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tool · Performance & testing
Compare an equity peak with current equity to calculate drawdown and the gain needed to recover. Handles zero equity and explains cash-flow limitations.
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guide · Futures & contracts
Compare ES and MES through point values, equivalent exposure, an original sizing example, partial exits, costs and practical account checks.
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reference · Technical analysis
Define bullish and bearish fair value gaps with explicit candle boundaries, compare mitigation rules, and separate the pattern from institutional-flow claims.
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Calculate retracement levels from declared endpoints, distinguish retracement from extension, and avoid anchor selection and log-scale confusion.
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Distinguish notice, trading, settlement and broker deadlines with an example schedule, then check the earliest applicable action date for a futures position.
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Distinguish a flag’s parallel consolidation from a pennant’s converging boundaries, and document the preceding move and breakout without hindsight.
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tool · Risk & sizing
Model forex lots from a hypothetical risk budget, stop distance, pip value and costs. Round down to a chosen volume step and see unused modeled budget.
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guide · Forex & currencies
Compare forex and stocks by ownership, quote units, exposure, costs and execution. Learn why the account and instrument matter more than the market label.
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Calculate futures-minus-cash basis, compare a change in basis with each price move, and identify why sign, timing and instrument differences matter.
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Calculate a two-maturity futures spread with a worked P&L example, distinguish native spread execution from separate legs, and account for expiry and margin.
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Distinguish daily and final settlement, compare cash and physical obligations, and build an expiration checklist using primary exchange and broker sources.
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Understand a futures contract with a worked trade, a settlement ledger and a practical checklist for size, margin, order execution and expiration.
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Separate broker intraday margin from initial and maintenance margin with a hypothetical cutoff example, funding checks and account-level limitations.
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Use the full futures month-code table, decode a product-month-year example, and check why a named month does not always reveal the last trading date.
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Calculate whole futures contracts from a hypothetical budget, stop ticks, tick value and modeled fees. Includes rounding, units and margin limitations.
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Convert positive and negative forward points into an outright FX rate, check quotation direction, and distinguish carry pricing from an exchange-rate forecast.
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Map a head-and-shoulders pattern from explicit swings, calculate a sloping neckline, and distinguish retrospective recognition from a live signal.
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Calculate Heikin-Ashi OHLC, see how a synthetic open can lie outside the real bar, and distinguish visual smoothing from executable market prices.
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guide · Trading workflows
Read an economic calendar without confusing forecasts, actual releases or revisions. Check timezones, units, source documents and account exposure.
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Calculate Ichimoku’s midpoint lines and displaced spans, work through an example, and avoid treating forward plotting as future information.
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Build a modern Keltner Channel, compare range and ATR variants, and see how its width differs from a standard-deviation price envelope.
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Define a price sweep beyond a prior extreme, distinguish observable candles from inferred stop orders, and document confirmation and failure cases.
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Audit decision timestamps, data availability, revised values and same-bar execution with original examples that expose future-information leakage.
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Convert lots to units with a checked example, distinguish futures multipliers from FX lot sizes, and audit quantity translation between instruments.
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