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Guides to the data behind the markets.
Clear explanations of how economic releases and chart structures work, with sources linked and limits stated. Educational content only: no signals, no advice, no trade instructions.
Free tools
Interactive references you can use alongside the guides.
- Forex market hours: trading sessions in your time zoneSydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions in your local time, with daylight saving, overlaps and the weekly open.Open the clock
- Central bank interest rates and meeting dates 2026–2027Policy rates, last change and next decision for eight central banks, every 2026–27 meeting date, and the rate gap for 10 major pairs.Open the table
- NFP, CPI and Fed decision dates and times in UK timeEvery major release and rate decision in UK time, with its upcoming dates and the clock-change weeks.See the times
App walkthroughs
Read real screens from all three apps, with historical context and the limits of each example stated.
- How to read a MacroMatrixFX pair analysisSeparate context tilt, neutral bias, stale inputs and history in a real EUR/USD screen.Read the guide
- How to read MacroVolt's gold factor breakdownExplore conflicting contributions, tactical and structural tension, and ignored inputs in a real gold screen.Read the guide
- How to read a recorded FXPatternLab caseRead first-recorded stage, reference levels and outcome labels without confusing a historical case with a trade.Read the guide
Guides
Understand economic releases and chart structure through explanations and app examples.
- How to read the COT report (Commitments of Traders) for forex and goldWhen the CFTC's COT report comes out in UK time, which version to read for currencies and gold, how to read net positions, and what positioning can't tell you.Read the guide
- Chart patterns: a cheat sheet of 16 common patternsFlags, pennants, triangles, wedges, double tops and bottoms, head and shoulders and more: a diagram, the usual reading and the invalidation point for each.Read the guide
- Bull flag and bear flag patterns: identification, invalidation and limitationsHow to recognise a bull flag and a bear flag, how they differ from pennants, wedges and channels, where each is invalidated, and why many flags fail.Read the guide
- What is a fundamental bias in forex and gold?Why a currency bias is always relative, which evidence goes into one, how gold differs, and why it works over days and weeks.Read the guide
- Fundamental currency strength versus price strengthUnderstand comparison baskets, time windows and the difference between price performance and a fundamental model reading.Read the guide
- Gold and real yields: how interest rates and the dollar relateHow real yields, interest rates and the dollar relate to gold, with a worked currency example and conflicting factors.Read the guide
- Manual chart drawings versus detected patternsKeep hand-drawn annotations, detector evidence and notification records distinct when reviewing a chart.Read the guide
- How to read an economic calendar: previous, forecast and actualWhat previous, forecast and actual mean, why figures get revised, how release times and time zones work, and what a surprise does and doesn't tell you.Read the guide
- Ascending triangle pattern: identification, invalidation and limitationsHow to recognise an ascending triangle on an FX chart, what a failed breakout looks like, where the structure is invalidated, and the pattern's honest limits.Read the guide
Free worksheets
Printable resources for checking a release, reviewing market evidence and studying a recorded pattern.
- Market evidence checklistCheck timestamps, conflicting factors, stale inputs and uncertainty with a free printable research checklist.Open the worksheet
- Pattern case review sheetRecord a pattern's first recorded time, lifecycle, outcome and limitations with a free printable review sheet.Open the worksheet
- Economic release reading kit: free printable worksheetCompare actual, forecast and previous figures, check revisions and record release times with a worked illustrative example and a printable worksheet.Open the worksheet