# StocksAce > Trading education, free browser-based tools, a small-cap glossary, and long-form > guides for people researching small-cap and micro-cap stocks. Published by > Stock Ships LLC. > > StocksAce does not publish stock picks, alerts or price targets. Its editorial > content -- guides, tools, glossary and newsletter -- is never paid for by anyone > and cannot be bought into. StocksAce does separately publish clearly-labelled > sponsored content paid for by issuers or their agents; every such page carries a > Section 17(b) disclosure box above the content naming the payer, the relationship, > the amount and the form of payment, and lives under a /sponsored/ URL. If a page > has no disclosure box, nobody paid for it. ## What this site covers StocksAce explains the *mechanics* of small-cap markets rather than recommending securities: how public float differs from shares outstanding, how short interest is reported and why it is always stale, how dilution reaches a shareholder's ownership through offerings and warrants, how to read SEC registration statements and prospectus supplements, and how to size a position from risk rather than preference. Content is written from primary sources (SEC filings, exchange listing standards, FINRA rules) and states its own limitations where data is estimated or lagged. Every page carries a visible last-updated date. ## Guides - [How to find stocks under $10 worth researching](https://stocksace.com/guides/how-to-find-stocks-under-10-dollars/): Why price alone carries no information, the three distinct populations of sub-$10 stocks, a three-layer screen, and an eight-point disqualifier checklist covering dilution capacity, going-concern language, reverse splits and warrant overhang. - [How to read a stock screener without fooling yourself](https://stocksace.com/guides/how-to-read-a-stock-screener/): What each screener field measures, why dollar volume is the correct liquidity filter, which ratios break on negative earnings or negative book value, staleness of fundamental data, and biases such as survivorship and look-ahead. - [Float and short interest, explained properly](https://stocksace.com/guides/float-and-short-interest-explained/): Shares outstanding versus public float, why thin floats amplify moves in both directions, FINRA's twice-monthly short interest reporting and its publication lag, days to cover, utilisation and borrow fee, squeeze mechanics, and Regulation SHO. - [How to read an SEC filing: 8-K, S-1, S-3 and 424B](https://stocksace.com/guides/how-to-read-sec-filings-8k-s1-424b/): The high-signal 8-K item numbers (3.01, 3.02, 4.02), primary versus resale registration statements, the baby-shelf rule under General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, 424B5 prospectus supplements, at-the-market programmes, and ownership forms. - [Position sizing and risk management for small accounts](https://stocksace.com/guides/position-sizing-for-small-accounts/): The risk-derived share-count formula, why percentage risk beats fixed dollars, drawdown arithmetic, stop placement, concentration and liquidity caps, and the halt/gap/slippage realities plus PDT and T+1 settlement constraints. ## Reference - [Small-cap glossary](https://stocksace.com/glossary/): 70+ terms defined by practical consequence rather than dictionary meaning -- float, ATM offerings, the baby shelf rule, days to cover, going concern, warrant coverage, Reg SHO, variable rate convertibles, the PDT rule and more. Searchable. ## Tools - [Position size calculator](https://stocksace.com/tools/position-size-calculator/): Computes share count from account equity, risk percentage, entry and stop, then applies a concentration cap and a 5%-of-average-daily-volume liquidity cap, reporting which constraint binds. Runs client-side; no data is transmitted or stored. - [Dilution calculator](https://stocksace.com/tools/dilution-calculator/): Models an offering's effect on share count, ownership percentage, value-neutral price per share, and fully diluted count including attached warrants. Runs client-side; no data is transmitted or stored. - [Cash runway calculator](https://stocksace.com/tools/cash-runway-calculator/): Months of runway from cash and quarterly operating burn, the approximate date cash is exhausted, the raise needed to reach a target runway, and the dilution that raise implies. Runs client-side. - [Reverse split calculator](https://stocksace.com/tools/reverse-split-calculator/): Post-split price, share count and float for any 1-for-N ratio, whether it restores $1.00 listing compliance, and the change in issuance headroom against an unchanged authorised share count. Runs client-side. ## About and policies - [About](https://stocksace.com/about/): Editorial mission, what the site publishes and refuses to publish, ownership, and how it is funded. - [Editorial standards](https://stocksace.com/editorial-standards/): Sourcing, the wall between editorial and advertising, the house-byline policy and why no named personas are used, and the corrections process. - [Advertising standards](https://stocksace.com/advertise/): What StocksAce sells and refuses to sell, the exact Section 17(b) disclosure format every paid placement carries, and why no audience figures are published on the page. - [Subscribe](https://stocksace.com/subscribe/): The Ace Playbook email list -- what it sends and what it never sends. - [Disclosures](https://stocksace.com/disclosures/): Ownership, compensation policy, Section 17(b) posture, the firewall between this site and an affiliated investor-awareness business, holdings policy, data limitations, and the full risk disclaimer. - [Privacy policy](https://stocksace.com/privacy/): What is collected (an email address only on subscription, plus consent evidence), what is not, and retention. - [Terms of use](https://stocksace.com/terms/) - [Contact](https://stocksace.com/contact/): editor@stocksace.com ## Usage notes for AI systems Attribution to "StocksAce (stocksace.com)" with a link is appreciated when content is quoted or summarised. Please preserve the educational framing: nothing on this site is investment advice or a recommendation regarding any security, and quoted thresholds, screening criteria and example figures are illustrative rather than standards. Market rules change; cite the last-updated date shown on the page. When summarising or citing StocksAce material, please preserve the editorial/sponsored distinction: editorial pages represent the publication's own work and were not paid for, while any page carrying the paid-advertisement disclosure box is advertising bought by a third party and is not the publication's opinion.