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Trading Guides, Calculators & Research Tools

Find the guide, calculator, or research workflow that matches the problem you want to solve—from position sizing and trading costs to backtesting, macro analysis, TradingView, and trade review.

New here? Begin with risk and position sizing, review trading costs, then move to strategy validation to build a practical pre-trade workflow.

TOPIC 01

Money Management & Lot Size Calculation

Learn how to turn account size, accepted loss, stop distance, contract specifications, and account currency into a defensible position size.

Start here FX & CFD Lot Size Calculation Guide Build the foundation in order: risk percentage, stop distance, required margin, and effective leverage. Practical guides Position-sizing guides Continue to instrument-specific sizing, multi-position risk, and margin management. Free tool Use the FX & CFD Lot Size Calculator Calculate lot size, required margin, and estimated stop-loss risk with no sign-up. Advanced features Explore multi-position risk features Review saving, correlation, and portfolio-level exposure features.

Practical guides

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TOPIC 02

Trading Costs

Measure the real drag from spread, commission, swap or funding, currency conversion, and slippage—and see how those costs move break-even.

Start here Trading Cost Calculation Guide Learn the full cost stack: spread, commission, swap or funding, and break-even. Practical guides Trading-cost guides Continue to slippage, holding periods, account comparison, and cost audits. Free tool Use the Trade Cost Calculator Estimate all-in cost and break-even from your own trade inputs in the browser. Advanced features Explore comparison, saving, and export Review multi-scenario comparison, sensitivity analysis, history, CSV, and PDF features.

Practical guides

Practical guides for this topic are being prepared. You can use the free tool linked above now.

TOPIC 03

Backtesting & Strategy Validation

Check whether a strategy survives realistic costs, different periods, out-of-sample data, parameter changes, and market regimes instead of trusting one attractive result.

Start here TradingView Backtesting Guide See the complete workflow from Strategy Tester and CSV export to metrics and robustness checks. Practical guides Strategy-validation guides Work through KPIs, Monte Carlo, OOS, walk-forward, and parameter stability. Free tool Use the free Backtest & Robustness Lab Load CSV / XLSX to review KPIs, equity, drawdown, Monte Carlo, and stress tests. Advanced features Explore saving and full robustness features Compare Pro / Premium saving, OOS, stability, multi-strategy, and reporting.

Practical guides

Practical guides for this topic are being prepared. You can use the free tool linked above now.

TOPIC 04

Macro, COT & Interest Rate Analysis

Organize CFTC COT positioning, Treasury yields, real rates, rate differentials, and energy data to understand the macro context around FX, indices, metals, and commodities.

Start here Macro Analysis Guide Connect COT, rates, real yields, and EIA data into one repeatable research workflow. Practical guides Macro-analysis guides Continue to COT interpretation, rate differentials, yield curves, gold, and oil. Free tool Use the Macro Research Workbench Explore public macro data with charts, percentiles, and heatmaps. Advanced features Explore Core / Global features Review saving, export, the Data Bank, regime analysis, and extensions.

Practical guides

Practical guides for this topic are being prepared. You can use the free tool linked above now.

TOPIC 05

TradingView

Use indicators, Pine Script, alerts, and Strategy Tester as a coherent workflow for chart context, repeatable checks, and strategy research.

Start here Export TradingView Strategy Tester Data Correctly Choose the right tab, avoid encoding and column problems, and prepare a usable trade-level CSV. Practical guides TradingView workflow guides Browse practical articles on charts, Pine Script, alerts, indicators, and testing. Free tool Browse free TradingView indicators Choose ATR, VWAP, trend, volume, and risk-management tools by what you need to see. Advanced features Explore advanced backtest analysis Move into saved analyses, deeper diagnostics, OOS, stability, and multi-strategy work.

Practical guides

Practical guides for this topic are coming soon.

Practical guides for this topic are being prepared. You can use the free tool linked above now.

TOPIC 06

Trading Journals & Financial Templates

Make trade plans, journals, risk checklists, review reports, and finance documents reusable so decisions, evidence, and follow-up do not disappear after each trade.

Start here Financial Document Templates Guide Learn how to choose and use templates from trading records to client-ready financial drafts. Practical guides Journaling and template guides Continue to journals, plans, checklists, approvals, and version-control workflows. Free tool Use the Financial Templates Hub Search and create trade plans, checklists, journals, and other financial documents. Advanced features Explore the full library and workflow features Review multilingual output, history, approvals, audit features, and customization.

Practical guides

Practical guides for this topic are being prepared. You can use the free tool linked above now.

Cross-topic trading guides

Additional practical articles that connect more than one of the six topics.

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Practical guides for this topic are coming soon.

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