Ravenmaster is monitoring software that reads 138 sources every weekday, from central banks and credit markets to currencies, tech stocks, crypto, shipping lanes, geopolitics and space weather, and shows anyone with money in the markets, in plain English, when stress is building. What you do with your money remains your decision.
The radar shows 9 March 2020, the day the overall level reached Alert in the Covid crash, not today. Today's reading is in your panel: the overall gauge is free, every area comes with a paid plan. See the panel.
Banks and funds pay thousands a year to monitor systemic risk. Ravenmaster watches the same kind of data, from central banks and credit markets to currencies and shipping lanes, and tells you in plain English when stress is building. Free to start, from $15 a month for same-day reports.
Every subscriber has a panel with today's readings: a Stress Score from 0 to 100 for the whole system and for each area, its level, and the indicator that moved it. Each area has its own warning signs, tested against every crisis since 2007.
Central banks and regulators, the eight shipping chokepoints that carry the world's oil and goods, the observatories that warn of solar storms, and the markets, crypto, news and cyber feeds in between. Each small dot is one source, at the home of the institution or publisher behind it; the teal rings are the places our indicators watch, from shipping lanes to emerging-market currencies. Move over the map to see what we read and watch there.
Since 16 Oct 2026 · last run 21:40 UTC, 138 checks in 504 s
A daily reading of the global financial system, summed up in one clear level: Stable, Caution or Alert. A short report every Friday, and an extra one only when the level changes.
Warning signs appear before major crises: banks borrowing from the central bank in an emergency, lenders growing nervous, money rushing into dollars. They are scattered across dozens of technical sources and written in jargon. By the time a crisis reaches the evening news, markets have usually moved.
Every weekday we read 57 market data series and 81 official and news sources. Each indicator is tested against every major crisis since 2007. When several move together, the level changes and you hear about it. Every Alert is reviewed by a person before it is sent.
Nothing unusual. The financial system is working normally.
You receive · the Friday report
Stress is building in part of the system. Not a reason to panic, but a time to follow things more closely.
You receive · it in the Friday report (Six Ravens: the same day)
Stress is broad and serious. Several parts of the system are under strain at once, as before past crashes.
You receive · a reviewed report the same day, and another when it ends
Silicon Valley Bank went from the first public worry to a closed bank in about 48 hours. In September 2022 the Bank of England had to step in within days of the UK bond sell-off. In August 2024 a jump in the yen reached tech shares and crypto around the world within three trading days. In weeks like these, a weekly reading tells you what has already happened. A same-day report gives you time to think and act.
The overall level reached Alert on Monday 9 March 2020. Paid subscribers knew 4 days before free readers.
Thu 12 Mar: Worst day for stocks since 1987
The financial markets area reached Alert on Monday 5 February 2018. Paid subscribers knew 4 days before free readers.
Thu 8 Feb: The Dow fell over 1,000 points for the second time that week
Backtest dates are hypothetical: no reports were sent then. They show when each reader would have heard under today's method.
Your own panel with the overall gauge, and one short report every Friday with the overall level, the Core and what changed. Crises move in days, so for a report the same day stress turns serious, see the plans.
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What is behind each of the ten readings, in plain English, with the figures that moved.
What central banks and regulators announced, and US companies reporting bankruptcy or debt problems.
Selected headlines from financial, China and crypto news, geopolitics, cybersecurity and shipping, ranked for relevance.
All 44 indicators and 13 background figures, with the date of each reading.
The overall level for every week since 2007, and each area beneath it, using only data that had been published at the time. Dots mark major market events; move across the chart to read any week.
Backtest results are hypothetical: no reports were sent on these dates, and past readings do not guarantee future ones.
Legend holds that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the kingdom will fall. For centuries the Ravenmaster has watched over them.
Ours is to watch the warning signs that have come before financial crises, so that you do not have to.