Technical Analysis
Price action, structure, indicators, and what TA can and cannot tell you about future price.
10 chapters · 1.3 hr total
- 01
How to Read a Crypto Chart: Candlesticks, Timeframes, and What's Actually Happening
Before any indicator or pattern, charts are just compressed price-and-time data. Understanding what each candle represents is the foundation everything else sits on.
8 min read
- 02
Support and Resistance: How Price Memory Actually Works
Support and resistance aren't lines drawn on a chart, they're zones where past trading activity creates real future behavior. Reading them well beats every fancy indicator.
8 min read
- 03
Trends and Trendlines: How to Identify Direction Without Fooling Yourself
A trend isn't a feeling, it's a precise structural condition. Knowing when one is in force, when it's intact, and when it's broken is the core of directional trading.
8 min read
- 04
Candlestick Patterns That Actually Matter (And Most That Don't)
Most candlestick patterns are noise dressed up with names. A small handful actually encode meaningful information about supply and demand. Here's how to tell them apart.
8 min read
- 05
Chart Patterns: Triangles, Flags, Head and Shoulders Explained Honestly
Chart patterns describe how price compresses and resolves at scale. The reliable ones aren't predictions, they're descriptions of structure that lets you size risk.
9 min read
- 06
Moving Averages: SMA, EMA, and the Ones That Actually Matter
Moving averages are the simplest indicator and one of the most widely watched. Used right, they're a clean trend filter, used wrong, they're confirmation bias.
8 min read
- 07
RSI Indicator: How to Read It Without Falling for Its Most Common Trap
RSI measures momentum, not oversold/overbought. Treating it as a contrarian signal is the most common way traders misuse it. Here's the right read.
7 min read
- 08
MACD: How to Read the Most Misunderstood Momentum Indicator
MACD is two moving averages and their difference, plotted as an oscillator. Understanding what it actually measures is the difference between using it and copying signals.
7 min read
- 09
Volume Analysis: The Most Underrated Signal in Crypto
Volume tells you whether a price move has conviction behind it. Most retail traders ignore it. That's exactly why reading it well is real edge.
7 min read
- 10
What Technical Analysis Can't Tell You (And Why That Matters)
TA is a useful framework for structuring trades, but it's not a prediction engine. Knowing exactly where the limits are protects you from the most expensive mistakes.
8 min read