SentiGrid — User Guide / Getting Started

An educational dashboard for exploring market data, sentiment, and trade-planning concepts.

Educational use only. SentiGrid does not provide financial, trading, or investment advice. Please read our Terms, Privacy, Risk, and EULA.

Symbols supported

• FX pairs — e.g., EUR/USD, GBP/JPY
  • Formats accepted: AAA/BBB, AAABBB, or AAA_BBB (case-insensitive).
  • Timeframes: D, H4, H1.
  • Data source: Intraday usually from Twelve Data; daily from Alpha Vantage and/or Twelve Data.
  • If a provider can’t deliver intraday, the app will automatically use daily and show “daily fallback” under the chart.
• US stocks — e.g., AAPL, MSFT, TSLA
  • Timeframes: Daily only on free keys. Selecting H1/H4 will fall back to daily and the chart will say so.
  • Live price line: not shown for stocks (FX only).
• Indices — tickers like INDU, INDU:IND, ^DJI are not supported directly.
  • Use the matching ETF instead: DIA (Dow), SPY/VOO (S&P 500), QQQ (Nasdaq-100). These load daily bars on free keys.
• Live price line — FX pairs only (you’ll see a “Live …” note next to the current price when available).
• “Data source” line — shown above the chart; it tells you which provider/timeframe was used and whether a daily fallback occurred.

1) Setting Up API Keys

SentiGrid pulls market data from public providers. You can use either or both:

Tip: If you add both, the app can fall back to the other source if one is rate-limited or slow.

2) Loading a Chart

1. Type a symbol, e.g. EUR/USD (forex) or AAPL (stock).
2. Choose timeframe: D (daily), H4, or H1.
3. Click Refresh.
4. Candlesticks and overlays will render; click legend items to show/hide overlays.

3) Indicators (short explanations)

Indicator	What it shows	Inputs
EMA (Exponential Moving Average)	Smoothed trend — rising EMA suggests uptrend; falling suggests downtrend.	EMA period (e.g., 14)
ATR (Average True Range)	Volatility — bigger ATR means bigger typical moves.	ATR period (e.g., 14)
BB (Bollinger Bands)	Upper/Lower bands around a moving average — price near bands can indicate stretched conditions.	BB period (e.g., 20)
R:R (Risk : Reward)	Planning tool — compare potential loss vs potential gain for a scenario.	R:R ratio (e.g., 2.0)

You can tweak periods in the Inputs card to see how signals change.

4) Risk & Position Size

• Enter Account Size (e.g., 10000).

Account currency (conversion for sizing)

If your trading account isn’t in the same currency as the instrument’s price, select your Account currency from the dropdown next to Account Size. The app will convert your account balance into the instrument’s quote currency before calculating position size.

• FX pairs: quote currency is the second one (EUR/USD, GBP/JPY, etc.).
• Stocks/ETFs/commodities: treated as USD unless shown otherwise.
• We fetch a live FX rate and convert Account Size (Acct CCY) → Quote CCY. If the direct pair isn’t available, we try the inverse and use 1 / rate.

What you’ll see: In the Position size box you may see a note like:
Account: 10,000 CAD (converted CAD→USD @ 0.740250)

Examples:
Account in CAD, trading EUR/USD → converts CAD→USD, then sizes.
Account in EUR, trading GBP/JPY → converts EUR→JPY, then sizes.
Account in EUR, trading AAPL → converts EUR→USD, then sizes.

Notes: Rates come from the app’s data feed and may differ from your broker. If no rate is found, conversion is skipped and the entered amount is used as-is. This affects only sizing—prices like “Entry (current)” and “Live” remain in the instrument’s own price currency.

• Enter Risk % per idea (e.g., 1 = 1%).
• Choose stop method:
  • ATR × multiple (volatility-based), or
  • Custom Stop % (manual).
• The app calculates an educational position size for comparison.

This is not advice — it’s a learning aid to see how risk changes sizing.

5) Sentiment & COT

• FXSSI Current Ratio: shows a snapshot of retail long vs short (%). Extreme one-sidedness can be informative.
• COT (Commitment of Traders): weekly “leveraged funds” positioning (net = long − short). Major futures like EUR, JPY, GBP are best-covered.

6) Economic Calendar

Use the quick links in the app to check upcoming events that can move markets:

• TradingEconomics — Full Calendar
• ForexFactory — Impact coloring
• Investing.com — Economic Calendar
• DailyFX — Economic Calendar

7) Filters & Confirmation

• MTF Confirmation: combine a higher-timeframe view with a lower-timeframe check.
• 200-EMA Trend Filter: restricts ideas to trend direction only (Sell-only or Buy-only toggles).
• EMA Momentum (14/50): basic momentum check (faster vs slower EMA).
• Volatility Filter & Volatility Sizing: avoid low-quality conditions or scale size down in high vol.
• Apply Sentiment Sizing: if retail sentiment is ≥ a threshold (e.g., 70% one-sided), size down (e.g., 50%).

8) Troubleshooting

• Check the Status panel at the bottom of the app. It shows what the app is doing (key loads, data requests, errors) in time order.
• At the top of the Chart card, read the Data source line (e.g., “Twelve Data (H4)” or “Alpha Vantage (Daily)”) to confirm what actually loaded.
• Keys: In API Keys, click Test Load Keys to verify they’re saved. Use Save Keys if needed, or Delete Saved Keys to reset and re-enter.
• Timeframe: If H4 won’t load with Alpha Vantage, switch to H1 or D, or rely on Twelve Data for H4.
• Symbols: try both formats (EUR/USD vs EURUSD), then press Refresh.
• Rate limits / outages: free tiers can throttle. Try again later or add the second provider’s key as backup.
• Closed markets: weekends/holidays may show gaps or no new bars—this is normal.

9) Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl/Cmd + R — Refresh data
• Ctrl/Cmd + L — Focus Symbol box
• Ctrl/Cmd + + / − — Zoom UI (if enabled)
• Esc — Close dialogs

Windows/Linux use Ctrl; macOS uses Cmd.

10) FAQ

Do I need both API keys?
No. One key is enough. Adding both improves reliability.

Why do candles sometimes stop?
Free tiers can throttle. Try again later or refresh with a different timeframe.

Why does COT show “unavailable”?
Some instruments are not mapped or are delayed. Use pairs backed by major futures (EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, AUD, CHF).

11) Legal

• Terms of Use
• Privacy Policy
• Risk Disclosure
• EULA
• Support / Feedback