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Average true range: How ATR works and what ATR stops did
The average true range (ATR) is the average size of a market’s daily move, gaps included. On 23 October 2026 it was 0.95% of the price for the S&P…
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Trailing stop loss: I tested every size from 5% to 40%
A trailing stop loss sells when the price falls a set percentage below its highest point since you bought. I tested every size from 5% to 30% on the…
Book Reviews
George S. Clason – The Richest Man in Babylon – Review
The Richest Man in Babylon is a book of short money parables set in ancient Babylon, and its whole message fits in one sentence: keep at least a…
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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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Inside bar: What a breakout test on the S&P 500 shows
An inside bar is a bar whose high is lower and whose low is higher than the bar before it, so the whole day fits inside the previous one. Traders…
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Sequence of returns risk: Why your retirement date matters
Sequence of returns risk is the danger that bad years come at the start of retirement, while you are taking money out. I ran it on real S&P 500 data…