The CrimsonTicker editorial policy exists so that you can judge our work by its method rather than by our say-so. It applies to every guide, calculator page and glossary entry on the site.
Sources
Rules, limits, trading hours and product details come from primary sources wherever possible: financial regulators, exchanges, index providers, issuers' own disclosures and protocol documentation. Where a page relies on a specific rule or figure, the source is named in a list at the foot of the page. We do not cite anonymous forum posts, promotional material or other information sites as authorities. If we cannot confirm a figure, we leave it out and explain the concept without it.
Numbers and worked examples
Examples use round, clearly labelled illustrative figures, never real-time prices or predictions. Every calculation is recomputed in code before a page is published, and the calculators are tested against those same examples so that the text and the tools agree. We do not publish statistics we cannot source, user numbers, performance claims or price forecasts.
How drafts are written and reviewed
We use AI drafting tools to help structure pages and produce first drafts. Every page is then reviewed by an editor, who checks each factual claim against its source, reruns the arithmetic, removes anything that cannot be supported and rewrites for clarity. A page is not published until that review is complete. We do not attribute our content to named experts or invent bylines; articles are credited to the CrimsonTicker desk.
Independence
CrimsonTicker is not an exchange, broker or adviser, and it has no commercial relationship with any firm it writes about. We do not accept payment for coverage, do not use affiliate links and do not rank or review real brokers, exchanges or apps. Guides describe how types of product work so that you can assess any provider yourself. We do not recommend specific shares, funds or coins.
How topics are chosen
We choose subjects by asking what a careful reader needs to understand before making a decision about shares, funds or any other market product: how it works, what it costs and what can go wrong. We do not write about a product because it is being promoted, and we do not cover individual shares, funds or coins as investment ideas. Market news is used only as a way into a lasting explanation.
Charts and images
Bar charts and tables on this site are drawn from the worked examples on the same page, and every chart says whether its figures are illustrative. We do not present illustrative data as real market data. Photographs and illustrations are decorative; they are not charts of real prices and should not be read as such.
Corrections and updates
When a rule changes or a reader reports a mistake, we check it, correct the page and update the date shown under the headline. Significant corrections that change the meaning of a page are noted on the page itself. You can report an error through the contact page.
What we never do
- Offer accounts, trading, deposits, signals or money management.
- Publish testimonials, reviews, awards or "trusted by" claims.
- Predict prices or promise returns.
- Link to external trading platforms.
- Contact readers with investment offers.
More about who we are is on the About page, and our disclaimer sets out the limits of the information we publish.