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How-To Guides

Step-by-step guides: what to do, what you need first, and how to tell it worked.

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Smart money concepts 8

Order blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity and structure breaks.

Indicators 25

Setting up and reading each indicator, and where it stops working.

Chart reading and patterns 25

Candles, trend lines, levels and the classic patterns.

Options 10

Buying, selling and managing option positions.

Crypto 5

Buying, storing, staking and reporting crypto.

Orders and exits 12

Order types, stops, targets and scaling in and out.

Risk and psychology 15

Sizing, loss limits, drawdowns and staying out of your own way.

Trading styles and markets 19

Day trading, scalping, swing trading, sessions, news and markets.

Plans, testing and journals 10

Plans, routines, backtests, journals and prop firm evaluations.

Investing and retirement 16

Funds, dividends, retirement accounts and reading company reports.

Platforms and accounts 10

Brokers, charting platforms, screeners and staying safe.

About these pages

The glossary explains what things are. These pages are procedures — numbered steps you can execute, with the preconditions stated up front and a check at the end so you can tell whether it worked.

Every step is an instruction. Nothing here says “consider your risk tolerance”. A step you cannot act on without deciding something first is not a step, and the gate these pages pass rejects it.

157 guides written so far. Educational, not financial advice.