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Trading Education26 Sept 2026 · 5 min · TradinSolutions

What is the TradinSolutions fundamentals desk, and how do graded release bands work?

The TradinSolutions fundamentals desk is a free AI economic calendar with pre-graded release bands, sourced currency and asset readings, a volatility state and a headline news desk. What each part means and how to use it before a session.

By E.A. Victor, founder of TradinSolutions.

Short answer: the fundamentals desk is TradinSolutions' economic calendar with an interpretation layer on top. Alongside the usual event list, it gives:

  • a one-line bias per currency
  • a reading per tracked asset, with the headlines and releases it rests on
  • a volatility state worked out from recent daily ranges
  • three pre-graded scenarios, called bands, for each high-impact release

It helps you prepare for what the market might do. It doesn't predict what it will do. It's on the free tier.

What problem does it solve?

A standard economic calendar tells you when CPI is out and that it's "high impact". It doesn't tell you what a hot print would usually mean for the pairs you trade, which assets tend to move with it, or whether today is already more volatile than usual. Traders end up working that out under pressure, two minutes before the release. The fundamentals desk does that preparation in advance and shows its sources, so you can check the reasoning rather than take it on trust.

What are release bands?

For each high-impact release, the desk prepares three scenarios before the number comes out:

BandWhat it contains
Above consensusA one-sentence reading of what a hotter-than-expected print conventionally means, plus up to four named assets with a direction
In lineThe same for a print that matches expectations
Below consensusThe same for a cooler-than-expected print

The bands exist before the release and are never rewritten after it lands. Which band will happen is unknowable, and the desk doesn't pretend otherwise. A graded calendar works out the interpretation in advance, not the outcome. Bands are never trade recommendations.

The desk also regrades impact by how events have actually moved tradeable instruments, rather than using a generic economist rating. And it sets thresholds for how far a print has to miss consensus before it's meaningful, which helps you spot when the right action is standing aside.

What is the per-currency bias?

A one-sentence bias for each major currency and for gold, silver, platinum, palladium and oil. It's a reading of that day's commentary, not an instruction. It carries no position size, no entry and no direction to trade.

What is the per-asset reading?

For each tracked asset, the desk shows:

  • a bias (bullish, bearish or neutral)
  • the reasoning in plain language
  • the specific headlines and releases the reading rests on

The sources are the point. A reading you can trace to three named articles is one you can disagree with. A reading with no sources is one you can only believe or ignore.

What is the volatility state?

A plain calculation, not a model: recent daily ranges compared with their 20-day average. It comes out as low, normal, elevated or high, and moves up one level when a high-impact release is due within 24 hours.

Use it to size down or widen stops on elevated days, or to recognise that a quiet day is quiet.

What is on the news desk?

A streaming headline feed from wire sources, each headline tagged with its currency or asset and an impact grade (high or medium), with filters for trending, financial and geopolitical news. Next to it, an AI market brief per asset class (metals, energy, indices, FX majors and stocks) summarises public commentary with the key levels being watched. Every summary carries its own note that it's not investment advice or a recommendation.

What happens when there's no data?

It tells you why instead of showing a blank. Each stage of the daily run keeps its own note: why an asset has no bias today, whether reactions were freshly generated or carried forward, why a release has no bands. Those notes appear on the panel. A confident-looking empty screen is worse than an honest "nothing today, and here's why".

How should I use it before a session?

  1. 01Check the volatility state for the instruments you trade. Elevated or high means smaller size or wider stops.
  2. 02List today's high-impact releases and read their three bands before the release, not after.
  3. 03Read the per-asset reading and its sources for your main instrument. Decide whether you agree.
  4. 04Decide your plan for each band in advance: trade it, wait for the reaction, or stand aside. Write it in your journal.
  5. 05After the release, compare what happened with the bands, and note it in your journal's weekly review.

If you use the TradinSolutions signal copier, its news-pause filter can hold new signals around releases, so a channel's call doesn't fire into a spike.

Is any of this investment advice?

No. Every bias, band and summary is information about conventional readings and public commentary. None carries a size, an entry or an instruction. TradinSolutions isn't a broker or an adviser. The desk shows its sources so you can disagree with it.

Which plan includes it?

The fundamentals desk is on the free tier, with no card and no expiry, alongside the journal and the free indicators. Pricing

FAQ

Is the TradinSolutions economic calendar free? Yes. The calendar, release bands, biases, volatility state and news desk are on the free tier.

Which currencies and assets does it cover? The major currencies, including USD, EUR, GBP and JPY, plus gold, silver, platinum, palladium and oil. The market briefs also cover energy, indices and stocks.

Does it tell me which way to trade CPI or NFP? No. It prepares three scenarios before the release and tells you what each conventionally means. It doesn't pick one.

How is the volatility state calculated? From recent daily ranges against their 20-day average. It moves up a level when a high-impact release is within 24 hours.

Are the bands changed after the release? Never. They're prepared in advance and left as they were.

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