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The diary on every market day, the lesson of the week every Sunday: all of them here, in full, newest first. As they went out on the channel, with date and time.

  1. Diary · 6 min read

    The diary · Tuesday 20 Oct 2026

    The point: rates are in charge. The method proposes a short on gold and rejects the one on Paris: the French crisis is a strong story, but the measurement does not back it.

  2. Diary · 7 min read

    Today's lesson · Monday 19 Oct 2026

    The picture. The method measured two long theses: Nasdaq REJECTED, WTI oil WATCHED. No new order: that is a result too. Tonight the oil proposal from 13 Oct reaches its time exit.

    To understand today: a convincing story is not a measured edge.

  3. Lesson of the week · 10 min read

    The lesson of the week · Sunday 18 Oct 2026

    The theme. US data hotter than expected, technology down, oil above 100 because of Hormuz; and the Fed taking the urgency off the October hike.

    The method. 2 long orders with a limit entry, dollar/yen at 157.680 and Nasdaq at 28,800, valid until 23 Oct 2026.

    Confidence LOW for both (2 out of 6: a score from fixed rules, not a probability). It is not a forecast: it is the risk premium.