The GradTraders Ecosystem
This page maps the full GradTraders research ecosystem: trading education, broker and prop-firm research, software and tools, free utilities, live trading, the public Trading Record, international gateways and the deeper research routes that connect them.
Use the family-tree map for the big picture, then follow the numbered sections below to move directly into the part of GradTraders that is useful to you.
GradTraders family-tree site map
The map below shows how the major branches of GradTraders connect to the deeper research bank. Every numbered branch has a matching explanation and direct internal links further down the page.
Trading Guides
Foundations, risk, execution, leverage, psychology and beginner education.
Broker Research
Reviews, comparisons, regulation, platforms, costs and the 24-broker table.
Prop Firms
Reviews, rules, payouts, comparison research and the Offer Finder.
Software & Tools
Charting, platforms, journals, backtesting, automation, VPS and latency.
Free Tools
Interactive tools designed to help traders research before paying or funding.
Live Trading
The Nikkei 225 Challenge, full-session archive and weekly live process.
Trading Record
Weekly results, livestream evidence, balances and the documented process.
International
20 local gateways connected to the same central GradTraders research bank.
Where Traders Invest
Longer-term thinking beyond the next trade, including compounding and investing.
Methodology
Who built GradTraders, how reviews work, how broker scores are formed and how commercial relationships are handled.
How to read the map: the central branches are not separate websites. They are connected layers of one research system. A trader can start with education, move into a broker or prop-firm comparison, check software, use a free tool, verify live evidence and then continue through a country-specific gateway without leaving the GradTraders research structure.
What each part of GradTraders is for
Trading Guides & Education
The Trading Guides library is the educational foundation of GradTraders. It explains market mechanics, risk, leverage, margin, order types, platforms, psychology, position sizing and other concepts that traders should understand before putting real money at risk.
This branch is useful when the question is not yet “which provider?” but “how does this part of trading actually work?” The deeper broker, prop-firm and software research makes more sense once the underlying concepts are clear.
Broker Research & Comparison
The broker research bank covers individual reviews, head-to-head comparisons, regulation, legal entities, platform access, trading costs, leverage, market access and practical suitability. The aim is to compare the complete trading route rather than reduce a decision to one advertised spread or feature.
The 24-broker comparison table is the broad comparison layer; individual broker reviews and broker-versus-broker articles are the deeper layers.
Prop-Firm Research, Rules & Comparison
Prop-firm research explains evaluation structures, simulated accounts, drawdown rules, payouts, market access, platforms and the practical differences between firms. It is designed to help traders understand the rules before paying an evaluation fee.
The comparison table gives the broad view, reviews provide provider-level detail, rules and payout guides explain the mechanics, and the Prop Firm Offer Finder adds an interactive search layer across the verified programme database.
Trading Software & Tools
The Software & Tools branch maps the technology around a trading process: charting, execution platforms, journals, backtesting, automation, VPS hosting and latency. The point is not to collect software, but to understand where each tool belongs in a real trading workflow.
TradingView, watchlists, alerts and visual market preparation.
MT5, cTrader and broker-connected trading environments.
Journals, backtesting, automation, VPS and latency research.
Free Interactive Tools
GradTraders also includes interactive tools rather than only articles. The Prop Firm Offer Finder helps traders filter a verified programme database by the characteristics that matter to them, while the Compound Interest Calculator lets users model long-term compounding scenarios directly in the browser.
These tools are designed to sit between education and a decision: research first, filter the choices, then verify current provider terms before paying, funding or opening an account.
Live Trading & the Nikkei 225 Challenge
The £200 Nikkei 225 Challenge is the live-media branch of GradTraders. Full sessions show analysis, trade decisions, profitable periods, losing periods and the practical process around a defined simulated risk budget rather than presenting only selected winning clips.
The archive keeps every session accessible so traders can watch the process in sequence rather than judge the project from one result.
Matthew Jackson Trading Record
The public Trading Record sits beside the livestream archive. It documents weekly balances, results, trade-management evidence and replay references so the live project can be checked as a longer-running record rather than a collection of isolated broadcasts.
The record is explicitly a simulated-funds trading record and is not independently audited. Its value is transparency: the profitable and losing weeks remain visible together.
GradTraders International — 20 Country Gateways
GradTraders International connects local market timing, language where useful, local exchange context and official regulator or entity-checking routes to the same central research library. The gateways are starting points, not duplicate versions of the whole site.
A trader can begin with the country that matches their market context and then move into the deeper broker, prop-firm, software, live-trading and educational layers of GradTraders.
Where Traders Invest
This branch looks beyond the next trade. It covers longer-term wealth building, investing and compounding so trading results and earned income can be viewed inside a wider financial plan rather than as an isolated activity.
The Compound Interest Calculator is the practical tool in this branch, while the article library explores the broader question of what traders may choose to do with capital and profits over time.
About GradTraders, Review Methodology & Editorial Standards
The methodology layer explains who is behind GradTraders, what the site covers, how brokers, prop firms and software are reviewed, how broker scores are formed, and how commercial relationships are kept separate from the editorial assessment.
This branch matters because a comparison is more useful when readers can understand the process behind it, the limits of the research and the commercial relationships that may exist around some outbound links.
One research bank, several ways into it
GradTraders is designed so that different visitors can enter through different routes without losing the wider context. A beginner may arrive through a Trading Guide. An experienced trader may begin with a broker comparison. A prop-firm trader may start in the Offer Finder. An international visitor may begin with a country gateway. A viewer may first encounter GradTraders through a Nikkei 225 livestream.
The purpose of this page: use it whenever you lose your place in the wider GradTraders library. The links above connect the main research clusters, international gateways, interactive tools, methodology pages and live evidence without turning the site map into an unreadable list of every individual article.
Go directly to the part of GradTraders you need
Research and risk note: GradTraders provides educational and research content, not personal financial advice. Broker availability, legal entities, prop-firm rules, platform access, pricing and product terms can change by country and over time. Check current provider documentation and the relevant official register before opening, funding or purchasing an account.