3 August – 9 Aug 2026

The week it navigated

14 high-impact scheduled events crossed the calendar this week. Around each one, entries were held in the guard window and exposed positions were secured before the print — the routine that runs whether or not anyone is watching.

• Monday — USD S&P Global Manufacturing PMI · USD ISM Manufacturing PMI · USD ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid
• Tuesday — USD JOLTS Job Openings · NZD Employment Change q/q
• Wednesday — USD ADP Nonfarm Employment Change · USD S&P Global Services PMI · USD ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI · USD ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices Paid · USD EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change
• Thursday — USD Initial Jobless Claims
• Friday — USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m · USD Nonfarm Payrolls · USD Unemployment Rate

The trades it didn't take

Restraint is most of the job. 453 times this week a guard looked at an otherwise-valid entry and said no:

92×	kept the total amount at risk across open trades inside its budget
85×	refused trades that would have concentrated too much of the account in one currency
85×	stopped a second strategy taking a bet another strategy already held
57×	held entries while trading was paused or at its overall position limit
52×	made strategies wait after a stop-out before trading the same ground again
24×	skipped entries while a pair's spread was abnormally wide
18×	stood aside where a pair was busier than that strategy is set to trade
15×	held entries where the broker had started rejecting orders
11×	benched pairs that were on a losing streak
11×	withdrew waiting orders that would have deepened a currency already at its cap
2×	held back entries where a pair already had its allowed number of positions
1×	refused entries that would have stacked pairs that move together

Counts across the whole fleet. Every refusal is recorded and replayed later against what the market did, so the guards are priced rather than presumed — the method is written up in what our own risk guards actually cost.

What shipped

75 updates reached the desktop and mobile apps this week — automatic, small, and each with plain-English notes. The most recent:

• 0.9.273 · The engine's live status moved up to the top bar (desktop)
• 0.9.271 · Closed trades now record how they ended (desktop)
• 0.9.270 · Guard blocks now say which strategy was refused (desktop)
• 0.9.269 · A realised figure that actually matches your broker (desktop)
• 0.9.268 · Trade Studio moves out of the tab strip to the bottom right (desktop)
• 0.9.267 · All nine guides are now 3D characters — and Vivienne’s cat has a mind of its own (desktop)
• 0.9.266 · Your guide waves hello when you arrive, knows today’s fundamentals, and Strategy Row stopped ignoring each other (desktop)
• 0.9.265 · Your Desk has a trader you can talk to, and the pair you pick goes up on the wall (desktop)
• 0.9.264 · The strategy wall now shows how each strategy is doing; the book moved to Your Desk (desktop)
• 0.9.263 · The wall board reads properly, and the strategy floor can finally be tested (desktop)

…and 65 more.

Full plain-English notes for every release appear in the app the moment it updates.