Tool Explainers — “New here?” panels
One short, premium-tone panel per tool — drop into a collapsible “New here?” box on each tool page.
Market Overview
Your at-a-glance market pulse — live prices, news, calendar, sentiment, and positioning on one screen.
How to 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.
Good to know: 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
A filing-based deep dive on any US-listed ticker — profile, financials, dividends, decoded catalysts, and where the smart money stands.
How to 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.
Good to know: 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
What the world's best investors actually own — institutional positioning across 80 high-conviction funds.
How to read it: “Biggest Bets” = highest conviction, “Most-Held” = consensus names, “Recent Moves” = what changed last quarter, “Whale Portfolios” = per-fund holdings.
Good to know: 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
The average path a market has tended to take through the calendar year.
How to 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.
Good to know: Averages hide big single-year swings; seasonality is context, not a standalone signal; a strong tendency can still fail in any given year.
Correlations
What moves together rarely moves alone — a correlation matrix for building diversified, hedged exposure.
How to read it: Green = move together, red = move opposite. Pair positives for theme exposure; pair negatives to hedge. The rebased chart compares % performance, not price.
Good to know: 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)
Weekly CFTC positioning — where large speculators and commercial hedgers are leaning, and the extremes.
How to 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.
Good to know: 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
Edge with sizing — how much to risk given your win rate and reward-to-risk.
How to 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.
Good to know: 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
Risk-free practice — replay historical bars and execute trades to build skill.
How to 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.
Good to know: It's simulated — no real slippage, fills, or the emotions of live money. Great for mechanics; real execution differs.
Heatmap
A full-screen market heatmap — the whole market's performance and sector structure at a glance.
How to read it: Big green = large-cap strength, big red = large-cap weakness; scan sectors for where money is flowing.
Good to know: It's a snapshot of today's move, not a trend; size = market cap, so mega-caps dominate the visual.