KNOWLEDGE / ACADEMY
The analysis process from scratch: context, horizon, structure, confirmation and decision.
A useful research question specifies an asset, executable market, decision time and outcome window. “Will this rise?” leaves all four open. “Does a close above the previous hourly range precede a move large enough to exceed estimated round-trip costs within…
A regime is a summary of several observations, not a property permanently attached to a coin. Separate direction, realised variability and persistence. A market can trend steadily with narrow candles, or move sideways with large swings. Compare successive…
RSI, moving-average slope and a momentum oscillator often reuse the same closing prices. Agreement may therefore reflect one underlying movement three times. A different view might come from executed trade imbalance, the cost of crossing the book or…
A four-hour candle that is still forming contains an unfinished result. When comparing it with a closed five-minute signal, note that their certainty differs. For historical testing, use only the higher-timeframe candle that had actually closed at the…
A scanner's HOLD usually describes the current opportunity, not an instruction to keep every asset already owned. Existing positions involve a different entry price, exposure and invalidation condition. Waiting can also mean different things: insufficient…
A compact review can ask: which asset and venue; which horizon; how fresh the data is; what the broader structure says; what confirms the immediate setup; what invalidates it; whether flow supports the interpretation; what liquidity is available for the…