Desk
Most people using AI to trade are asking it the wrong questions.
AI can analyse markets, challenge ideas and process more information than most traders ever could.
But that doesn’t mean you should ask it what to trade.
The Sceptic’s Desk gives you a structured way to use AI as a research and thinking tool, without handing over your decisions.
Just better questions, better processes and a healthier level of scepticism.
“No signals. No promises. No black-box trading system.”
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AI can be useful. That’s not the same as saying it is right.
Ask an AI tool a question about a market and you’ll usually get a confident answer.
That is exactly why you need to be careful.
AI can miss context. It can make things up. It can reinforce your assumptions. And sometimes it can produce a very convincing answer that is simply wrong.
The answer isn’t to ignore AI.
It’s to use it differently.
AI should be your analyst, not your decision-maker.
Use it to research.
Use it to challenge your thinking.
Use it to find what you might have missed.
Then make the decision yourself.
A better way to use AI in your trading.
- 01 — Research
Use AI to gather information, analyse markets and build context.
- 02 — Question
Don’t accept the first answer. Ask what could be wrong, what is missing and what assumptions are being made.
- 03 — Challenge
Make AI argue against your trade idea, not simply confirm it.
- 04 — Decide
Take the information, apply your own judgement and make the trading decision yourself.
- 05 — Review
Record what happened, what you got right, what you got wrong and what you can learn from it.
It’s to make you think better.
Try the method before you buy anything.
The Sceptic’s Starter Pack is a small working sample of the Sceptic’s Method.
AI promptsCopy, paste, adapt
cheat sheetOne page
approachIntroduction
You’ll get:
- 6 practical AI prompts
- A one-page risk cheat sheet
- A simple introduction to the Sceptic’s approach
- Prompts you can use with ChatGPT, Claude or other AI tools
No email course.
No sales funnel disguised as education.
No watered-down version designed to frustrate you into buying.
It is a working sample of the Toolkit, not a sales brochure.
Download it. Use it. Decide for yourself.
Ready for the full system? The Sceptic’s Toolkit.
The complete Sceptic’s Method for using AI throughout your trading process.
This isn’t another collection of generic ChatGPT prompts. It’s a practical toolkit designed to help you research, challenge, prepare, manage and review your trades.
Demystified20-page guide
Vault42 prompts
ChecklistPre-trade process
Cheat SheetReference
CalculatorTool
JournalExcel & Notion
A 20-page guide explaining how AI actually fits into a trading workflow, where it can help and where you need to be careful.
42 structured prompts covering market research, analysis, strategy development, trade preparation, challenge and review.
A repeatable process for questioning your trade before you put your money at risk.
A practical reference for risk, expectancy, position sizing, reward-to-risk and drawdown.
Calculate your position size from your account size, risk level and stop-loss distance.
Record your trades, your reasoning and your results using the Excel or Notion version.
Look inside
Before you spend £89, see what £89 buys.
Real pages from the actual products, not mock-ups of something we intend to build later. Tap any one to read it full size.
What can you actually use it for?
Research the market, examine the context and challenge your initial idea before committing capital.
Ask AI to find the weaknesses in your argument instead of simply asking it to confirm you’re right.
Use structured prompts to explore assumptions, scenarios, risks and potential weaknesses.
Calculate position size and understand exactly how much you’re putting at risk.
Record what happened and use AI to help identify patterns, mistakes and areas for improvement.
It’s designed to improve the process you use to decide.
42 prompts. One structured workflow.
The Prompt Vault isn’t a list of random questions for ChatGPT. The prompts are organised around the way you actually trade.
- Market context
- Macro analysis
- Fundamental research
- News and event analysis
- Challenge my thesis
- Find weaknesses
- Identify assumptions
- Look for confirmation bias
- Present the bear case
- Develop and test ideas
- Explore scenarios
- Examine risk and reward
- Question the underlying assumptions
- Build a pre-trade case
- Identify invalidation points
- Examine potential catalysts
- Review the risk
- Analyse the trade
- Identify mistakes
- Find recurring patterns
- Improve the process
It’s to ask better ones.
Who is The Sceptic’s Toolkit for?
- Already use ChatGPT, Claude or another AI tool but aren’t sure how to use it effectively for trading.
- Want a structured research process rather than random prompts.
- Want AI to challenge their ideas instead of constantly agreeing with them.
- Want to improve their risk management and position sizing.
- Want to become more consistent in how they prepare and review trades.
- Understand that better information doesn’t automatically mean better decisions.
- Want guaranteed profits.
- Want buy and sell signals.
- Want an AI to trade for them.
- Are looking for a magic strategy.
- Believe a chatbot can predict the market.
If you’re looking for certainty, this probably isn’t for you.
If you’re looking for a better process, you’re in the right place.
The Starter Pack shows you the method. The Toolkit gives you the system.
| Starter Pack | The Sceptic’s Toolkit | |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to the Sceptic’s Method | ✓ | ✓ |
| Practical AI prompts | 6 | 42 |
| Risk Cheat Sheet | ✓ | Expanded |
| AI Trading guide | — | 20 pages |
| Trade Checklist | — | ✓ |
| Position Size Calculator | — | ✓ |
| Excel Trading Journal | — | ✓ |
| Notion Trading Journal | — | ✓ |
| Complete workflow | — | ✓ |
| Lifetime access | ✓ | ✓ |
Start for free. Upgrade when you’re ready.
One payment. No subscription. No upsell treadmill.
The Toolkit costs £89. That’s it. You get the complete Toolkit and lifetime access to the version you purchase.
No monthly subscription.
No expensive coaching package waiting behind it.
No signals to sell you.
No promise that the Toolkit will make you profitable.
Because that’s not what this is. It’s a practical system for using AI to improve the way you research, question and review your trading decisions.
If that process helps you avoid even one poorly considered trade, improve one part of your preparation or save hours of research, the Toolkit has already earned its place on your desk.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to pay for ChatGPT or Claude?
No. The prompts can be adapted for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other AI tools.
Does the Toolkit give trading signals?
No.
The Toolkit is designed to improve your research and decision-making process. It does not provide buy or sell signals.
Will it tell me what to trade?
No.
That’s deliberately not what we’re trying to do. The aim is to help you examine your own ideas more critically.
Is this suitable for beginners?
Yes, although you don’t need to be a complete beginner to benefit from it.
If you already trade, the Toolkit can be incorporated into the research and review process you’re already using.
Do I need to know how to use AI?
No.
The prompts are designed to be practical and easy to follow.
Is there a subscription?
No.
The Toolkit is a one-time purchase of £89 with lifetime access to the version you purchase.
Will it make me profitable?
There are no guarantees of that, and anyone promising otherwise should make you sceptical.
Markets are uncertain. The Toolkit is designed to improve your process, not promise an outcome.
Can I see it before I buy?
Yes.
Start with the free Starter Pack and try the approach for yourself.
Stop asking AI what to trade. Start using it to think better.
The Sceptic’s Toolkit gives you the prompts, processes and practical tools to build AI into your trading workflow without handing over your judgement.
Research better.
Question more.
Challenge your assumptions.
Manage your risk.
Review your decisions.
And stay sceptical.
We won’t tell you that AI can predict the market.
We won’t sell you guaranteed returns.
We won’t pretend that a clever prompt is a trading strategy.
And we won’t ask you to switch off your judgement.
We’ll give you better tools for questioning what you think you know.
Because in trading, being sceptical isn’t a disadvantage.
It’s part of the edge.
If you can’t answer all three, you don’t act yet.