How Agenticks Learn lessons are written and checked
Who writes Agenticks Learn, which sources each lesson relies on, how facts and yearly figures are checked and dated, and what the lessons will never do.
Who writes these lessons
Every lesson is written and reviewed by the Agenticks Learn editorial team, the people who build Agenticks, a product for researching, backtesting and automating trading strategies. We are not a bank, a broker or a registered adviser. Learn is education, and nothing in it is personal advice.
The sources we rely on
Factual claims are cited inline and listed at the foot of each lesson. We prefer primary sources: securities and futures regulators (the SEC and Investor.gov, FINRA, the CFTC, the FCA), official tax and consumer agencies (the Canada Revenue Agency, HMRC and gov.uk, the IRS, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, MoneyHelper), central banks and statistics agencies, peer-reviewed research and standard textbooks. A source is added to our reference library only after its address has been opened and checked.
How figures are kept current
Yearly figures such as TFSA, RRSP, FHSA, ISA, pension, 401(k) and IRA limits live in one place. Each figure carries the tax year it applies to, the official page it was read from and the date it was last checked, and the lessons display that table rather than repeating numbers in their text. We re-check the figures when the agencies publish new ones, which for Canada and the US is usually late in the year and for the UK before the tax year starts on 6 April.
Every lesson shows the date it was last reviewed. A lesson is reviewed again when a rule it describes changes or when a reader reports a problem.
Worked examples and calculators
Worked examples use round, illustrative numbers so the arithmetic is easy to follow. They are not forecasts. Calculators work only from the inputs you give them and a steady assumed return that you can change; real returns vary and can be negative. Every calculator is tested against cases worked out by hand before it is published.
What these lessons will never do
They will not recommend a specific security, fund, broker or platform, tell you which account to open, or promise a return. Where a lesson shows a backtest or a hypothetical result, it says so, because results produced with hindsight do not predict what happens next. Lessons about leveraged products say plainly that you can lose more than you put in.
Mentions of Agenticks
Some lessons point to an Agenticks tool where it lets you try the idea being taught, for example testing a rule set on historical data. We make that product. A mention describes what the tool does and is never a claim about the results you will get.
Corrections
If you find an error, tell us through the contact page. We correct it, note the new review date on the lesson, and recheck the source it came from.
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Agenticks Learn is general education. It is not financial, investment, tax or legal advice, it does not take your situation into account, and nothing on it is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security or to open any account. Examples use illustrative numbers. Investing involves risk, including losing money you put in, and past performance does not predict future results. Tax rules and limits change; the official sources linked in each lesson are the final word.