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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

2 February 2024

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

19 January 2024

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

30 January 2023

Options Moneyness, Intrinsic Value and Time Value

A clear method for reading calls and puts without confusing in-the-money with profitable.

29 January 2023

Four Filters for a Suspect Breakout

A practical way to question a chart break before committing capital to it.

Technical AnalysisTrading Process

14 October 2022

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