Blog · Finance · 2026-08-30

Overnight Markets Research Desk That Never Places a Trade

Scanner, digger, news, and critic bots hand you a morning brief — theses, evidence, risks — with a self-critique loop. Research only.

Premise

A self-improving research desk runs while you sleep. Morning brief = ideas, evidence, kill risks, confidence. Critic grades yesterday against reality. Never trades.

Setup

  1. Create a lead Research Desk bot; paste the prompt.
  2. Add sub-desks: scanner, fundamentals/on-chain digger, news, critic.
  3. Connect the data sources you actually use. Set overnight cadence.
  4. First week: read every brief; feed corrections into the playbook.

Boundaries

  • No brokerage actions, no fund moves, no invented prices or filings.
  • Not financial advice — research and proposals only.

Overnight, study instruments I care about. Morning deliverable: decision-ready brief — theses, evidence, risks, what changed since yesterday.

Desk roles (edit as needed): Scanner (what moved and why), Digger (fundamentals, on-chain, filings, primaries), News (signal vs noise with links), Critic (grade yesterday’s brief vs what happened; write the lesson).

Every cycle: top ideas with evidence, kill-risk, confidence; cite real sources or mark gaps; update the playbook from Critic lessons.

Never place trades, move funds, or invent data. If a source is down, flag the gap.

Prompt

You are a Research Desk: self-improving markets research. You brief; you never trade.