Currency pairs
With EUR/USD you examine the relationship between two currencies. Check the precise instrument and source mapping before comparing price paths, trading hours or another presentation.
What is behind the next move?
Discover trends, important price zones and connections. Bring your observations together in an analysis you can follow and understand.
Your starting point for a well-founded market idea.
Start with a question rather than a direction. Find an available instrument, check its data status and open the appropriate chart. The public overview offers orientation; in the workspace, investigate the data and tools your account is entitled to use.
Indices
Investigate the broader movements of an index product. A broker CFD and an official index value are different instruments. Similar names do not guarantee identical prices or trading hours.
Gold and other markets
Explore the instruments your catalogue actually offers. A visible symbol does not mean every history, timeframe or data type is available for it.
One market. Several perspectives.
A smaller timeframe reveals detail; a larger one summarises movements. Compare the same market and source. A short pullback need not change the broader structure.
Smaller timeframe
Larger timeframe
Read the structure first
Examine highs, lows and relevant zones. Then check whether the smaller timeframe supports your observation or contradicts it.
Look for confirmation
An open candle can change. Distinguish a brief touch of a zone from a rule that requires a completed closing price.
Respect data availability
The appropriate resolution needs genuine underlying data. Coarser candles are not split into invented finer prices. Data gaps limit both views.
Different price levels. One shared reference point.
Rebased comparison lines make relative movements easier to recognise. In the chart, the comparison series is rebased at the matching shared start time to the closing price of the first visible main candle. The line is then not the comparison instrument’s original price.
- Example market A
- Example market B
Compare the same period
Check source, timeframe and shared complete candles. Without a matching shared starting point, there is no reliable comparison line.
A gap remains a gap
The break in this example represents missing observations. An earlier price is not carried forward as a new value to make the line look smooth.
Treat divergence as a question
Diverging lines can prompt an investigation. They prove neither a cause nor a later catch-up movement. Visual similarity is not a calculated correlation.
More context for your observation.
Choose the investigation that fits your question. These views describe different data and periods; not every source provides every kind of information.
Seasonality and historical variation
Compare available yearly paths, averages and medians, or investigate months, weekdays and hours. Ask how many complete observations support a result and whether individual years dominate it. Historical gross observations are not forecasts.
Correlation and time shifts
The dedicated correlation view examines M5 returns and fixed lead/lag shifts using time-aligned archive data. It does not simply adopt the open chart’s source or timeframe. Period and sample belong to the interpretation; a relationship does not prove a cause.
CFTC/COT positioning
Where a mapping is configured and a report is available, non-commercial directional futures positions provide additional context. These futures proxies are not broker-client or whole-market percentages. Report dates and publication times differ from the current chart.
Tick activity and broker liquidity
Investigate available candle volume, relative activity or spikes. With a valid source, the order book shows the broker’s offered bid/ask liquidity. Tick count, offered depth and executed volume remain separate. Genuine price profiles and VWAP need suitable execution data; labelled approximations measure something different.
News and economic events
Use available source, region and calendar filters. Compare event time, actual, forecast and previous values where provided. Original sources and timestamps help interpretation. An event does not automatically explain a price reaction; complete worldwide coverage is not assumed.
Narrow your selection with the screener
Evaluate authorised rules across your market selection or watchlist and investigate matches in the chart. Rule progress and historical directional frequency are different measures. A frequency is not a net result including fees, stops and targets, and needs a sufficient sample.
Three concrete investigations to get started.
Open an example and begin with a clear question. These workflows support understanding and start neither a data query nor an AI request.
EUR/USD: investigate a price zone
Your research question
Does price remain above my marked zone after a completed close, and does this observation fit the broader structure?
How to investigate
Choose source and period, mark the zone and compare M15 with H1, for example, where available. Record the missing confirmation and what would invalidate the hypothesis. This is an analytical example, not a trading recommendation.
Two markets move differently
Your research question
Does the visible divergence between two authorised instruments persist with the same starting point and complete data?
How to investigate
Add a comparison and check shared timestamps and gaps. If useful, investigate the separate M5 correlation view. Record which data each view uses. Divergence alone does not justify expecting a catch-up movement.
Challenge an unusual seasonal result
Your research question
Why do the average and median differ, and which years or missing intervals influence the picture?
How to investigate
Check the archive years actually loaded, the sample and individual yearly paths. Compare the same period and distinguish seasonal statistics from current prices. The seasonal comparison view is a different workflow from the comparison line in the chart.
A short data check makes your analysis traceable.
Read these details before drawing conclusions from a chart or metric. An available feature does not supply missing data.
Instrument and source
Check the exact product and selected source. Historical broker candles, other price archives and current provider values remain separate data identities.
Period and completeness
The first and last archive dates do not guarantee an uninterrupted history. Missing intervals and incomplete candles can limit a comparison or test.
Timing and freshness
Distinguish candle close, report date, publication and last retrieval. Archives and provider widgets are not automatically a delay-free live price feed. External content follows privacy consent.
Access and data rights
The workspace respects account, plan and instrument rights. A higher plan does not create missing history or automatically join different sources into continuous coverage.
Your observation can be the beginning of a strategy.
Choose the next step that fits your question. Develop testable conditions and record what you actually investigated.
Understand patterns better
Explore available candlestick and chart patterns and distinguish developing shapes from confirmed conditions.
Develop your own rules
Express your idea in the visual builder using supported components, clear invalidation and understandable exit rules.
Test historically
Investigate suitable rules in the backtest. Compare results, losses, sample and cost assumptions instead of only the final return.
Frequently asked questions
Which instruments can I analyse?
The instrument selector shows the products available to your workspace. Historical depth and current coverage differ by instrument and source. A symbol appearing in a list does not establish that every timeframe or data type is available.
Are all charts live?
No. Broker archives contain closed historical candles. Current sources have their own update intervals and status. Check the source, timestamp and any delay shown in the workspace before interpreting a price.
Can I continue with my own rules?
Yes. Use the observation to define explicit conditions and move to the supported builder or backtest. Access depends on your plan, and a test needs a compatible rule set and sufficient data.