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Summary card for the post: Stocks on the Move Summary: Andreas Clenow's Momentum Strategy, Rule by Rule

Stocks on the Move Summary: Andreas Clenow’s Momentum Strategy, Rule by Rule

A summary of Andreas Clenow's Stocks on the Move: slope × R² ranking, ATR sizing, the 200-day index filter, no stop losses, and what the backtest left out.
A spread of trade results in R, with the losing side marked

Why Traders Fail: The 5 Real Reasons Most Traders Lose Money

Why do most traders lose money? Studies of real brokerage records point to 5 leaks: cost, size, exits, sample and repeat. Here is how to find yours.
Is crypto still worth trading in 2026: two markets, one name

Is Crypto Still Worth Trading in 2026?

Crypto has split into two markets. The rules and the rails keep growing, while the trade pays under a point more than a bond. Where that leaves you.
Summary card for the post: Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom Summary: Why Position Sizing Beats Entry

Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom Summary: Why Position Sizing Beats Entry

A summary of Van Tharp's Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom: expectancy, R-multiples, the coin-flip entry test, and why position sizing decides results.
A drawdown and its slower climb back, drawn as a line chart

Should You Quit Your Job to Trade Full-Time? Why Your Salary Is Your Best Trading Tool

Thinking of trading full time? Why your salary may be your best trading tool, what the research on trading for a living found, and the rent test to run first.
October 2026 market wrap: an index line climbs to a record, then falls.

Monthly Market Wrap (October 2026)

Have you ever seen the Nasdaq set a record close and then lose 5% in the same month, while the Dow quietly went up? That was October 2026. The Nasdaq Composite fell about 5.3% to 25,437, its worst month since March 2025, the S&P 500 slipped…
Candles in an uptrend making higher highs and higher lows, with a dashed trendline under the pullback lows

Four setups, fifteen minutes: the whole shape of the method

Twelve indicators, six half-learned strategies: the fix is fewer things. The four setups behind my method, and the 15-minute routine that runs them.
47 circles, 45 grey and 2 red: of 47 setups an AI tool finds, a trader takes 2. Card for the post The 47/2 Problem.

The 47/2 Problem: Why AI Trading Tools Make Picking Trades Harder

AI made finding trade setups free. The skill that is left is rejecting them. Four named reasons to say no, and how to use AI for the case against.
Summary card for the post: The Disciplined Trader Summary: Why Discipline Is a Skill You Can Learn

The Disciplined Trader Summary: Why Discipline Is a Skill You Can Learn

A summary of Mark Douglas's The Disciplined Trader: the passive-loser trap, his two rules for losses, and the seven steps to trading without fear.