Core Concepts
The structural ideas everything else is built on: trend, support and resistance, breakouts, gaps.
4 articles
Breakout Trading: Why Most Breakouts Fail
A breakout is price clearing a key level — and the place false signals concentrate. Learn what counts as valid, why failures are so common, and the trade-off in waiting for a retest.
Read article →Price Gaps: Four Types and the Truth About "Filling"
A gap is empty space on a price chart. Learn the difference between common, breakaway, runaway and exhaustion gaps — and how much of "all gaps get filled" actually holds up.
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 →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.
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