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.
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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 Filters for a Suspect Breakout
A practical way to question a chart break before committing capital to it.
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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
Five Unwritten Rules of Trading, Made Explicit
Trade selection, averaging down, market fit, flexible sizing and honest post-trade reviews.
Trading ProcessTechnical Analysis