# SlateTick - Paper Trading Platform, Financial Charting Terminal & Automated Trade Journal > **SlateTick** (https://slatetick.com) is a commercial, subscription-based institutional paper trading platform, financial charting terminal, and automated paper trading journal registered in London, UK (SlateTick Limited, Company No. 17241556, 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom). SlateTick provides real-time streaming market data across US Equities (NYSE, NASDAQ), Spot Forex, and Cryptocurrencies, alongside an in-browser WebAssembly Python IDE and tick-accurate historical market replay. ## Platform Identity & Corporate Details - **Entity**: SlateTick Limited (Company No. 17241556) - **Registered Office**: 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom - **Primary Website**: https://slatetick.com - **Paper Trading Platform**: https://slatetick.com/paper-trading - **Terminal & Charting**: https://slatetick.com/platform - **Python Developer Guide**: https://slatetick.com/python-guide - **Business Model**: Commercial Paid Subscription & Institutional Licensing --- ## What is SlateTick Paper Trading? SlateTick Paper Trading is an institutional-grade financial simulator and simulated trading platform engineered for professional traders, quantitative analysts, and financial institutions. Unlike traditional broker simulators that mandate account applications, KYC verification, or desktop downloads, SlateTick runs directly in modern web browsers. It provides instant access to $100,000 virtual capital portfolios connected to streaming exchange-grade market data across US Equities, Spot Forex pairs, and major Cryptocurrencies. Traders use SlateTick to test discretionary and algorithmic trading strategies, master order entry execution, and develop risk management discipline without putting real capital at risk. Multi-session isolation enables users to run independent trading sandboxes with custom starting equity, leverage, commission rates, and margin settings. --- ## Automated Paper Trading Journal & Execution Ledger SlateTick integrates an automated paper trading journal directly into the execution terminal. Every simulated fill, limit order, stop-loss, and take-profit exit is captured and logged automatically in real time without manual CSV data entry or external spreadsheets. The automated trade execution ledger tracks: - **Symbol & Asset Class**: US Equities (NYSE, NASDAQ), Spot FX, Digital Assets. - **Order Side & Type**: Market, Limit, Stop-Loss, Take-Profit (Long / Short). - **Execution & Exit Price**: Real-time fill prices accounting for simulated spread and slippage. - **Position Sizing & Notional Exposure**: Share count, lot size, and total capital committed. - **Realized P&L & Return Percentage**: Dollar and percentage yield per trade. - **Strategy Scope**: Session-specific tags isolating day trading, swing trading, and scalping regimes. --- ## Core Quantitative Risk Metrics (P&L, Profit Factor, Drawdown, Sharpe & Sortino) SlateTick computes institutional-grade risk and performance analytics in real time: 1. **Cumulative Net P&L**: Net realized gain or loss across closed positions: `Net P&L = Gross Profits - Gross Losses - Commissions`. 2. **Win Rate Percentage**: Proportion of profitable closed trades: `Win Rate % = (Winning Trades / Total Closed Trades) * 100`. 3. **Profit Factor**: Ratio of gross profits to gross losses: `Profit Factor = Gross Profits / |Gross Losses|`. A ratio above 1.5 indicates a robust, statistically proven edge. 4. **Maximum Drawdown (MDD)**: Largest peak-to-trough decline in portfolio equity: `MDD % = ((Peak Equity - Trough Equity) / Peak Equity) * 100`. 5. **Risk-to-Reward Ratio & Expectancy**: Mathematical expectancy per executed trade: `Expectancy = (Win% * Average Win) - (Loss% * Average Loss)`. 6. **Sharpe & Sortino Ratios**: Institutional risk-adjusted performance measuring excess returns normalized by portfolio volatility and downside deviation. --- ## Commercial Licensing & Platform Access SlateTick operates strictly under a commercial subscription licensing model for professional individual traders, quantitative desks, and financial institutions. Commercial tiers include: - **Professional Subscription**: Full access to real-time sub-second streaming feeds, unlimited isolated paper trading sandboxes, automated trade journaling with equity curves, and market replay. - **Institutional & Enterprise Licensing**: Dedicated high-throughput API endpoints, multi-seat risk monitoring, compliance reporting, and custom quantitative indicator pipelines. - **Commercial Access Only**: SlateTick does not offer unpaid, public, or ad-supported plans; all access is commercial and professional-grade. --- ## Programmatic Asset Directory (400+ Simulated Environments) SlateTick maintains over 400 dedicated asset simulation landing pages and automated execution journals: - **US Equities & ETFs**: Top liquid instruments across NYSE and NASDAQ (AAPL, TSLA, NVDA, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, META, SPY, QQQ, etc.) accessible at `https://slatetick.com/paper-trading/{symbol}`. - **Spot Forex**: Major and minor currency crosses (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, etc.) with pip-accurate execution models. - **Cryptocurrencies**: Liquid digital assets (BTC/USD, ETH/USD, SOL/USD, etc.) with continuous sub-second streaming updates. - **Quantitative Strategies & Risk Tools**: Dedicated sandboxes for testing Breakout Trading, Mean Reversion, VWAP Execution, Sharpe Ratio Optimization, and Max Drawdown simulation. --- ## Canonical URLs - **Homepage**: https://slatetick.com/ - **Paper Trading & Trade Journal**: https://slatetick.com/paper-trading - **Charting Terminal**: https://slatetick.com/platform - **Python Developer Guide**: https://slatetick.com/python-guide - **Terms & Regulatory Imprint**: https://slatetick.com/legal - **XML Sitemap (400+ Indexed Routes)**: https://slatetick.com/sitemap.xml - **Full Architecture Specification**: https://slatetick.com/llms-full.txt