts that make us look bad.

INDUSTRYRISK10 July 2026 · 3 min

Why 74–89% of retail traders lose — the number brokers are forced to publish

Every regulated CFD broker in Europe must disclose how many of its own customers lose money. The industry built on those customers never mentions it. Let's read the number properly.

INDUSTRY10 July 2026 · 3 min

The anatomy of a fake guru

The demo account, the screenshot factory, the rented lifestyle, the countdown timer. A field guide to the pattern — no names needed, because it's always the same pattern.

PSYCHOLOGYPLATFORM10 July 2026 · 3 min

Revenge trading: the pattern that empties accounts

It isn't a metaphor. Revenge trading has a measurable signature — re-entry speed, size progression, missing stops — and it is probably in your fill history right now.

PLATFORMEDUCATION10 July 2026 · 3 min

What a Performance Discipline Index actually measures

One number for the state of your discipline: how the PDI weighs risk consistency, revenge patterns, overtrading and equity stability — and why none of its inputs is P&L.

INDUSTRYEDUCATION10 July 2026 · 2 min

Demo flexing: why the screenshot proves nothing

A demo account produces pixel-identical profit screenshots with zero money at risk. Here's the arithmetic of screenshot factories — and the only evidence that would actually count.