Limit Order Book: How Market and Limit Orders Fill

Picture a 5,000-share market order hitting a thin small-cap at 10:47 in the morning. The last trade printed at 24.10, so you'd expect a fill somewhere near there. Instead the…

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Read more about the article NIO +1227%: the base breakout of an EV survivor, May 2020
NIO on the 2020-05-26 breakout entry, from my chart archive

NIO +1227%: the base breakout of an EV survivor, May 2020

NIO's back on the StockTwits trending list this week, and a mid-July 2026 upgrade to buy from Goldman Sachs is a big reason why. That makes now a good time…

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Multi-Timeframe Analysis: A Top-Down Decision Hierarchy

A trader sees a tight base break on the daily chart at 47.20. Volume is heavy. The candle closes near the high. They buy the breakout, get filled, and watch…

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Weinstein Stage Analysis: The Four-Stage Trend Filter

Most losing trades I review have nothing wrong with the entry pattern. The flag was clean, the volume looked decent, the stop was in a sensible place. The problem sits…

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Position Sizing Methods: Fixed Fractional, ATR, Kelly

A swing trader risks 2% of a $50,000 account on every trade. The rule has held since the first month of the journal. Then the VIX prints 38 on a…

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Heikin Ashi Candles: Calculation, Smoothing, and Trend Use

A trend you spotted on Monday closes red on Wednesday. The next day it closes red again. By Friday you have exited a position that, two weeks later, is still…

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Volatility Risk Premium – Why Options Overprice Fear

The volatility risk premium means implied vol consistently overstates realised vol. Here is how swing traders exploit the IV-RV gap for sizing and timing.

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