Practical guides · Different markets

A and trading of actions, crypt, forex and indexes

The method to order, check and correct can be shared. The instrument, its units, costs and evidence have to be adapted to each market.

Markets with AI · Materials prepared with support from AI · Updated 3 October 2026 · Method and limits.

The name of the asset does not define the product

"Analyzing gold" does not say if you study a reference price, a fund, a futures contract or another product. "Analyzing an index" doesn't determine the exposure. Before calculating a loss or comparing a series, identify what instrument you are studying.

The AI starts with an information sheet: asset, product, symbol, source, currency, time frame and available data. That's what's missing from the documentation. To demand a formula without units can produce an apparently precise number that does not represent the position.

What changes according to market

MarketWhat to identifySources to be providedDistinctive check
StocksIssuer, symbol, market, currency and whether they are shares or a derivative.Issuer's information and communications and price series documentation.Quantities, costs and treatment of corporate events.
RhiptomonedaPair, source platform and cash or derivative product.Project documentation and product and supplier specifications.Units, currency and declared costs of the product.
ForexOrden pair, instrument, size and coin of account.Specifications of the supplier and source of contributions.Value of movement, currency conversion and costs where applicable.
IndicesThe reference and product ratio representing the exposure.Methodology of the FTT index and conditions, future or other product used.A shown index does not by itself identify a negotiated instrument.
Raw materialsSubsistence, instrument and contract or maturity as appropriate.Product or contract specifications.Applicable size, multiplier, tick, maturity and clearance.

Two positions with similar drawings and different risks

First case invented: 10 units of a linear product per unit, an adverse movement of €0,50 per unit and total costs €2. The expected loss under exact run is 10 × 0,50 + 2 = 7 €.

Second case invented: two linear contracts, eight adverse movement tiks, value of each tik 1,25 €per contract and total costs 3 €. The expected loss is 2 × 8 × 1,25 + 3 = €23. None of these cases represent an actual product's specifications.

Can't move from first to second with "10 units" without defining what a unit means. The required margin is another magnitude and does not come from these losses alone.

Propt to adapt analysis to an asset

First order product description

I wish to investigate with AI this educational case: an asset [name], an instrument [exact product], a source [document or table], currency [currency], a frame [frequency]. He's using only his material. Before calculating, create a tab with units, contract size if applicable, movement value, costs, time and maturity if they are found. Fold the missing fields. It indicates what formulas would be valid with these data and what you cannot apply. Don't transfer specifications from another asset. Use only information provided. Separates fact, assumption and missing data. Don't make up prices, sources and results. Do not recommend buying or selling or assign probabilities without evidence.

That's what I'm talking about. That's what I mean. That page doesn't check a model automatically.

How to check an intermarket response

He looks for four types of mix: data from a different product, currency that changes without conversion, units without multiplier and costs treated as zero because they were not supplied. Check the first mathematical operation with the written units. If you can't explain what every factor measures, information lacks.

It also preserves dates and frequencies. A price of a session doesn't describe a later news and a weekly series doesn't reveal a minute-to-minute tour. To compare assets demand the same table format, but do not impose economic assumptions that only belong to one.

Exercise: Can you figure out a loss in the future with just the difference between input and stop?

Not a complete money loss. You need a number of contracts, multiplier or movement value, currency and costs. The specifications have to come from the specific contract.

A Learning Course for Each Tasks

If you want to describe a graph, use the analysis guide and give a table if you need accuracy. To turn an idea into a test, work with backtesting protocol. To review his execution, start with his paper. The three tasks can be applied to different markets as long as you adapt data and product.

The sources of this guide help to understand general categories and requirements. The actual conditions should be verified in the instrument's existing documentation. The CFTC and SEC pages belong to their U.S. level and are not used here to assign legal rules to Spain.

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Sources to check

The examples are computed with fictitious data. The sources do not support a sign or a performance result of these exercises.

Practical questions about stock ia and trading, crypt, forex and indexes

Do the same risk calculation serve for crypt, actions and forex?

Only if the product's units allow that. In other cases you require multiplier, point or Pip value, clearance currency and costs. First identify if you analyze a count, a derivative or a contract.

How do I adapt an AI analysis to indices and raw materials?

Identifies the concrete instrument, maturity if any, multiplier and series used. Keep source and time and an index graph doesn't necessarily amount to the product you can trade.

Do these methods guarantee that they will work with any assets?

No. The data, hypotheses and checks structure can be adapted but each market requires its own definitions and evidence. There's no valid universal strategy for all assets here.

Fold with a lab

A swing trading course with AI: Weekly scenarios: check the program and its sample to conduct this task with exercises and checks.