Frequently Asked Questions
Getting started
What is Trader's Edge Global?
TEG is a membership platform of professional-grade trading tools and filing-based research — market intelligence, seasonality, correlations, institutional positioning, and more — built to help you make better-informed decisions.
I'm new — where should I start?
Begin with Market Overview for the big picture, then try Symbol Research on a ticker you already know. The free Kelly Calculator and Trading Simulator are low-pressure places to build skills.
Is any of this financial advice?
No. Every tool is for education and research only. Nothing here is personalized financial advice, and past patterns never guarantee future results.
Which tools are free, and which need membership?
Free to everyone: Kelly Criterion Calculator and Trading Simulator. All other tools are part of membership.
The tools
Market Overview — member tool
What is it? Your at-a-glance market pulse — live prices, news, calendar, sentiment, and positioning on one screen.
How do I read it? Use it to start the day: scan sentiment and news, check the calendar for event risk, glance at positioning. It's situational awareness, not a signal generator.
What should I keep in mind? Embedded quotes can be delayed; the Fear & Greed gauge is contrarian-leaning; the calendar shows when events hit, not which way price goes.
Symbol Research — member tool
What is it? A filing-based deep dive on any US-listed ticker — profile, financials, dividends, decoded catalysts, and where the smart money stands.
How do I read it? Enter a ticker and the profile, financials, chart, and news load together. Use the profile and financials for the business, catalysts for what just changed, and the Smart Money section for conviction signals.
What should I keep in mind? Everything comes from SEC filings, so it lags. Note: “% of portfolio” means the position's weight inside that fund (its conviction) — not the % of the company owned.
Smart Money — member tool
What is it? What the world's best investors actually own — institutional positioning across 80 high-conviction funds.
How do I read it? “Biggest Bets” = highest conviction, “Most-Held” = consensus names, “Recent Moves” = what changed last quarter, “Whale Portfolios” = per-fund holdings.
What should I keep in mind? 13F filings are quarterly and arrive up to 45 days late, so positions can be stale; 13D/13G (5%+ stakes) are far timelier. Funds may also hold shorts/derivatives not shown.
Seasonality — member tool
What is it? The average path a market has tended to take through the calendar year.
How do I read it? Pick a market and a 10/15/20-year lookback. Each month shows the average return and how often it was positive — a high win-rate plus a positive average signals a reliable seasonal tendency.
What should I keep in mind? Averages hide big single-year swings; seasonality is context, not a standalone signal; a strong tendency can still fail in any given year.
Correlations — member tool
What is it? What moves together rarely moves alone — a correlation matrix for building diversified, hedged exposure.
How do I read it? Green = move together, red = move opposite. Pair positives for theme exposure; pair negatives to hedge. The rebased chart compares % performance, not price.
What should I keep in mind? Correlation isn't causation, and it drifts — a recent window can look very different from a long one; relationships that hold today can break tomorrow.
COT (Commitment of Traders) — member tool
What is it? Weekly CFTC positioning — where large speculators and commercial hedgers are leaning, and the extremes.
How do I read it? Large specs tend to follow trends; commercials (hedgers) usually sit on the other side. Watch the extremes — crowded one-sided positioning often precedes reversals.
What should I keep in mind? The data is weekly, as-of Tuesday and released the following Friday (holidays delay it), so it's inherently lagged; it shows who's leaning, not when it turns.
Kelly Criterion Calculator — free
What is it? Edge with sizing — how much to risk given your win rate and reward-to-risk.
How do I read it? Enter win probability, reward:risk, account size, and a Kelly multiplier; it returns a suggested trade size. A lower multiplier (fractional Kelly) reduces volatility.
What should I keep in mind? Educational only. If the result is 0, there's no edge — don't risk. Full Kelly is aggressive; most traders use a fraction. Honest inputs matter.
Trading Simulator — free
What is it? Risk-free practice — replay historical bars and execute trades to build skill.
How do I read it? Pick an instrument and timeframe, step the bars, and Buy/Sell/Close. Watch your session stats — profit factor above 1 and positive expectancy mean a net-positive approach.
What should I keep in mind? It's simulated — no real slippage, fills, or the emotions of live money. Great for mechanics; real execution differs.
Heatmap — member tool
What is it? A full-screen market heatmap — the whole market's performance and sector structure at a glance.
How do I read it? Big green = large-cap strength, big red = large-cap weakness; scan sectors for where money is flowing.
What should I keep in mind? It's a snapshot of today's move, not a trend; size = market cap, so mega-caps dominate the visual.
Educational only — not financial advice.