Intel Desk is a geopolitical risk desk with source scoring, proof pages and Hormuz tracking. Free tier; Desk plan is $39/month. See features and limits.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Intel Desk is a geopolitical decision desk for traders, analysts, macro researchers and defence professionals. It follows 198 named OSINT, wire, squawk and Telegram source profiles on a 120-second refresh cycle, scores headlines for sentiment and market impact, and raises critical alerts when something is trade-relevant.
Its coverage centers on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, Russia-Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific and NATO-Europe, along with the energy, defence, sanctions and macro stories attached to them. The site contrasts this with general-purpose financial terminals by describing itself as purpose-built for conflict-driven energy and defence intelligence.
The product is listed as established in 2026 and is described as a one-person project in active development. It states plainly that it is an intelligence aggregation tool and not financial advice.
Each incoming item passes through a loop of alert, proof, market tape and desk call. Sources are tiered A to D with Admiralty-style reliability ratings, and a claim needs two independent sources before the desk treats it as confirmed. Single-source Telegram items stay labelled, and contradictions remain on screen as a contested state.
Feed items are cross-referenced against market tape. The desk tracks how fast a story spreads across sources and attaches the market move from the same window. Commodity quotes are validated across available observations, and a gap above 5% is flagged instead of smoothed over.
For shipping, the desk uses AISStream vessel data, transit direction inference, floating storage detection and OFAC SDN screening to compute a corridor pressure index for Hormuz.
The working surfaces are the Critical Wire, Source Proof, Replay Tape, Market Tape, Map Ops and Mobile Critical. The wire ranks confirmed and developing items by actionability, while the action queue sorts work into verify, price, fade and act states. The site notes this is a ranked workflow, not an automatic trade recommendation.
Auditability is the main differentiator. Proof pages show source tier, corroboration, contradiction and lag, and a live scorecard grades open and closed calls, with misses kept public. Replays are published only after source timing, confirmation and market observations reconcile.
Account features include synced watchlists and thesis notes, scheduled briefings by email or Discord, alert routing, and an installable PWA. A watchlist supports US, London and European equities, commodities, FX pairs and indices.
Intel Desk is a geopolitical intelligence desk for traders, analysts and defence professionals. It tracks 198 named sources on a 120-second cycle, scores headlines for sentiment and market impact, and fires critical alerts.
The full desk is free during Early Access with no card. The published Desk price is $39/month, or $29.08/month billed annually ($349/year). A Founding plan is $299/year for the first 100 paid accounts.
Yes. The Free tier includes the live wire, proof pages, the scorecard, one watchlist and a 15-minute delayed market tape. The site says it remains available after paid launch.
No. It is an intelligence aggregation tool that surfaces public information and scores it. It does not provide trading recommendations or regulated investment guidance.
Feeds refresh every 120 seconds. Market data freshness depends on the provider and is shown beside each observation, and it is not real-time tick data.
Yes. An iOS app is approved on the App Store, and the desk can also be installed as a PWA with a mobile critical mode.
It routes briefings and alerts by email and Discord, and uses AISStream for vessel data. It can optionally connect read-only to Trading 212, and it does not place orders.
It suits energy and commodity traders with conflict-driven exposure, plus macro researchers, OSINT analysts, defence and sanctions specialists, and journalists covering the Middle East, Russia/Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific.