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Learn to invest, one path at a time

Free tools to test your investing ideas, plain-spoken guides, and real market context. Everything here is built on Pulse, our portfolio tracker, and grounded in a real portfolio run on it.

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Market today7.0/ 10Bullish1 bearish → 10 bullishFear & Greed35VIX14.3S&P 500UptrendFour measured reads, one score, recomputable, updated daily.

What Pulse does

Six products, one login, free to start. Three of them open right here with nothing to sign up for.

PortfolioImport your broker's CSV and see what you actually own: live prices, cost basis, real returns.Create a free account BacktestingTest a rule against real history before you risk money on it: fees, stops and sizing included.Open it, no account needed ScreenersRank the market instead of guessing at it, by price strength or by filed accounts.Open it, no account needed Stock analysisOpen any ticker for an intrinsic-value model, its fundamentals and its history.Open it, no account needed AlertsBe told when something happens instead of checking. Informational only, never a recommendation to buy or sell.Create a free account Congress tradesEvery US Congress stock-trade disclosure, with the weeks-long gap before it became public on every row.Open it, no account needed

Plus the monthly what-if calculator, every article and market explainer, and the community's shared strategies.

Or run a fully built strategy right now

Complete setups: entry, exit, fees. Opens and runs; every number stays editable.

Buy the dipBuy any day that falls 2% or more, and sell ten trading days later. No filter, no stop.SPY · 2% drop · 10-day hold · fees onSee the strategy Golden CrossHold while the 50-day average is above the 200-day; step aside when it crosses back under.SPY · fees & slippage onSee the strategy 20/50 crossThe same crossover idea as the golden cross, on faster averages: 20-day over 50-day.SPY · fees & slippage onSee the strategy RSI 30/70The textbook RSI trade: buy when the 14-day RSI drops under 30, sell when it clears 70.SPY · no filter · fees onSee the strategy MACD crossoverHold while the MACD line is above its signal line; go flat when it crosses back under.SPY · 12/26/9 · fees onSee the strategy One-year highBuy a close above the highest close of the past year; exit on a 50-day closing low.SPY · 250/50 day channel · fees onSee the strategy

Four paths to follow

Wherever you are, there is a starting point. Pick a lane.

Basics

Start here: accounts, first buys, and the habits that compound.

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Markets

How markets move, what the signals mean, and where value hides.

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Strategies

Approaches to building and rebalancing a portfolio over time.

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Reviews

The platforms and brokers we actually use, reviewed honestly.

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Feel the pulse of your portfolio

Import your broker’s CSV and Pulse tracks what you own from there, free, no card. Every guide on this site is grounded in a real portfolio run on it.