Tools
The tools we actually use.
Everything behind our charts on energy, geopolitics, and markets. These are the tools we genuinely use to research and build Scalebar.
Charting and analysis
TradingView
WWW.TRADINGVIEW.COM
The charts behind most of our market visuals. Real-time data across stocks, crypto, futures, and macro.
Data sources
FRED (St. Louis Fed)
FRED.STLOUISFED.ORG
Free, citable U.S. economic and financial time series. The backbone of our rate, money, and oil charts.
U.S. EIA
WWW.EIA.GOV
Authoritative energy data: production, prices, consumption, and inventories.
Our World in Data
OURWORLDINDATA.ORG
Clean, well-sourced global datasets on energy, climate, and the economy.
Markets and crypto
Coinbase
WWW.COINBASE.COM
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.