# Sandman Research — Full Site Content > This file contains the complete text of all public pages on sandman-research.com for LLM ingestion. Last updated: 2026-05-20. --- ## Homepage (sandman-research.com) ### The Macro Desk · Daily Research **Macro context for serious traders, delivered before the open.** A private daily briefing for serious traders — prop, discretionary, systematic, allocators. Macro tone, key levels, economic calendar, and desk debriefs — in one document, before decisions need to be made. **What the desk delivers every session:** - Briefing: Daily - Focus: Macro - Includes: Levels - Review: Debrief **Sample Briefing Format** Headline: Rates repricing softens into range support while risk assets wait for the next catalyst. Tone: Constructive Posture: Tactical Sections: Economic calendar · Key market levels Footnote: Research & education / Not financial advice **Built for serious traders** For prop firm traders, discretionary and systematic desks, multi-strats, allocators, and family offices who need a clean macro routine before the open. --- ### The Desk **A research routine you can actually return to.** The Macro Desk is built around the parts of serious market work that compound: concise context before decisions, structured notes during market hours, and calm review after the move. **Daily Macro Briefing** — Pre-cash read of macro backdrop and cross-asset conditions. Delivered ~06:30 ET, every session. **Key Market Levels** — Proprietary, high-precision levels across the multi-asset book, framed with structure and scenario context. **Economic Calendar** — Filtered economic and policy events with the desk's editorial weighting — not a raw feed. **Desk Debriefs** — End-of-session reviews separating signal from noise — what mattered, what changed, what carries. Delivered ~16:30 ET. **Education & Sessions** — Quarterly and annual members get educational material and live desk sessions on process and risk. **News Terminal (in development)** — Annual members get development access to the real-time news terminal as it rolls out. --- ### The Research Loop **The same four steps, every session.** The Macro Desk is built around a loop, not a feed. The format does not change — which is what makes the workflow repeatable across regimes. 01. **Frame** — Read macro backdrop, regime, and cross-asset state before the day starts. 02. **Locate** — Mark the levels worth attention — pivots, structure, scenarios around them. 03. **Track** — Note conditional shifts during session — catalyst surprises, breadth turning, cross-asset confirmations. 04. **Debrief** — Calm review of what mattered, what changed, what carries into tomorrow. --- ### Member Reviews (anonymized) > "The macro tone summary at the top is worth the subscription alone. It frames the day in 30 seconds, before the noise." — M. R., Discretionary Macro · 11 yrs > "I stopped reading three other letters. The desk debriefs are how I review the day now." — T. S., Prop · ES / NQ > "Sandman writes like someone who actually traded that morning. There is a clear process under it." — K. P. --- ### Plans (Summary) **Monthly** — Core research platform. Macro briefings, key levels, catalyst notes, desk debriefs, notifications, one live session per month. **Quarterly Pro** — Most popular. Adds educational material, weekly live sessions, direct access to MrSandman, developing tool access, and news terminal as it rolls out. **Annual Desk** — Full desk relationship. Everything in Quarterly plus full educational material, weekly sessions, priority topic requests, and the best effective monthly rate. --- ## Methodology (sandman-research.com/methodology) ### The same research loop, every market day. The Macro Desk is built around a repeatable process. The format does not try to predict every move. It organizes context, catalysts, levels, and review so market decisions are not made from scattered inputs. **The Four-Step Research Loop** **01 — Frame** Read the macro backdrop, cross-asset state, catalyst load, and conditions that can change decision quality. This step answers: what kind of session is today likely to be, and what is the regime context going into it? **02 — Locate** Map the levels and scenario areas that deserve attention before market pressure forces interpretation. This step answers: where are the key reference points, and what happens above or below each? **03 — Track** Monitor changes in catalysts, risk tone, breadth, and cross-asset behavior without turning the desk into noise. This step answers: what has changed since the briefing, and does it alter the context? **04 — Debrief** Review what mattered, what changed, and what should carry forward into the next decision cycle. This step answers: what should I take from today's session into the next one? --- **Briefing Anatomy — What each section is designed to do** A useful briefing should be readable, structured, and repeatable. The goal is not more information. The goal is better context before independent decisions are made. The Macro Desk briefing is organized as follows: - **Macro tone and decision context** — The single most important starting point. What is the current macro regime, and how does it bear on risk positioning today? - **Catalysts with desk weighting** — Not every event on the calendar matters equally. The desk applies editorial weighting so members focus on what can actually move the market. - **Key market levels and scenarios** — Proprietary, high-precision levels with scenario framing: what does a break above mean, what does a rejection mean, and what is the neutral zone in between? - **Cross-asset observations** — Rates, FX, commodities, and equity interplay. The parts of the cross-asset picture that are relevant to the day's context. - **Desk debrief and carry-forward notes** — End-of-session review of what played out, what shifted, and what the desk carries into the next session. --- ## Pricing (sandman-research.com/pricing) ### Three commitments to the desk. Monthly is the research platform. Quarterly adds education, direct access, live sessions, and developing tools. Annual is the full desk relationship at the best effective rate. Checkout is through Whop; after purchase, create your account with the same email. **Monthly — Core** The core research platform. - Macro briefings - Key market levels - Catalyst notes - Desk debriefs - Platform notifications - One live desk session each month **Quarterly Pro — Recommended** Adds education, access, sessions, and developing tools. - Everything in Monthly - Educational material - One live desk session each week - Direct access to MrSandman - Development access to desk tools - News terminal as it rolls out **Annual Desk — Full desk** The full desk relationship and best effective rate. - Everything in Quarterly - Full educational material - One live desk session each week - Direct access to MrSandman - Development access to desk tools - News terminal as it rolls out - Priority topic requests - Lock in your rate **Full Feature Comparison** | Feature | Monthly | Quarterly Pro | Annual Desk | |---|---|---|---| | Macro briefings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Key market levels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Catalyst notes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Desk debriefs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Platform notifications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Educational material | — | ✓ | ✓ | | Live desk sessions | 1/month | 1/week | 1/week | | Direct access to MrSandman | — | ✓ | ✓ | | News terminal in development | — | as rolled out | as rolled out | | Developing desk tools | — | ✓ | ✓ | | Priority topic requests | — | — | ✓ | | Billing via Whop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Subscriptions are processed securely via Whop. After purchase, create or sign into your Sandman account with the same email to unlock access automatically. Research is educational and informational only. --- ## About Sandman Research Sandman Research is the desk behind The Macro Desk. The research is written by MrSandman, a market practitioner with a process-led approach to macro context. The core belief: better decisions come from better context, not more information. The macro briefing, key levels, economic calendar, and desk debriefs are designed to reduce decision fatigue and improve the quality of pre-decision inputs — not to replace independent judgment. The desk does not issue trade alerts, price targets, or buy/sell recommendations. It is a research and education product for serious market professionals. --- *Content on sandman-research.com is for research and educational purposes only. Not financial advice.*