Guides
Short, practical guides written for beginners. Each one links to the matching tool in the free Super B.A. app.
How to save an Excel sheet as a CSV file
Step-by-step instructions to turn an Excel or Google Sheets table into a CSV file you can load into any analysis tool.
Read the guide →How to read a simple profit and loss summary
A plain-language guide to revenue, cost, profit and margin, with an example you can follow with a calculator.
Read the guide →Why did my profit fall? A four-step check
Four simple steps to find the reason profit dropped: compare periods, split revenue from cost, then find the groups that moved.
Read the guide →GST summary basics for small businesses in India
A beginner explanation of CGST, SGST and IGST, how a simple GST summary is built, and why you should always check current rates.
Read the guide →Average, median and why one number can mislead
Learn the difference between mean and median and when each is the better summary of your sales.
Read the guide →Month-over-month vs year-over-year: which to use
When to compare a month with the previous month and when to compare it with the same month last year.
Read the guide →How to clean sales data before you analyse it
A checklist for duplicates, blanks, dates and numbers typed as text, so your totals can be trusted.
Read the guide →SQL for beginners: SELECT, SUM and GROUP BY
Four SQL keywords explained with one small example, so you can ask your own questions of a table.
Read the guide →How to read a candlestick chart
What each candle shows, what the colours mean, and three common shapes, explained for learning only.
Read the guide →SMA, RSI and MACD in plain words
Three popular chart indicators explained simply, with their limits. Education only, not trading advice.
Read the guide →Why a trading journal helps and what to record
How keeping a simple record of trades reveals habits such as overtrading, and which columns to keep.
Read the guide →Position size and risk per trade: the arithmetic
How to work out how many units fit inside a loss you can afford, with a worked example.
Read the guide →Paper trading: practise with virtual money
What paper trading is, why beginners use it, and how it differs from real trading.
Read the guide →What a trend line can and cannot tell you
How a straight-line trend works, what the fit score means, and why forecasts are estimates.
Read the guide →How to group customers by spending
A simple way to sort customers into bigger and smaller groups so you know where to spend your time.
Read the guide →Share business reports on WhatsApp and PDF with your company name
How to send numbers to a partner and make a PDF with your own letterhead and page numbers.
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