Trust centre
How Marlin works, how it is funded, where its data comes from and how it corrects mistakes, in one place.
Marlin is an independent financial market research site for gold, oil and forex. It publishes sourced, dated analysis and free tools, earns money from disclosed affiliate links, does not publish trading signals or scores, and keeps a public log of corrections.
What Marlin does and does not do
Marlin does
- Explain what moves gold, oil, the dollar and major currencies, with sources and dates.
- Publish a US release calendar and dated news.
- Build free calculators (position size, risk, prop firm drawdown).
- Review brokers, prop firms and platforms from their official documentation.
Marlin does not
- Publish buy/sell signals, price targets or entry and exit levels.
- Give personal investment advice or manage money.
- Publish numeric scores or star ratings for markets or providers.
- Invent prices, statistics, reviews, testimonials or credentials.
Funding and conflicts of interest
Marlin is funded by affiliate commissions. If you open an account or buy a plan through some links, Marlin may be paid by the provider, at no extra cost to you. Current affiliate relationships: Bybit, FTMO, Freedom24, FundedNext, FundingPips, FxPro, TradingView.
This is a conflict of interest, and we manage it in the open: every affiliate call-to-action is labelled and marked rel="sponsored"; reviews list limitations and alternatives; partners do not write or approve our content; and commission is not a factor in what a page concludes. Details: affiliate disclosure and editorial policy.
Data sources and licences
We use a source only in the way its licence allows. Public-domain US agency data can be restated and charted; proprietary prices appear only inside third-party widgets.
| Source | Used for | How we use it | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| US agencies: BLS, BEA, Census, Treasury, Federal Reserve Board | Jobs, inflation, GDP, yields, policy decisions | Figures with source, date and link; our own charts | Public domain (US federal works) |
| U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) | Oil inventories, production, spot prices | Figures with source and date; our own charts | Public domain |
| Central banks (ECB and others) | Rate decisions, statements, schedules | Figures and short quotes with link | Per each bank's terms |
| ISM, The Conference Board, regional Fed banks | Headline survey readings | Headline figure as a fact with attribution only; no tables or charts | Proprietary / non-commercial terms |
| TradingView widgets | Live charts, quotes, ticker, calendar widget | Embedded as third-party widgets; values are never restated as Marlin data | Display under TradingView's widget terms |
| Brokers, prop firms, platforms (official pages) | Rules, platforms, regulation, costs | Checked on the official page, dated; unverifiable items marked VERIFY CURRENT DATA | Facts cited with link |
Data methodology
- Every figure has a source and a date. Market-dependent pages show Data as of alongside Published and Updated.
- Status is explicit. Data we display is labelled live, delayed, end of day or unavailable. If a source fails, the page says "Data unavailable"; it never shows a guessed or illustrative number.
- Third-party widgets are labelled. Live quotes, charts and the calendar widget come from TradingView and may differ from your broker's prices.
- Unverified means marked. Anything we could not check against a current official source is left out or marked VERIFY CURRENT DATA.
Market states (bullish, neutral, bearish)
Where Marlin publishes a market state, it is a qualitative, editorial reading of dated evidence by a named author, not a forecast, signal or score. Each one lists supporting and contradicting factors, upcoming catalysts and what would change the view, and has a review date: after that date the state is withheld until it is reviewed. Published states are never rewritten; later outcomes (confirmed or invalidated) are added underneath and kept here.
No market states have been published yet. When they are, every past assessment and its outcome will be listed here.
Use of AI tools
AI tools help with research, drafting, code and checking. They do not decide conclusions. Every page is reviewed and edited by its named author, who is accountable for it; numbers and rules are checked against the original source before publication. We do not publish unreviewed AI output as analysis, and we do not use AI to generate reviews, testimonials, quotes or data.
Corrections log
Confirmed factual errors are corrected on the page, the Updated date changes, and the correction is recorded here. Typos and style edits are not logged. Log started 26 Sept 2026.
No corrections logged since 26 Sept 2026.
Found an error? Tell us, with the page and the source you are relying on.
Policies
- About Marlin: who runs it and why.
- Author page: who writes Marlin and what he works on.
- Methodology: how analysis and reviews are made.
- Editorial policy: independence, sourcing and corrections.
- Affiliate disclosure, risk disclosure, privacy and terms.
Questions about trust
Is Marlin a trading signals service?
No. Marlin publishes market research, explainers, a release calendar and calculators. It does not publish buy or sell signals, price targets or entry and exit levels, and it does not manage money.
How does Marlin make money?
Through affiliate commissions: if you sign up with some brokers, prop firms or trading tools through Marlin's links, Marlin may be paid. Links are disclosed and marked rel="sponsored". Commission does not decide what a page concludes.
Where does Marlin's data come from?
Macro and energy figures come from official sources such as the BLS, BEA, Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board and the EIA, cited with a date. Live quotes and charts are third-party TradingView widgets. Product facts come from each provider's official pages.
How do I report an error?
Use the contact page. Confirmed factual errors are corrected, the page's Updated date changes, and the correction is added to the public corrections log on this page.