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How to read stock charts: A step-by-step guide on a real chart
To read a stock chart, start with the time frame, then look at each bar’s open, high, low and close, then at the trend, the support and resistance…
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S&P 500 average return: What 98 years of data really show
The S&P 500’s average return since 1928 is about 10% a year with dividends reinvested: 10.0% compounded over 98 calendar years, 1928–2025. Without…
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Trading journal template: Free Excel sheet and how to use it
A trading journal template is a spreadsheet with one row per trade: entry, stop, target, size, exit, the result in dollars and in R, and a few honest…
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2024 might be my biggest learning year yet
Another year is over. It was my 8th trading year since I got back to the markets in 2017. As time goes by, it becomes harder to learn much new about…
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I’m attacking the risk, not trying to avoid it
The title is a quote I heard from Tom Basso, a semi-retired trader featured in “ The New Market Wizards ” book that was published in 1992. According…
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Comparison makes market participants unhappy
Happy New Year! Absolute performance measures the annual returns of a portfolio, while relative performance compares it to a benchmark or some index…