Top reasons to choose ChartBuddy if you trade more than one market

The patterns transfer, the mechanics do not

A candlestick describes the same buyer and seller behaviour everywhere. Session times, contract sizes, tick values, funding and liquidity do not transfer at all, and that is where people moving between markets get caught.

A gap means something different on a stock that closed overnight than on a market that never closed. Reliability of the same pattern varies with liquidity. Knowing that the reading transfers while the practicalities do not is most of what makes a second market survivable.

It flags the words that change meaning

Rollover means one thing in futures and something else in forex. A tick is a fixed value in futures and a general term for a price change elsewhere. Single-market glossaries rarely mention it, so you carry a wrong meaning across without noticing.

Those errors are invisible until they cost something, because nothing about the word looks unfamiliar. A reference covering all seven markets can point at the difference; one covering a single market structurally cannot.

A markets section, not just an instrument list

Dedicated coverage of stocks, ETFs, indices, futures, forex, options and crypto, plus trading sessions, explaining what actually moves each one rather than only how to trade it.

• Stocks and ETFs, including what earnings and index inclusion do
• Indices and futures, with contract mechanics and tick values
• Forex, including sessions and why the time of day matters
• Options, where time and volatility sit on top of direction
• Crypto, and what continuous trading changes

Cheat sheets for the details you cannot memorise

Futures symbols and tick values are the sort of thing nobody remembers and everybody needs mid-session. They are among the 16 cheat sheets, available offline.

Frequently asked questions

Which markets does ChartBuddy cover?

Stocks, ETFs, indices, futures, forex, options and crypto, plus a section on trading sessions.

Do chart patterns work the same across markets?

The shapes describe the same behaviour everywhere, so the reading transfers. Reliability varies with liquidity, and mechanics like sessions and contract sizes differ.

Is it useful if I only trade one market?

Yes. The single-market coverage is complete on its own, and the cross-market notes only appear where a term genuinely differs.

Does it cover futures contract specifications?

It covers the concepts plus cheat sheets for futures symbols and tick values. Exact contract specs for a given product still come from the exchange.

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