When Does US Debt Become a Market Problem?
A large debt number is context. The useful question is how financing costs, growth and Treasury-market behaviour change together.
Macro & Markets
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The Cup-and-Handle Pattern Is a Checklist, Not a Signal
How to distinguish a plausible continuation setup from a shape that only resembles one.
Technical Analysis
A 60/40 Portfolio: The Arithmetic of Rebalancing
The allocation is a starting point; the discipline is restoring the risk mix when markets move.
Portfolio Construction
Profit Taking and the Multibagger Illusion
Why a famous stock's lifetime return is the wrong benchmark for decisions inside a real portfolio.
Portfolio ConstructionTrading Process
Head-and-Shoulders Targets: Check the Arithmetic
A price-pattern target can become impossible when a point move is copied blindly from one price level to another.
Technical Analysis
Four Trading Truths That Survive the Chart
Position size, scale, exits and expectancy matter more than finding a perfect entry.
Trading Process
Options Moneyness, Intrinsic Value and Time Value
A clear framework for reading calls and puts without confusing in-the-money with profitable.
Options
Four Filters for a Suspect Breakout
A practical way to question a chart break before committing capital to it.
Technical AnalysisTrading Process
The Retail Investor's Real Advantage
Small size and freedom of action can help, but speed alone is not an investing edge.
Portfolio ConstructionCompany Analysis
What a 20-Day Moving Average Actually Tells You
Use it as a reference for trend and distance from recent prices, while watching for failed mean reversion.
Technical Analysis
Ten Trading Habits Worth Learning Before a Strategy
Ten practical habits for focus, testing, risk control and patience.
Trading Process
Five Unwritten Rules of Trading, Made Explicit
Trade selection, averaging down, market fit, flexible sizing and honest post-trade reviews.
Trading ProcessTechnical Analysis
Seven Trading Traps and the Process That Counters Them
Seven common mistakes, with a practical check for risk and decision making.
Trading Process