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The week ahead every Monday. Market history and honest tool comparisons the rest of the week. Three sourced articles a week, no signals, no promises.
The Panic of 1907 began with a failed copper corner on 16 October and ended in Morgan's library on 4 November. What a trading journal would have shown.
Read the articleEvery Monday
The economic calendar and the geopolitical facts that matter for the sessions you trade.
Week ahead forex calendar, 12–16 October 2026: US CPI at a 3.6% consensus Wednesday, retail sales and PPI Thursday, Beige Book, Chair Warsh in Bangkok.
Read the articleWeek ahead forex calendar, 5–9 October 2026: ISM services Monday, FOMC minutes Wednesday, ECB account and China reopening Thursday, after a 29,000 payroll.
Read the articleWeek ahead forex calendar, 28 September–2 October 2026: RBA Tuesday, US PCE Wednesday, ISM Thursday, euro area flash HICP and September payrolls Friday.
Read the articleThree centuries of markets
Bubbles, crashes and regime changes since 1720, and what a trading journal would have shown.
The Panic of 1907 began with a failed copper corner on 16 October and ended in Morgan's library on 4 November. What a trading journal would have shown.
Read the articleThe Panic of 1873 began in Vienna on 9 May, reached New York on 18 September and opened a 65-month contraction. What a trading journal would have shown.
Read the articleMississippi Bubble 1720: shares rose from 500 to 10,000 livres, then 2.7 billion livres of notes chased them down. What a journal would have shown.
Read the articleOn the facts
Socius Trades against TradingView, ProRealTime and the trading journals, with prices from the official pages.
An Edgewonk alternative that only reads your broker. Socius Trades vs Edgewonk: prices dated 29 September 2026, import, analytics, who each is for.
Read the articleBest trading journal 2026: seven journals compared on dated prices, MT4, MT5 and cTrader import, and what each one lets you see.
Read the articleA Tradezella alternative that only reads your broker. Socius Trades vs Tradezella: prices dated 27 August 2026, broker sync, analytics, who each is for.
Read the articleWhat your trading says about you
Expectancy, R-multiples, drawdown, sessions and the behaviours that cost you money.
Drawdown trading meaning, with the arithmetic behind it: a -20% drawdown needs +25% to recover, -50% needs +100%. What your own trade history shows.
Read the articleDisposition effect trading, measured on 10,000 accounts: why you sell winners 50 percent faster than losers, and what your own trade log would show.
Read the articleBest trading hours are not the busiest hours. The London New York overlap moves the market; your journal shows which hour moves your expectancy in R.
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The Panic of 1907 began with a failed copper corner on 16 October and ended in Morgan's library on 4 November. What a trading journal would have shown.
Read the articleWeek ahead forex calendar, 12–16 October 2026: US CPI at a 3.6% consensus Wednesday, retail sales and PPI Thursday, Beige Book, Chair Warsh in Bangkok.
Read the articleDrawdown trading meaning, with the arithmetic behind it: a -20% drawdown needs +25% to recover, -50% needs +100%. What your own trade history shows.
Read the articleAn Edgewonk alternative that only reads your broker. Socius Trades vs Edgewonk: prices dated 29 September 2026, import, analytics, who each is for.
Read the articleWeek ahead forex calendar, 5–9 October 2026: ISM services Monday, FOMC minutes Wednesday, ECB account and China reopening Thursday, after a 29,000 payroll.
Read the articleDisposition effect trading, measured on 10,000 accounts: why you sell winners 50 percent faster than losers, and what your own trade log would show.
Read the articleThe Panic of 1873 began in Vienna on 9 May, reached New York on 18 September and opened a 65-month contraction. What a trading journal would have shown.
Read the articleWeek ahead forex calendar, 28 September–2 October 2026: RBA Tuesday, US PCE Wednesday, ISM Thursday, euro area flash HICP and September payrolls Friday.
Read the articleBest trading journal 2026: seven journals compared on dated prices, MT4, MT5 and cTrader import, and what each one lets you see.
Read the articleMississippi Bubble 1720: shares rose from 500 to 10,000 livres, then 2.7 billion livres of notes chased them down. What a journal would have shown.
Read the articleWeek ahead forex calendar, 21–25 September 2026: flash PMIs Wednesday, SNB decision Thursday 07:30 UTC, Tokyo closed Mon–Wed after the BoJ hike.
Read the articleBest trading hours are not the busiest hours. The London New York overlap moves the market; your journal shows which hour moves your expectancy in R.
Read the articleConnect an account in read-only mode and Socius Trades turns your executions into expectancy, R-multiples, drawdown and results by session. We look. We never touch.
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