Comment policy

What we want

• Disagreement, especially well-argued disagreement with our analysis.
• Corrections. If we got something wrong, say so and we will fix it.
• Context and expertise the article missed.
• Questions.

What gets removed

• Financial promotion. No touting, no pump-and-dump, no "DM me for signals", no referral links to brokers or exchanges. This is the fastest way to get removed.
• Anything presented as investment advice. Share your reasoning, not instructions.
• Personal attacks, harassment, hate speech, or threats.
• Spam, SEO link-dropping, and off-topic self-promotion.
• Impersonation of real people or organisations.
• Deliberate misinformation about market-moving events.

How moderation works

Every comment passes through automated spam checks and then a human review queue before it appears. This usually takes a few hours. Nothing is published instantly, which means the discussion moves more slowly here than elsewhere — that is a deliberate trade.

We do not edit the text of comments. We either publish them or we do not. Comments held or removed do not receive an individual explanation.

Your data

A display name is required. Email and website are optional; email is used only for your Gravatar and is stored as an irreversible hash. We never store raw IP addresses. Full details are in the privacy policy.

Removal requests

Want a comment of yours deleted? Email hello@example.com from the address you used, or include enough detail to identify the comment, and we will remove it.