Who writes the posts
Every post starts as a draft written by an AI model. The model follows a fixed brief: write as a financial analyst covering the markets we follow, explain how things work before drawing a conclusion, and never tell readers what to do with their money. A human editor then reads every draft before it can go live. Nothing is published automatically.
Where our facts come from
We only take facts from an approved list of sources. The list has two tiers.
- Tier 1, primary sources: official sources such as stock exchanges, central banks and securities regulators, plus Stockology's own market data. These can be stated as fact.
- Tier 2, financial journalism: established financial news outlets. When a post relies on one of these, it must name the source, so you can see where the claim came from.
A post may not cite anything outside this list, and a new source is added only after it has been reviewed.
Source packs
For posts about news, company results or market figures, we first gather the source material: the exact text from each approved source, with its link and date. We call this the source pack. The AI writes from that pack and nothing else, and the pack is kept with the post so the check can be repeated later.
Explainers that teach how an indicator or the market works have no source pack, because they describe general ideas rather than current events. If one of them uses a real-world figure, date or market fact, the fact-check flags it unless it is clearly marked as an example.
The automated fact-check
Before a draft can be published, a separate AI check reads it and lists every factual claim: figures, dates, names, market facts and any sums worked out from them. Each claim is checked against the source pack.
- A claim the source pack does not support blocks publication. The editor must fix the post, or accept the claim with a written reason that stays on record.
- A Tier 2 source that the post uses but does not name, or a source that is not on the approved list, is flagged in the same way.
- Wording that tells readers to buy or sell is a hard stop. It cannot be accepted. It has to be rewritten.
The check is tied to the exact text of the post. If the post is edited afterwards, the old check no longer counts and has to be run again. The site itself will not show a post whose check is missing, out of date or unresolved. Our earliest posts went live before the current version of this check existed. They are the only exceptions.
Human review
A human editor reads every draft alongside its fact-check report. Automated checks also look at house style: British spelling, no warm-up openings and no blanket hedging. A draft can only be approved once its fact-check is resolved and these checks pass, and publishing is always a manual step. Drafts that are not approved within seven days are closed, and rejected drafts are kept on record rather than deleted.
Corrections
If a published post told you something wrong, such as a figure, a date or how something works, we fix it and add a dated correction note at the top of the post saying what changed. Correction notes are never edited or deleted. If one later turns out not to be a real correction, it moves to our internal edit log rather than disappearing.
For example, on 2026-10-07 we added this note to Average True Range, a Plain Measure of How Much a Stock Moves: “Corrected the description of how ATR is averaged: it is a smoothed average, not a rolling average where the oldest day drops out.”
Smaller edits that do not change what a post told you, such as fixing a typo, are logged in our records but not shown on the page. An automated check blocks any change to a published post that does not add a dated entry to one of these two logs, so no post is ever changed silently.
Not investment advice
We describe what the numbers show. We do not make buy or sell calls, set price targets or publish lists of recommended shares. Every post carries this notice:
This post is general market commentary for informational and educational purposes only. It is not personalised financial advice, is not directed at your individual circumstances, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any specific security. This content is AI-assisted and reviewed by a human editor before publication. Do your own research and consult a licensed financial adviser registered with your country's securities regulator before making investment decisions.