Australian eyes on the Asian session.

Wall Street closes, America goes to bed, and the market keeps moving. Gold, the dollar, the yen, crypto — a lot of the week’s real action happens overnight, in the Asian session, while US traders are asleep. That’s the gap First Light was built to close.

I’m Dave. I write First Light from Australia, awake and at the screens while the Asian session runs. Every trading morning I read the overnight tape — the wrap, the levels, the calendar — and send one concise briefing: what moved, why, and the specific ideas I’m watching, with entry, stop and target levels laid out. You read it after work, place your resting orders before dinner, and check the result at breakfast.

Why this exists

There is no shortage of market noise. There is a shortage of research that is concise, specific, and honest about its own record. Most services show you the winners and quietly forget the rest. First Light does the opposite: every idea I post is logged on a public paper book and marked to market — win or lose — so the track record is the whole track record, not a highlight reel.

How I write it

Numbers over adjectives. Calibrated conviction, not hype. I’ll tell you when a setup is clean and when it isn’t, and I’ll say plainly when I’m wrong. The tone is a research desk, not a trading-room YouTube channel. If you want certainty and guaranteed outcomes, this isn’t it — nobody can offer that honestly. What I can offer is a disciplined, transparent read of the overnight market, the same way every day. See exactly how it’s built on the Method page.

A word on what this is — and isn’t

Headland Research publishes general market commentary and information only. It is not personal financial advice, and I don’t hold an Australian Financial Services Licence. The track record is a simulated paper account. Trading carries real risk of loss — please read the full disclaimer, do your own research, and consider a licensed adviser before acting on anything you read here.