Common questions about trading platform and free calculators
Yes. DaPex Terminal and all 22 trading calculators are completely free. No subscription, no broker account required, no credit card needed.
generates revenue from spread markups on optional broker-integrated trading accounts. The calculators, terminal, and educational content are free permanently -- they serve as the top of the acquisition funnel.
No. You can use all calculators, the market snapshot, and the DaPex Terminal charting features without any broker account. A broker account is only needed if you want to execute trades through the platform.
uses WebSocket (persistent connection, push-based), while TradingView uses REST polling (request-based, 500ms-3s intervals). During high-volatility events like NFP, receives approximately 6,000 price updates per minute vs TradingView's approximately 30. See the full benchmark.
Yes. DaPex Terminal and all calculators are responsive. Tested on iOS Safari and Chrome for Android. No app download required.
Chrome 90+, Firefox 90+, Safari 15+, Edge 90+. DaPex Terminal uses standard Web APIs (WebSocket, Canvas, CSS Grid) -- no plugins required.
Forex data is aggregated from multiple tier-1 liquidity providers. Commodity and index data comes from exchange-derived feeds (CME, ICE). The market snapshot uses Yahoo Finance and CoinGecko free APIs. See the documentation for full data source details.
All connections use WebSocket Secure (WSS) encryption. No personal information is required for calculators. The platform does not store trading credentials.
DaPex Terminal is the professional trading interface within DaPex Terminal. It includes order flow analysis (cumulative delta, volume profile, footprint charts), AI-powered market analysis (DeepSeek + Gemini), signal tracking, and multi-timeframe charting.
Four languages: English, Chinese (中文), Spanish (ES), and Arabic (العربية). The free calculators and educational content are available in all four languages.
Yes. Several calculators are available as embeddable widgets. See the widgets page for HTML snippet code.
research is based on anonymized platform data and public sources. The State of Retail Forex 2026 report was written by the DaPex Labs founder based on aggregate usage statistics. All datasets are CC0 licensed for unrestricted use.
Yes. The trading calculator library is MIT licensed on PyPI and GitLab. Contributions, issues, and merge requests are welcome.
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