Free trading research library
Learn how markets actually get traded.
A cited research database for quants and retail traders — stocks, futures, commodities and prediction markets — plus the methods that cut across them. Every claim sourced, every link verified, every paper re-audited weekly. No paywall, no account, no upsell.
What's inside
Start Here
How to begin: picking a style, risk basics, what a backtest can and cannot prove.
Stocks
Equities microstructure: earnings moves, float, short interest, rebalancing flow, spreads, dark pools.
Futures
Margin, roll, term structure, session mechanics, E-mini and micro contracts, prop-firm evaluations.
Commodities
Oil, gas, metals, grains and livestock: curves, seasonality, spreads, and how physical supply gets priced.
Prediction Markets
Prices as probabilities, favorite-longshot bias, fees, resolution rules, calibration and venue arbitrage.
Quantitative
Backtesting methodology, statistics, anti-overfit practice, position sizing, and full system papers.
Order Flow & Structure
Footprint, delta, absorption, DOM and tape, plus VWAP, opening range, session levels and volume profile.
Price Action (ICT / SMC)
Fair value gaps, order blocks, liquidity, market structure, premium vs discount — with the skeptic's reading.
Strategy
One complete strategy every weekday, written up as a paper: the idea, the rules, the evidence and the ways it fails.
Indicators
An open-source Pine Script indicator every weekday, full code included, explained line by line.
New material every weekday. Everything educational, nothing sold.
Prop-firm calculators
Drawdown and rule calculators built on each firm's verified rule set — Apex, Topstep, Take Profit Trader, MyFundedFutures, Tradeify.