How It Works

TradeWiki is community-curated. Anyone can read. Contributing requires earning trust through quality participation. This protects the knowledge base from spam, AI-generated content, and unverified claims.

Why trust levels?

97% of traders lose money. Most trading education is created by people who can't trade. Trust levels ensure that the people publishing directly have demonstrated knowledge and been community-validated through stars.

New contributors start by writing community notes on existing entries. This trains the epistemic framework — you learn to distinguish causal mechanisms from correlations before writing your own entries.

The four trust levels

New
Level 0

How to reach

Sign up

What you can do

  • Read all entries and explore the knowledge graph
  • Star entries you find valuable
  • Write community notes (sent to review queue)
  • Draft entries (visible only to you)
Next level:Wait 7 days
Verified
Level 1

How to reach

Account older than 7 days

What you can do

  • Everything from New
  • Flag content that violates quality standards
Next level:Get 3 community notes approved
Contributor
Level 2

How to reach

3+ approved community notes, no flags on your content

What you can do

  • Create entries (sent to review queue for approval)
  • Publish community notes directly
Next level:Publish 5 entries + receive 20 stars
Trusted
Level 3

How to reach

5+ published entries, 20+ stars received, no flags on your content

What you can do

  • Publish entries directly (no review queue)
  • Access the moderation queue to review others' contributions

The contributor journey

1. Read & Note

Explore entries. Add community notes — corrections, evidence, alternative perspectives.

2. Contribute

Write entries with evidence levels and sources. Entries go through community review.

3. Curate

Earn direct publish rights and help review new contributions to maintain quality.

Quality enforcement

Any verified user can flag content that is inaccurate, misleading, spam, or a duplicate. Flags are reviewed by trusted contributors and moderators.

If your content receives confirmed flags, you lose Trusted status and return to Contributor level. Trust is earned and can be lost. This keeps everyone accountable.

Ready to contribute?

Start by exploring entries and adding community notes. Your journey begins with reading.

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