The institutional playbook. Given to retail.
For years, institutional traders had access to information retail never saw. That asymmetry is finally breaking. SatoshiMacro exists to hand you the analytical playbook.
Modern tools give retail traders the same analytical frameworks institutions gatekept for decades. The edge isn't gone. It's been redistributed. Govind Satoshi, Founder
Why SatoshiMacro exists
For decades, institutional traders had a quiet advantage. The real broker quality data. Unbiased research from analysts with no commission stake. Risk frameworks developed on actual allocated capital, not borrowed from a textbook.
Retail got the opposite. Retail got the opposite. Reviews written by content marketers who've never managed real capital. "Best broker" lists ranked by commission payout rather than execution quality. Research produced to sell a course, not inform a trade. A content ecosystem built on extraction rather than education.
I've watched this asymmetry keep retail on the losing side of every trade. And I've watched it from the inside. I had the institutional access. I traded under institutional mandate. I saw how the information flowed, who got what, and why retail was always the last to know.
My background
I started Digital Empire Capital in January 2017 as a proprietary digital asset investment vehicle. The vehicle focuses on three things: active crypto market trading, long-term portfolio construction, and selective early-stage protocol exposure through seed rounds and SAFT deals. Recent seed positions include Humanity Protocol, zkPass, MorphL2, LightLink, Movement Labs, and Hydrogen Labs.
Between 2020 and 2021, I also traded externally-allocated proprietary capital under mandate with a Sydney-based proprietary trading firm. That allocation taught me how professional trading desks actually think about risk, position sizing, and execution quality. The kind of discipline most retail content pretends at but never delivers.
That dual perspective, running my own capital full-time since 2017 and having traded allocated institutional capital, is what SatoshiMacro channels. Not theory. Not a course pitch. Real analysis from someone who's still in the market every day.
Why now
That asymmetry is finally collapsing. For the first time in trading history, retail traders have access to the analytical frameworks institutions gatekept for decades. AI democratises research that used to require a Bloomberg terminal and a team of analysts. On-chain data replaces the private order flow reports banks used to guard. Prop firms open institutional-grade capital to retail traders who can actually trade.
The edge isn't gone. It's been redistributed. But you still need to know which brokers actually have the execution quality they advertise, which prop firms actually pay out, which exchanges keep your funds safe, and which "indicators" are actually useful versus marketing theatre.
That's what SatoshiMacro covers.
What we cover
Three verticals, all relevant to serious retail traders:
- Forex & CFD brokers. ASIC-regulated options, spreads tested in real conditions, execution quality, platforms, deposit methods. Primary focus on Australian-regulated brokers because that's the jurisdiction I know best, but the analysis translates globally.
- Prop trading firms. FTMO, FundedNext, The5ers, and others. Challenge structures, payout reliability, tax treatment. Prop trading is global. This coverage is built for everyone who wants to trade institutional capital.
- Crypto exchanges, on-chain indicators, and tax. Australian exchanges (Swyftx, CoinSpot, Binance AU) plus the complete ATO crypto tax landscape. Indicator analysis (MVRV, Mayer Multiple, CBBI, and more) explained in institutional terms. No cycle theory mysticism.
What we don't do
I don't sell courses. I don't run a paid community. I don't operate a signal service. The site's value is the research itself, not a funnel for something else.
Everything on this site is free. If that ever changes, it will be because I've built something genuinely useful (a dashboard, a proprietary indicator, a tool) that has real infrastructure costs. Not because I'm funnelling you into a course.
How we actually make money
Affiliate commissions. When readers open accounts with brokers, exchanges, or prop firms we link to, we earn a commission from the provider's marketing budget. You pay the same price (often lower, if we have an exclusive) whether you use our link or go direct.
Critical difference: we only accept affiliate partnerships with providers I'd recommend in the absence of commission. If a broker has terrible execution or dodgy regulation, I don't sign up for their affiliate program, and I don't review them positively just to get paid. You can see the full partner list and methodology.
If something on this site feels like selling rather than analysing, let me know. I take it seriously.
Review methodology
Every broker, exchange, and prop firm review follows a consistent framework:
- Regulation check. ASIC primary. FCA, CySEC, SEC as secondary validation.
- Real cost testing. Spreads tested at market open, mid-session, close. Commission structures modelled. Swap rates calculated.
- Platform depth analysis. MT4, MT5, cTrader, proprietary. Real usage testing on live accounts.
- Deposit methods. Including AU-specific options like PayID, Osko, AUD base accounts.
- User feedback. Reddit, Trustpilot, ProductReview.com.au, forex forums.
- Tax treatment guidance. Because pre-tax profit isn't what you actually keep.
Get in touch
I respond to every email personally. If you've got a question about a broker I haven't covered yet, a disagreement with something I've written, or you want to share your own trading experience, reach out via the contact page.