Who this site is for
This site publishes free trading lessons, videos, a market calendar, calculators and Ask Socrates, a site guide, for adults. There are no accounts and no sign-in, nothing is sold, there is no newsletter, and we don't use analytics.
What we collect
Ask Socrates. Ask Socrates is a guide built into this site that runs in your browser. Your questions and its replies stay in your open browser tab: they are not sent to us or to any other service, and we don't store them. When you ask your first question, your browser downloads the guide's index of this site's lessons from our site, like any other page file; your question is not part of that request. If a message mentions a crisis, the guide keeps a small flag in your browser's session storage so the safety notice stays shown in that tab; it is cleared when you close the tab. Please don't enter sensitive personal information in the chat (see How Socrates works).
Emails you send us. The Contact page opens your own email app with your message addressed to contact@socratictrading.com; nothing you type in the form is sent by this site. If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you write.
Technical data. Like most websites, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) processes your IP address, browser type and the pages you request in order to deliver the site and protect it from attacks, and keeps short-lived operational and security logs.
What we don't collect. We don't use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. Some pages also show tools from TradingView. Some of these tools may set cookies or store settings and similar identifiers in your browser. They load only after you choose to show them. See the Cookies page for details. There are no accounts, so we hold no passwords or profiles. We don't ask for brokerage logins, account numbers or payment details. We don't collect TradingView usernames on this site.
Where Ask Socrates is available
The Ask Socrates page is not available in the European Union, the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Gibraltar, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man (the "Listed Regions"), or through the Tor network. To apply this, we check the country that our hosting provider, Cloudflare, derives from your IP address when you open that page. We don't store your IP address for this check. For a blocked request we record only the country code and the reason.
Embedded content from TradingView
Some pages, including some lessons, offer quotes, charts and news from TradingView, Inc. These tools stay off until you choose to show them. When you choose to show one, your browser connects to TradingView's servers and sends TradingView your IP address, device and browser details, and the address of the page you are viewing. When you show a TradingView tool, TradingView may set analytics cookies on its own domains, including _sp_id.*, _sp_ses.* and sp. TradingView's Cookies Policy describes _sp_id.* and _sp_ses.* as cookies of its "TradingView Snowplow Tracker," used "to collect and analyze information about how you use the Site." TradingView's Terms of Use, Privacy Policy (tradingview.com/privacy-policy) and Cookies Policy (tradingview.com/cookies-policy) govern that information. Socratic Trading Academy does not receive the market data shown in these tools and does not use them for advertising. They do not appear on the home page, the legal pages or the Ask Socrates page.
Videos from YouTube
Some lessons show a video hosted on YouTube. Until you press play, the page shows a still image from this site and nothing is requested from YouTube. When you press play, your browser loads YouTube's player in its privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com) and sends YouTube your IP address, browser details and the address of the page you are viewing. Google's Privacy Policy governs that information. Other lesson videos are served from this site.
How we use it
We use information only to deliver the site, keep it secure and prevent abuse, apply the regional rule above, and read and answer emails you send us. We don't sell your personal information, share it for targeted advertising, or use it to build advertising profiles.
Service providers
Cloudflare hosts the site, protects it from attacks and runs the regional check. Emails you send us are delivered to our inbox by our email providers. These providers may process data in the United States and other countries.
How long we keep it
We keep information for these periods:
| Data | How long |
|---|---|
| Ask Socrates messages | Not stored by us. They stay in your browser tab |
| Hosting logs (Cloudflare) | Short-lived, under Cloudflare's own retention periods |
| Emails you send us, including privacy requests and our replies | 24 months after our last exchange. Records of privacy requests: 3 years |
| Copyright reports | 3 years after the matter is closed |
We may keep data longer if the law requires it or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Your rights and choices
There are no accounts, so we hold personal information about you only if you email us. To get a copy of it, correct it or have it deleted, email contact@socratictrading.com. We respond within 30 days, or sooner if the law requires.
Other rights. Depending on where you live, local law may give you other rights over your personal information. To ask about them, email contact@socratictrading.com. We verify requests before acting on them, and we don't treat you differently for using your rights.
Your choices. TradingView tools stay off until you choose to show them. YouTube videos load only when you press play.
Children
This site is for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If we learn that someone under 18 has emailed us personal information, we delete it, normally within 30 days. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact contact@socratictrading.com.
Security
The site uses encrypted connections (HTTPS), and we rely on providers with established security programs. No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your personal information, we notify you and the authorities as the law requires.
Changes
This policy describes our practices as of the "Last updated" date above. We may update it as the site or the law changes. When we update it, we post the updated policy here with a new date. If we make a material change to how we use personal information we already hold, we say so on the site before the change applies, and ask for consent where the law requires.
Regional information
Texas residents. We don't sell personal data or process it for targeted advertising or profiling. You can ask to access, correct, delete or get a copy of your personal data by emailing contact@socratictrading.com. If we deny a request, you can appeal by replying to our decision, and if we deny the appeal, you can contact the Texas Attorney General.
Who is responsible for your data / Contact
Socratic Trading Academy operates this site and is responsible for (the "controller" of) the personal information described here. Contact: contact@socratictrading.com.
Where your data is processed
We are based in the United States. We and our service providers process personal information in the United States and other countries. For details, email contact@socratictrading.com.