The Academy
Everything the news assumes you already know — explained the way a senior trader would walk a junior through it. No jargon-flexing, no fluff. Each briefing is 5-10 minutes with a quiz at the end.
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The foundation. Currencies, GDP, rates, inflation, risk. Everything the news assumes you already know.
Value
Why a currency is worth anything at all
GDP
The headline number that frames every FX call
Components of GDP
C + I + G + NX — and why the mix matters
Inflation
The number that decides every rate decision
Risk Sentiment
Risk-on / risk-off — the daily mood that moves everything
Types of Inflation
Demand-pull, cost-push — same number, opposite fix
Interest Rates
The lever every FX trader watches
Risk On vs Risk Off
The two regimes — how to spot the switch in real time
Market Themes
The dominant narrative — and when it shifts
Buy the Rumour, Sell the Fact
Why the 'obvious' trade often loses
Participants of FX Market
Who's actually on the other side of your trade
Stagflation
When growth dies but prices keep climbing
Economic Cycle
Expansion · peak · contraction · trough — and where each currency fits
Convergence / Divergence
When two central banks split, the cross between them rips
Reading the FX Patrol Dashboard
How to actually use the product you've signed up for
How policymakers actually decide. Fiscal, monetary, employment, prices — the tools that move the rate every trader watches.
What is Fiscal Policy
The government's spending lever — and why it matters less than monetary
What is Monetary Policy
The central bank's playbook — rates, QE, forward guidance
Employment and Growth
Okun's law, the Phillips curve, and why jobs data moves FX
Inflationary and Recessionary Gaps
Output gaps — when the economy is too hot or too cold
Deficit vs Surplus
Budget and trade balances — how flows show up in FX
Cost-Push vs Demand-Pull (deeper)
The two inflation engines — and how CBs respond differently
CPI vs PPI
Consumer prices vs producer prices — the leading indicator dynamic
Expansionary Fiscal Policy
Tax cuts, spending boosts — and the currency consequences
Contractionary Fiscal Policy
Austerity, tax hikes — when the government slams the brakes
Money Supply & Velocity
M1, M2, and how fast money actually changes hands
What is the Dot Plot
The Fed's quarterly forecast — and how to read between the dots
Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
The leading indicator central banks actually watch
Reaction Function
Modelling a central bank — predicting what they'll do before they do it
Direction of Data Surprises
Citi Surprise Index — the most underrated FX signal
Switching Fundamental Bias
How to flip a long-held view without ego
Leading vs Lagging Indicators
PMI leads, unemployment lags — and why it matters for trading
Reading a Central Bank Statement
The hawkish/dovish vocabulary — line by line
Carry Trade
Borrow low, lend high — and the volatility risk that owns the trade
Where the edge lives. Bonds, curves, positioning, synthesis. Everything that turns 'I read the news' into 'I read what the news means.'
Basics of Bonds
Price, yield, duration — the language FX traders pretend to know
Applying Bonds to FX
How sovereign yields move currencies — the real mechanism
2s10s Spread
The yield curve — recession signal and FX direction simultaneously
Different Types of Bonds
Sovereigns, IG, HY, EM — the credit ladder every macro trader navigates
Short and Long Term Themes
Multi-quarter regime shifts vs intraday narratives — both matter
3 Pillars to FX
Rate differentials, growth differentials, risk sentiment — the synthesis
Applying Fundamentals Into Technicals
Using FX Patrol biases to time entries with your own chart work
Psychology
Confirmation bias, anchoring, recency — the mistakes that kill PnL
Scarcity Loop
The feedback that turns positioning into self-fulfilling moves
Reading the COT Report
Positioning extremes — when consensus becomes contrarian opportunity
Cross-Asset Correlations
Gold-yields, oil-CAD, equities-JPY — when the rules hold and when they break
Building a Top-Down Bias
The synthesis — combining everything into one usable view