Simple strategies, explained plainly
Every article covers one idea with published evidence behind it: what it is, why it works, the exact rules, and (because nothing is free) what it costs. No secrets, no upsells, no fourteenth indicator.
The 200-day moving average: the only trend filter most traders need
One line answers the most important question in trading: is this market going up or down? What the filter does, what it costs, and how to run it in twelve decisions a year.
Read the article → Trend FollowingThe golden cross: a complete strategy in two moving averages
Add a 50-day average to the 200 and you have an entire system (entries, exits, and all) that fits in a tweet. The rules, the record, and how people ruin it.
Read the article → MomentumBuying 52-week highs: the simple trade that feels wrong
Your gut says a stock at a yearly high is too expensive. Decades of momentum research say the opposite. Why new highs keep working, and the plain rules for trading them.
Read the article → MomentumDual momentum: a complete strategy you trade once a month
Three ETFs, one comparison, twelve decisions a year. Antonacci's dual momentum may be the most strategy per rule in the public literature.
Read the article → Risk & MoneyThe 1% rule: position sizing you can do on a napkin
Entries get the attention; sizing decides whether you survive. One formula, a worked example, and the losing-streak math that makes the case.
Read the article → ProcessTrade the weekly chart: fewer decisions, better decisions
Every timeframe shows the same market at a different noise level. What changes when you slow down, and the 30-minute Sunday routine that runs it all.
Read the article → ProcessOne market, one setup, one timeframe
Fifty random trades teach you nothing; fifty reps of one setup teach you everything. How specialists learn faster, and the 100-trade contract.
Read the article → Price ActionHorizontal lines: the only drawing tool you need
Levels are market memory: prices with unfinished business. How to draw the five that matter and the three simple ways to trade them.
Read the article → ProcessThe trading journal: the simplest edge nobody uses
Seven fields, two minutes a trade, thirty minutes a week. How a spreadsheet finds the two habits leaking most of your money.
Read the article → The Case for SimpleWhy complicated trading systems fail
Overfitting, fragility, abandonment: the three ways complexity kills systems, and the napkin test that separates real edges from curve-fit coincidences.
Read the article →New here? Start with the playbook
Seven steps that turn any of these strategies into something you can actually run.