How to Build Your Own Technical Analysis Checklist
A generic checklist rarely fits your actual trading. How to build one that matches your timeframe, instrument, and strategy step by step.
FOMO Around a Hyped IPO: A Case Study in Emotional Investing
Every few years, one IPO becomes the one everyone is talking about. Your group chats mention it. Your coworkers bring it up at lunch. The news channels run it on repeat. Right now, there is a heavily hyped IPO doing exactly that, and it is a near perfect…
Scalping vs Swing Trading: What Technical Analysis Changes
Scalping and swing trading do not just differ in speed. What indicators, levels, and chart reading actually change between the two styles.
How To Stay Calm During a Market Correction Like This One
If you have watched your screen turn red for days in a row, like in a sharp down week such as this one, your body is probably reacting before your brain gets a say. Your chest feels tight. You keep refreshing the price. You want to do something,…
Muhurat Trading and Special Market Sessions: What They Are
Muhurat trading is a one-hour symbolic session on Diwali. Here is what actually happens during it, and whether it means anything for your trading.
Fiscal Deficit Explained: Why It Matters to Markets
Fiscal deficit explained in plain English. Learn what it means, how the government funds it, and why markets react to this one number.
Why I Recommend Reading Slowly, One Book at a Time
I get asked fairly often for a list of ten trading psychology books to read this year. My honest answer disappoints most people. I think reading one book slowly, and re-reading parts of it, beats reading ten books quickly almost every time. Here is why I…
Can AI Actually Backtest a Trading Strategy? What It Gets Wrong
Backtesting a trading strategy means checking how it would have performed on past data, before you risk real money on it. It sounds like a perfect job for AI. You describe your rules, the AI writes the code, you get a result in seconds instead of hours.…
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: The Timeless Lessons
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is one of the oldest books on this list, first published in 1923. It is a fictionalized account closely based on the life of Jesse Livermore, a famous and famously volatile trader of that era. Despite its age, traders…
How to Choose the Right Trading Timeframe for You
The right trading timeframe depends on your schedule, capital, and temperament, not on which one looks most exciting. A practical way to choose.
