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Trading tools and resources

Where I place my trades and read my charts, and the free tools worth a bookmark for forex and stocks.

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Spencer Li, CFTe, founder of Synapse Trading. Every trade I take is public, losses left in.

What changes by market is sizing and the news. Summary card for the trading tools guide.

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Brokers and charting

Interactive Brokers, Moomoo and StoneX (City Index) serve Singapore clients through MAS-licensed entities. TradingView is charting software; you place trades through a broker. Synapse may earn a referral reward from these links.

Interactive Brokers→The broker I trade through. US and global stocks, ETFs, bonds, forex, futures and options. Listed on NASDAQ as IBKR.
- Platform features and account opening →
- Buying US T-bills on Interactive Brokers →
TradingView→Charting and screeners in the browser, free with an optional upgrade. The same charts on your computer and on your phone.
Moomoo→Singapore and US stocks and ETFs.
StoneX, City Index→Forex and CFDs.

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Reading and news

Before you pick a market, learn the words, read a few of the books, and know when each market is open, because the market you trade should be the one that is awake when you are.

Glossary of trading terms→Plain definitions of the terms a beginner meets first.
My reading list→The trading and investing books I have read over the years.
Goodreads, 1,500+ books→My full reading list, with ratings.
Every Time Zone→Which markets are open at your hour.
Market news list on X→The major news sources in one feed. Needs an X login.
Free Telegram channel→Market wraps, and word of the next class.

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Free tools by market

Charting is the same everywhere. What changes by market is how you size a trade and when the news lands.

Forex

MetaTrader 4→Free software to place forex trades and run several broker accounts.
- Video: the MT4 platform →
Position-size calculator→How many lots one trade can carry at your chosen risk.
Forex Factory calendar→The week’s news events, with the expected numbers.
Currency strength meter→Which currencies are strong and which are weak, at a glance.

Stocks and portfolio

Portfolio Visualizer→Backtest an allocation before you fund it.
Koyfin→Screening and fundamental analysis.
QuiverQuant→Unconventional data sets for stock research.
Seeking Alpha→Stock market analysis and tools.

Everything above is free to open and try. The routine around the tools is what the guides teach.

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Spencer Li, founder of Synapse Trading · links checked 16 October 2026

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