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Learn to read a price chart from first principles
14 lessons covering market structure, support and resistance zones, breakouts and failures, classic patterns, volume, moving averages, momentum indicators, Ichimoku and multi-timeframe analysis — plus a pattern explorer and a glossary. Structure before indicators; every idea states what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
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How we read a chart
Every term our analysis prints, defined — with the rule that detects it, and the cases where that rule misleads.
- The bar itself1 concepts
- Levels, and what happens at them8 concepts
- Market structure6 concepts
- Displacement, and what it leaves4 concepts
- Volatility and shape4 concepts
- Momentum indicators6 concepts
- Volume4 concepts
- Across timeframes1 concepts
Market explainers (7)
Plain-language background on the events our briefs and news cover every day.
What is an 8-K?
The SEC filing that tells you something material just happened at a US company — and how to read one without the hype.
What does CPI mean for markets?
Why one inflation print can dominate a whole trading session, what the number actually measures, and what to watch beyond the headline.
What is PCE — and why does the Fed prefer it?
The other inflation gauge: how PCE differs from CPI and why the Fed's target is written in PCE terms.
What happens on FOMC day?
The timeline of a Federal Reserve decision day — statement, projections, press conference — and why markets often move twice.
Why does a Fed rate decision matter?
How a single interest rate ripples through borrowing costs, currencies, equity valuations and crypto.
What does 'one-sided' or 'unconfirmed' mean in market news?
Our verification states explained: rumour, one-sided, disputed, confirmed, denied — and why silence is never treated as denial.
Why can Bitcoin move around US macro releases?
BTC has no earnings and no CPI basket — so why does it react to Fed statements and inflation prints?