Guides, calculators and live charts for stocks, bonds, options, gold, silver, commodities and crypto. Learn how each market works, then run the numbers before you risk anything.
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Read the guideShares, index funds and the sectors that move them.
Open stocks deskTreasuries, corporates and how yields set prices.
Open bonds deskCalls, puts, payoffs at expiry, and what premium really costs.
Open options deskBullion, coins, funds and miners, and what drives the price.
Open gold deskA precious metal with a large industrial side.
Open silver deskEnergy, metals and crops, spot versus futures.
Open commodities deskBitcoin, Ethereum and the venues that trade them.
Open crypto deskTurn an account size, risk percentage and stop into a share or unit count.
See your reward multiple and the win rate you need to break even.
Profit and loss for long or short calls and puts across a range of prices.
Price a bond from its coupon, maturity and yield, and see how a yield change moves it.
The gold/silver ratio, plus troy ounce, gram and kilogram conversions.
How large a gain you need to get back to even after a loss.
How commodity prices differ between today's price and future contracts, and why funds that hold futures can lose value when spot is flat.
Why silver behaves differently from gold, what the gold/silver ratio measures, and how to read it without over-reading it.
A simple method for turning an account size, a risk limit and a stop price into a share count, with a worked example.
What each common order type does, when it can surprise you, and how to choose between them.
What calls and puts are, how their profit and loss work at expiry, and the risks that catch new traders off guard.
The main forces behind gold prices, from real interest rates and the dollar to central bank demand, and the ways to own it.
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