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    Creating a cash flow forecast to navigate unpredictable times

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    High impact

    It’s crucial to have a tight handle on cash when your trading environment becomes unpredictable. Knowing what kind of financial buffer you have gives you a better understanding of your position and ensures you can make decisions effectively. Having that information on a timely basis can be the difference between survival and failure.

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    • Helpful tools are provided for certain steps while a tracking metric at the end will help you determine the long-term success of your effort
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    • We’ve designed our action plans to be completed in the order of steps laid out and explained why each step is important
    • Customising your action plan lets you set your own completion dates, assign tasks to others and get notifications
    • Helpful tools are provided for certain steps while a tracking metric at the end will help you determine the long-term success of your effort
    • A downloadable PDF version of each action plan is available if you’d like to compete it offline

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    How will I know if my action plan is working?

    Cash runway

    The amount of time the business can continue trading before money runs out

    Why this metric?

    Knowing how long it will take for your business to run out of money is important during uncertain times. If you have an effective cash flow forecast you’ll have confidence in your cash runway metric and should see it improve.

    How do I start tracking?

    Your cash flow forecast will show the point that your bank balance would turn negative. Add the amount of runway you have to your dashboard or KPI reporting.