Trading practice blog
Plain-English guides on candlesticks, chart patterns and risk — written to pair with the practice tools.
Position Sizing Basics: How Much Should You Risk Per Trade?
Learn the simple formula behind position sizing — risk per trade, stop distance, and shares — and why it matters more than picking winners. Includes a free calculator.
Read article →Why Every Trader Needs a Review Habit
Progress comes from reviewing your decisions, not just making more of them. How a simple review habit turns random reps into real skill — and what to actually look at.
Read article →How to Read Candlestick Charts: A Practical Starting Point
Understand the anatomy of a candlestick — body, wick, open and close — and what a single candle tells you. Then practise reading them with a quick drill.
Read article →Trading Psychology: Managing Fear and Greed
The hardest part of trading is not the chart — it is the mind reading it. A plain-English look at fear, greed, FOMO and the habits that keep emotion from wrecking a good plan.
Read article →What Is the Head and Shoulders Pattern? A Beginner's Guide
Learn how the head and shoulders chart pattern works, how to spot the neckline, and how traders read it as a reversal — with a simple practice drill.
Read article →Double Top and Double Bottom Patterns: M and W Shapes
The double top (M) and double bottom (W) are classic reversal patterns. Learn how they form, where the confirmation level sits, and how to recognise them fast.
Read article →Risk-Reward Ratio: Why It Decides Long-Term Results
The risk-reward ratio compares what you risk to what you aim to gain. Learn how to calculate it, why win rate alone is misleading, and how it pairs with position sizing.
Read article →Support and Resistance: The Foundation of Chart Reading
Support and resistance are the price levels where trends pause or reverse. Learn what they are, why they form, and how they frame almost every other pattern.
Read article →Bullish and Bearish Engulfing Patterns Explained
The engulfing pattern is a two-candle signal where one candle fully covers the previous one. Learn the bullish and bearish versions and how to read them.
Read article →The Hammer Candlestick: What It Is and How to Read It
The hammer is a single-candle pattern with a long lower wick. Learn what it suggests, where it matters, and how to recognise it quickly with practice.
Read article →The Doji Candlestick: When the Market Can't Decide
A doji is a candle with almost no body — open and close nearly equal. Learn what it signals about indecision, its main variations, and how context changes its meaning.
Read article →Trends and Trendlines: Reading the Direction of a Market
A trend is the overall direction of price. Learn the three trend types, how to draw a trendline, and why "the trend is your friend" is more than a cliché.
Read article →Moving Averages: Smoothing Out the Noise
A moving average turns choppy price into a smooth line that shows the underlying trend. Learn how SMA and EMA work, what common periods mean, and how to read crossovers.
Read article →Stop-Loss Basics: Deciding Where to Be Wrong
A stop-loss is the price where you admit a trade isn't working and exit. Learn why stops matter, common ways to place them, and the mistakes that quietly hurt accounts.
Read article →Triangle Patterns: Ascending, Descending and Symmetrical
Triangles are consolidation patterns where price squeezes between converging trendlines. Learn the three types, what each suggests, and how to read the breakout.
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