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Guides on how markets work, how to read a chart and how to keep your losses small. If you are new, begin with the three marked Start here.
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Spencer Li, CFTe, founder of Synapse Trading. 900+ free articles on this site since 2009.
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Most people keep two portfolios: a trading account, which takes active skill and time, and a long-term investment portfolio, which compounds slowly. These guides cover both.
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Five ways to read a price chart, from patterns and candles to indicators and pure price action.
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What you can trade, and what each market asks of you: stocks, CFDs, forex, options and crypto.
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Sizing a trade so one loss cannot hurt you, keeping your head when it does, and the books and traders worth learning from.
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Spencer Li, founder of Synapse Trading