# Market Research: COT, Rates and Seasonality · DT Terminal > Trend, carry, positioning, econ, news and seasonality scored in one place for the instruments you save, in the same terminal that holds your trades. Market research # The drivers, scored in one place. Trend, carry, positioning, econ, news and seasonality are scored for every instrument you save. The board shows its working, and the call stays yours. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true&from=product_journal) [See the live demo](https://www.thedtterminal.com/tour) The Research board, scoring the pairs a real account trades. Signals scored per instrument Six Source of the positioning data CFTC Source of the rates and econ series FRED Pro, per month $24 The loop ## Where research fits Before the loop: the drivers for the instruments you save, scored, with the call left to you. 1. [1 · Sync Connect your broker Every trade lands in your journal](https://www.thedtterminal.com/supported-brokers) 2. [2 · Journal Review the record Notes, tags, analytics](https://www.thedtterminal.com/trading-journal) 3. [3 · Backtest Practice the fix Bar by bar on real candles](https://www.thedtterminal.com/backtesting) 4. [4 · Replay Test a different exit On the trade you took](https://www.thedtterminal.com/trade-replay) 5. [5 · Improve Get better, measurably Your numbers move](https://www.thedtterminal.com/trading-analytics) How it works 1. **Save the instruments** The board is your scope: the pairs you research, edited in the header and remembered. 2. **Read the row** Each driver is scored and signed, and they sum to one net score per instrument. Nothing is hidden behind a number. 3. **Open the driver** Click a signal to land in the section that produced it, or ask Edge why from the card. Positioning ## The weekly COT report, already read. Net speculative positioning against its three year range, so a crowded book reads as a percentile rather than a headline. - Sourced from the U.S. CFTC - Longs against shorts, week by week - Three years of reports underneath Seasonality ## A prior, with its strength stated. How the pair has behaved at this point in the year across years of daily bars, and a plain line when the month is inside the noise. - Average return and win rate by month - This month ranked against the other 11 - Says when there is no signal Edge AI ## The coach reads the board too. One click sends a pair card to Edge, which reads the scores and says what it would watch, in the same panel that reads your journal. - Ask Edge about any instrument - It answers from the scores on screen - Beside your journal, not across tabs DT Passport ## Numbers you can trust. Sync your broker and your record becomes a DT Passport: one link with your P&L and growth read from the broker, shared only when you choose. [How verification works](https://www.thedtterminal.com/verification) [See a demo passport](https://www.thedtterminal.com/dtpassport/londonopenfx) What is free ## The board and the calendar are free. The depth behind each driver is Pro, $24 a month. | Feature | Free | Plus | Pro | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Research board and its scores | Included | Included | Included | | Economic calendar and filters | Included | Included | Included | | Full COT history and weekly table | Not included | Not included | Included | | Seasonality across your instruments | Not included | Not included | Included | | Event impact read on every event | One sample event | One sample event | Included | Full comparison on the [pricing page](https://www.thedtterminal.com/pricing). FAQ ### Is the research free? The board, its scores and the economic calendar are free, and Plus reads them the same way. The full COT history, seasonality across your instruments and the event impact read are Pro, at $24 a month or $199 a year. ### Does it tell me what to trade? No. It scores the drivers and shows the working behind each one, and the directional call is yours to make. Nothing here is advice and nothing places a trade. ### Where does the data come from? Positioning is sourced from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, rates and econ series from the FRED API, and prices from our market data provider. Every source is named on the data sources page. ### Which instruments does it cover? The ones you save. The board is your own scope of pairs, edited in the header, and the calendar, news and seasonality all follow that same list. ### How is this different from reading a news site? A news site tells everybody the same thing. This scores the drivers for the instruments you trade, sits in the terminal that holds your journal, and can be read by the coach that knows your record. ## Read the drivers before you take the trade. The board is free. Save two pairs and see what it says about them. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true&from=product_journal) [See the live demo](https://www.thedtterminal.com/tour) --- Risk disclosure: Futures, forex and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. [Read the full risk disclosure](https://www.thedtterminal.com/legal/risk-disclosure). 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