How to read OHLC bars and the common patterns traders watch for.
Head & shoulders, flags, triangles — and the academic evidence on whether they work.
Intraday positions only. The mechanics, the math against you, and what edge actually means.
Simple, exponential, and weighted — what each smooths and what it doesn't.
Market, limit, stop, stop-limit, trailing — and when to use each.
The 1% rule, Kelly criterion, and why sizing matters more than entries.
Trend-following over weeks to months. Where trading meets investing.
Two of the most popular momentum indicators — what they actually measure, and their failure modes.
Why a 2:1 win-loss with 40% accuracy beats a 1:1 with 60%.
Hundreds of trades a day for tiny gains. Why it's largely closed to retail now.
Where to place stops, and why fixed-percent rules are usually wrong.
The most-watched price levels in any market — and how to identify them.
Multi-day to multi-week holds. The most accessible active style for working people.
What to track, how to review, and why nearly all profitable traders keep one.
The mental traps — loss aversion, revenge trading, FOMO — that wreck accounts.
Price without volume is half the story.