Categories
Sixteen areas of trading knowledge, from the first vocabulary you need to the mechanics of derivatives. Each category lists its published articles and the terms whose full articles are still in preparation.
Trading Basics
The vocabulary every trader needs first: what a position is, how you profit, and how a trade starts and ends.
47 published 45 in preparation · Short Selling, Long Position, Bull Market, Bear Market, Trading Plan, Market Hours…
Market Structure
How markets are organised: who trades, how prices are formed, and what liquidity and spreads really mean.
45 published 62 in preparation · Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity, Volatility, Slippage, Order Book, Market Maker…
Technical Analysis
Reading price and volume history on charts to judge where the market has been and what traders are doing.
25 published 22 in preparation · Trading Chart, Candlestick, Trend, Volume, Timeframe, Technical Analysis…
Price Action
Interpreting raw price movement — levels, trends and breakouts — without relying on indicators.
34 published 26 in preparation · Support and Resistance, Breakout, Short Squeeze, Price Gap, Pullback, Momentum…
Risk Management
Protecting your capital: position size, stop losses, leverage and the arithmetic of losses.
48 published 23 in preparation · Stop Loss, Leverage, Margin, Liquidation, Position Sizing, Risk-to-Reward Ratio…
Trading Psychology and Performance
The habits and biases that cause good plans to fail, the routines that keep decisions consistent, and the statistics that show whether a method actually works.
55 published 8 in preparation · Trading Journal, Win Rate, Backtesting, Expectancy, Profit Factor, Sharpe Ratio…
Order Types
The instructions you give a broker or exchange, and exactly when and at what price each one executes.
12 published 1 in preparation · Market Order, Limit Order, Trailing Stop, Stop-Limit Order, Order, Stop Order…
Derivatives
Contracts whose value comes from another asset: futures, options and the leverage built into them.
32 published 41 in preparation · Futures Contract, Options, Contract for Difference, Implied Volatility, Open Interest, Settlement…
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
How crypto assets and blockchains work, how they are stored, and the market mechanics specific to crypto trading.
67 published 49 in preparation · Perpetual Futures, Funding Rate, Stablecoin, Blockchain, Crypto Wallet, Cryptocurrency…
Fundamentals and Macroeconomics
Valuing an asset from its underlying business or economics, and the economic data, central banks and news that move whole markets.
93 published 83 in preparation · Market Capitalisation, Earnings, Fundamental Analysis, Inflation, Interest Rate, Dividend Yield…
Trading Strategies
Complete approaches to the market, defined by holding period, entry logic and how risk is controlled.
33 published 18 in preparation · Hedging, Day Trading, Swing Trading, Scalping, Trend Following, Mean Reversion…
Indicators and Tools
Calculations drawn on top of price — moving averages, oscillators and volume tools — and what they measure.
34 published 8 in preparation · Moving Average, Relative Strength Index, MACD, Bollinger Bands, Fibonacci Retracement and Extension, Divergence…
Bonds and Interest Rates
How bonds are priced and quoted, what yields and spreads tell you, and the credit and interest-rate risks behind them.
30 published 34 in preparation · Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds, Yield to Maturity, Current Yield, Zero-Coupon Bond, Callable and Putable Bonds, Credit Spread…
Commodities, Energy and Carbon
Oil, power and carbon markets: the benchmarks, spreads and contracts that set prices for physical goods and emissions.
18 published 4 in preparation · Carbon Allowance, Crude Oil Benchmarks: WTI and Brent, Battery Arbitrage, Contract for Difference (Power Markets), Convenience Yield, Crack Spread…
Accounting, Tax and Operations
The bookkeeping side of trading: balances, cost basis, realised and unrealised results, portfolios and taxes.
18 published 7 in preparation · Portfolio Allocation, Rebalancing, Capital Gains Tax, Gross and Net Profit, Average Entry Price, Cost Basis…
Market Language and Slang
Abbreviations, shorthand and informal slang you will meet in trading chats and on social media — and what they actually mean.
9 published 3 in preparation · All-Time High and All-Time Low, Altcoin Season, WAGMI, NGMI and GM, DYOR, FUD, Green, Red and Flat Days…