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Trading & Charts
Reading One Session
- Anatomy of a Candle30 min read · A candle is four prices and three measurements: the body is where the session settled
- Patterns at Levels, Not in a Vacuum30 min read · Candle patterns are modest-probability tendencies — most behave as expected 55–65% of the
- The Candle and Its Noise: Range and ATR30 min read · Range is the instrument’s ordinary movement and ATR is that movement averaged, so it is
- The Chart Is a Set of Choices25 min read · A chart is not a window on the market but a set of decisions made before any price is
- Where Price Turned: Levels and Role Reversal30 min read · A level is not a line but a memory of orders left at a price — stops, bids and offers
Frames, Structure and Volume
- Choose the Frame Before the Trade25 min read · Shorter frames carry more randomness per unit of signal, so a trade needs two fixed
- Higher Highs and the Shape of a Trend30 min read · A trend is a sequence — higher highs and higher lows, or the reverse — and a pullback is
- Volume Is the Corroboration25 min read · Volume counts participation rather than intent: it confirms that a move was taken
- Moving Averages and the Cost of Lag30 min read · A moving average is a window with an average age, so it lags by construction: it
- Oscillators: Reading Force Rather Than Price30 min read · An oscillator is a bounded ratio — recent gains against recent losses, or the close’s
- MACD, ADX and Trend Strength30 min read · MACD is the difference between two averages of price and the signal line is an average of
- Volatility Bands and Squeezes30 min read · A volatility band is the same price expressed in units of its own noise — average plus or
Levels, Regimes and Gaps
- Zones, Breakouts and Retests30 min read · A level is a zone where orders have clustered before, so it is graded rather than drawn
- Reading the Regime: Trend, Range and Standing Aside25 min read · Every method in this subject works in a trend and fails in a range, so the highest-value
- Gaps, Overnight Levels and the Risk You Cannot Stop25 min read · A stop is a price when it is touched and a market order when it is reached through a gap
- Classic Patterns and the Evidence Behind Them35 min read · A named pattern is shorthand for a claim about supply and demand — accumulated, exhausted
- Relative Strength and Breadth35 min read · A stock’s strength becomes information only when it is measured against something, and an
- Intermarket Analysis and Changing Correlations30 min read · The instruments in this subject are priced off the same three variables — the discount
The Plan and the Review
- Write It Before You Trade It30 min read · A plan is five written fields — setup, entry, stop, target, size — and only one of them
- Managing It: Hold, Trail, or Invalidate25 min read · Management is not discretion: a trade has three legal moves — keep the written plan
- The Journal and the Review Loop25 min read · A journal is not a diary: it is the evidence base that says whether a setup has an edge
- Systems, Backtests and the Statistics That Judge Them40 min read · A backtest measures the search as much as the market: every parameter tuned on the same
- Capstone: The System Card40 min read · A system card is the artefact that separates a method from a hunch: one page stating what
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