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Technical analysis is a way of describing what buyers and sellers have already done, and of defining in advance the price at which you would admit you were wrong. These guides cover the parts of it that actually change outcomes.
Each one answers a single question completely and then stops. None of them will tell you which indicator settings to use, because the settings are not what is costing you money.
Foundations
How to read support and resistance
What actually makes a level a level, how to tell a real one from a line you drew, and why the number of touches matters less than most people think.
What reward-to-risk actually tells you
Reward-to-risk is meaningless without a win rate attached. The break-even table, and why a 3R setup can still lose money.
Risk
How to set a stop loss
Place the stop where the idea is proven wrong, then size the position to fit — not the other way round. What that looks like in practice.
How much to risk per trade
Why professionals cluster between 0.5% and 2%, what each level costs over a realistic losing streak, and why sizing on conviction is a trap.