Risk Management & Psychology
Risk/Reward Ratio: The Math Behind Every Trade
The risk/reward ratio (R:R) of a trade is the ratio of expected gain to risked loss, defined per trade as (target − entry) /…
Risk Management & Psychology
Beginner's Path
How to Build a Watchlist
A watchlist is the bench between research and execution. It holds the names you've already studied, sized in your head, and decided you'll trade…
Trading Strategies
Momentum Trading: Riding the Trend
Momentum trading is the simplest sentence on a trading desk and one of the hardest jobs on a screen: buy what is going up,…
Trading Strategies
Swing Trading: Capturing Multi-Day Moves
Swing trading is what most people on a screen actually do, even when they call it something else. Holding period: two days to a…
Chart Patterns
Cup and Handle Pattern
NFLX, spring 2021. Fourteen-week cup off the post-earnings flush, handle forming clean in the upper third, volume drying up the way it's supposed to.…
Stock Trading Encyclopedia
Position Sizing and Risk Management
Position sizing is the least exciting topic in this guide, and the most important. Nobody tells the story of a loss they cut at…