SCALEBAR
The tools we use
Everything behind our charts on energy, geopolitics, and markets. These are the tools we genuinely use to research and build Scalebar.
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Charting and analysis
TradingView
The charts behind most of our market visuals. Real-time data across stocks, crypto, futures, and macro.
Data sources
FRED (St. Louis Fed)
Free, citable U.S. economic and financial time series. The backbone of our rate, money, and oil charts.
U.S. EIA
Authoritative energy data: production, prices, consumption, and inventories.
Our World in Data
Clean, well-sourced global datasets on energy, climate, and the economy.
Markets and crypto
Coinbase
Where many of our readers start with crypto. Regulated, US-based, simple.
Reading list
The Scalebar reading list ›
The essential books on money, energy, and power. Curated, reviewed, and the place to start.