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Plain-English guides to the concepts that actually move markets — the same reads our autonomous desk and Chart Bound are built on. Free, no sign-up.

Liquidity Sweep

What a liquidity sweep (stop hunt) is, why price spikes past a high or low then reverses, and how traders read the sweep-and-reclaim. Free guide.

Order Block

What an order block is, how to identify the last down candle before an up move (and vice versa), and how traders use them as entry zones. Free guide.

Fair Value Gap (FVG)

What a fair value gap / imbalance is, the three-candle pattern that forms it, and why price often returns to fill it. Free chart-reading guide.

Support and Resistance

What support and resistance are, how to draw the levels that actually matter, and why they flip roles. Free beginner-friendly chart-reading guide.

Risk of Ruin

What risk of ruin is, the formula behind it, and why risking too much per trade wipes accounts even with a winning edge. Free guide with examples.

Risk-Reward Ratio

What the risk-reward ratio (R:R) means, how it combines with win rate to give expectancy, and the break-even win rate for common ratios. Free guide.

Position Sizing

How to size a trade from account risk and stop distance instead of a fixed lot, with the formula and a worked example. Free risk-management guide.

Market Structure

How to read market structure using higher highs, higher lows, lower highs and lower lows to identify trend and reversal. Free chart-reading guide.

Break of Structure (BOS)

What a break of structure is, how it differs from a change of character (CHoCH), and how traders use it to confirm trend continuation or reversal. Free guide.

Supply and Demand Zones

What supply and demand zones are, how they differ from support and resistance, and how to mark the base before an impulsive move. Free guide.

Doji Candlestick

What a doji candlestick is, the main types (standard, dragonfly, gravestone, long-legged), and what indecision means for the next move. Free guide.

Engulfing Pattern

What bullish and bearish engulfing candlestick patterns are, how to spot them, and why they signal momentum shifts. Free chart-reading guide.

Hammer Candlestick

What a hammer candlestick is, how it differs from a hanging man and shooting star, and why the long lower wick signals a reversal. Free guide.

Moving Average

What a moving average is, the difference between SMA and EMA, and how traders use crossovers and the slope to read trend. Free indicator guide.

RSI Indicator

What the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is, how overbought/oversold levels work, and how to read RSI divergence. Free momentum-indicator guide.

Head and Shoulders

What the head and shoulders reversal pattern is, how to draw the neckline, and how to measure the target. Plus the inverse (bottom) pattern. Free guide.

Double Top & Double Bottom

What double top (M) and double bottom (W) reversal patterns are, how the two tests fail, and how to trade the neckline break. Free chart-reading guide.

Triangle Patterns

What ascending, descending and symmetrical triangles are, how the converging trendlines signal a breakout, and which way each tends to break. Free guide.

Flags & Pennants

What bull and bear flags and pennants are, why they mark a pause not a reversal, and how to trade the continuation breakout. Free chart-reading guide.

Cup and Handle

What the cup and handle pattern is, how the rounded base and small pullback form, and how to trade the breakout with a measured target. Free guide.

Wedge Patterns

What rising and falling wedges are, why both trendlines slope the same way, and which direction each tends to break. Free chart-reading guide.

Bull vs Bear Market

What bull and bear markets are, the 20% rule of thumb, and how to read which regime you are in using market structure. Free plain-English guide.

Candlestick Basics

How to read a candlestick — body, wicks, open, high, low, close — and what the shape tells you about who won the session. Free beginner guide.

Pin Bar

What a pin bar is, how the long rejection wick signals a reversal, and how it relates to hammers and shooting stars. Free price-action guide.

Inside Bar

What an inside bar is, why it marks a pause in volatility, and how traders use the mother-bar breakout. Free price-action pattern guide.

MACD Indicator

What the MACD is, how the MACD line, signal line and histogram work, and how to read crossovers and divergence. Free momentum-indicator guide.

Bollinger Bands

What Bollinger Bands are, how the standard-deviation bands measure volatility, and how to read the squeeze and band touches. Free indicator guide.

Stochastic Oscillator

What the stochastic oscillator is, how %K and %D work, and how to read overbought/oversold and crossovers. Free momentum-indicator guide.

VWAP

What VWAP (volume-weighted average price) is, why institutions use it as a benchmark, and how traders read it as dynamic support and resistance. Free guide.

ATR (Average True Range)

What ATR is, how it measures volatility, and how to use it to set stops and size positions to current market conditions. Free indicator guide.

Pips, Lots & Leverage

What a pip, a lot and leverage are in forex, how they combine to set your dollar-per-pip risk, and why leverage cuts both ways. Free beginner guide.

The Spread

What the bid-ask spread is, why it is the cost of every trade, and how it widens around news and off-hours. Free trading-costs guide.

Drawdown

What drawdown is, why the recovery math is asymmetric, and how prop firms use max and daily drawdown limits. Free risk-management guide.

Trend Lines

How to draw a trend line correctly, why it needs at least two touches, and how traders use the line for bounces and break signals. Free chart-reading guide.

Fibonacci Retracement

What Fibonacci retracement levels are, how to draw them from a swing, and why the 0.5-0.618 golden pocket matters. Free chart-reading guide.

Trading Sessions

What the London, New York and Asian forex sessions are, why the London-NY overlap is the most active, and how session timing shapes volatility. Free guide.

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