calculate_position_size
Position size calculator
Position size from the stop: how many shares to buy (or short) so that a stop-out loses a set percentage of the account. Computed with the same function as Clear Tape's free position size calculator page (linked in the result), not estimated. Returns the inputs, each result with its unit, the formula and the page link. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數langstop必填entry必填account必填riskPct必填
calculate_risk_reward
Risk/reward and R-multiple calculator
Risk/reward ratio of a planned trade, the win rate it needs to break even, and (optionally) an exit expressed as an R multiple. Computed with the same function as Clear Tape's free risk/reward and r-multiple calculator page (linked in the result), not estimated. Returns the inputs, each result with its unit, the formula and the page link. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數exitlangstop必填entry必填target必填
calculate_expectancy
Trading expectancy calculator
Expectancy per trade, per 100 trades, payoff ratio, break-even win rate and profit factor from a win rate and average win and loss. Computed with the same function as Clear Tape's free trading expectancy calculator page (linked in the result), not estimated. Returns the inputs, each result with its unit, the formula and the page link. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數langavgWin必填avgLoss必填winRate必填
calculate_atr_stop
ATR stop-loss calculator
A volatility (ATR) stop: entry minus (long) or plus (short) a multiple of the average true range. Give atr, or at least five recent daily ranges (high minus low). Computed with the same function as Clear Tape's free atr stop-loss calculator page (linked in the result), not estimated. Returns the inputs, each result with its unit, the formula and the page link. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數atrlangsideentry必填rangesmultiple必填
calculate_drawdown_recovery
Drawdown recovery calculator
The gain needed to recover from a drawdown and, optionally, how many losing trades in a row at a fixed risk per trade cause it. Computed with the same function as Clear Tape's free drawdown recovery calculator page (linked in the result), not estimated. Returns the inputs, each result with its unit, the formula and the page link. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數langloss必填riskPct
calculate_kelly_criterion
Kelly criterion calculator
Full and fractional Kelly risk per trade from a win rate and payoff ratio, with the edge per 1R and the break-even win rate. Computed with the same function as Clear Tape's free kelly criterion calculator page (linked in the result), not estimated. Returns the inputs, each result with its unit, the formula and the page link. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數langpayoff必填winRate必填fraction必填
calculate_trading_cost
Trading cost calculator
The cost of one round trip (commissions, bid-ask spread, slippage) in USD, in R, as a share of the target move and of the position, and over a year of trades. Computed with the same function as Clear Tape's free trading cost calculator page (linked in the result), not estimated. Returns the inputs, each result with its unit, the formula and the page link. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數langstop必填entry必填shares必填spread必填targettradesslippage必填commission必填
calculate_losing_streak
Losing streak calculator
The exact probability of at least one losing streak of a given length over a number of independent trades, the expected longest streak and the streak 95% of sequences stay within. Computed with the same function as Clear Tape's free losing streak calculator page (linked in the result), not estimated. Returns the inputs, each result with its unit, the formula and the page link. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數langstreak必填trades必填winRate必填
get_trading_system_rules
Trading system rules
Without id: lists Clear Tape's eleven preset trading systems (trend, breakout, momentum and volume) with their style, holding period and one-line entry, stop and exit. With id: one system's exact written rules (entry, stop, exit, target, parameters, the data it needs, terms, where it differs from the published method), its strengths, weaknesses, who it suits and its sources, worded exactly as on its strategy page. Rules only: no signals, no prices, no performance figures. Educational, not investment advice.
輸入參數idlang
lookup_glossary_term
Trading glossary
Looks up a trading term in Clear Tape's bilingual (English and Simplified Chinese) glossary of about 70 terms, such as "R multiple", "ATR", "drawdown" or "止损". Matches names, abbreviations and pinyin, and tolerates misspellings. Returns the definition, the term in the other language, close matches and links.
輸入參數langterm必填
search_learning
Search trading lessons
Searches Clear Tape's free trading education by keyword: the Learn articles, the Academy lessons, the trading-strategy pages and the calculators, in English or Chinese. Returns titles, one-line summaries and links to read the full page. No market data.
輸入參數langlimitquery必填