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Using The Possibility Calculator

Clear, practical help for setting up scenarios, entering your numbers, reading the results, using goals and managing your account.

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What is The Possibility Calculator?
What is a financial scenario?
What should I gather before I begin?
Create your first scenario
I do not know my exact numbers. Can I still begin?
Scenarios
How do I create and name a scenario?
How do I duplicate a scenario and test another possibility?
How should I name different possibilities?
How do I rename, print or delete a scenario?
How should I compare two scenarios?
How many scenarios should I create?
Adding Your Numbers
What counts as Money in?
What counts as Money out?
How do I add income?
How do I add an expense?
How do I add a debt?
How do I add savings or an investment?
How do weekly, fortnightly, monthly and yearly amounts work?
How should I enter irregular or annual costs?
What should I do when an amount changes?
Understanding Your Results
What do Money in, Money out and Remaining mean?
Why does changing the period change the totals?
How do the 30-year projections work?
What does the debt-free date mean?
How is the debt repayment order calculated?
What do Savings, Debt, Interest and Net Position show?
What assumptions are built into the projections?
Why are my projections missing or surprising?
Goals and Things to Do
Why connect a goal to your numbers?
How do I create a goal?
What do I want, and what am I trying to move away from?
How do I make a plan I might actually follow?
What is the smallest useful next step?
How do Things to do to achieve this goal work?
What if I cannot think of a goal?
What does my commitment score mean?
Account and Security
How do I create and activate an account?
How do I sign in?
I forgot my password. What should I do?
My email code has not arrived. What can I try?
How do I use two-factor authentication?
What are backup codes and where should I keep them?
How do I change my email or password?
How do I delete my account?
How do I change the theme?
Subscription and Access
How does the free trial work?
Why am I being asked to subscribe?
How do I manage or cancel my subscription?
How do coupon codes work?
What if the cost is a barrier?
Should I choose monthly or annual access?
Trust and Troubleshooting
Is The Possibility Calculator financial advice?
Does The Possibility Calculator connect to my bank account?
Does The Possibility Calculator use AI?
Which currency should I use?
Why do my totals not look right?
How do I report a problem?
How is my information used and protected?
Why can I not see a feature described here?