The key
Every line we publish carries one of four marks. Learn them once and you can read any Retest story at a glance.
- Reported fact
- What an official release or a named outlet reported. Always linked to its source, with the time it was published.
- Analyst view
- A forecast or opinion. The person or firm is always named. A view is never presented as a fact.
- Our read
- Our interpretation of what something may mean. Labeled every time, so it is never mistaken for fact.
- What price did
- Observed market behavior, with times in Central. What happened, not what we wish had happened.
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How we source
- Primary releases first: the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Federal Reserve, company filings.
- Then credible outlets: Reuters, AP, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times.
- Every story shows its source, its publication time, the event time and the time zone.
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How we observe the market
- For scheduled releases we watch from roughly 30 minutes before to 30 minutes after, then follow the session if the story develops.
- We record whether price accepted, rejected, broke, held, failed, continued or reversed around the levels that matter.
- We never present hindsight as if it was known at the time. Past outcomes do not guarantee future results.
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What we never do
- Give trade signals or tell anyone to buy or sell.
- Make income claims or show performance we cannot verify.
- Manufacture urgency or certainty.
- Run paid promotion disguised as coverage.
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Corrections
- Material errors are corrected in public, with a note saying what changed and when.
- Corrections stay visible. We do not quietly edit and move on.
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- No fabricated data or misleading screenshots.
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