TRADING GUIDES & STRATEGY RESEARCH
Trading Education
Explore practical guides to trading concepts, risk, and backtesting. Search by keyword, difficulty, or topic to find your next lesson.
159 guides found
- IntermediateOctober 13, 2026
Trend Retracements and Inversion Gaps: Setup, Risk, and Process
Define trend, 50–66% retracements, and gap inversions, then connect the setup to account-risk budgets and process review with an original Pine Script test.
- IntermediateOctober 13, 2026
Trading Band Indicators: Trend Signals, Reversals, and Projections
Compare three ChartPrime band tools by their trend, reversal, and projection functions, with worked examples and checks for signal timing and historical revisions.
- BeginnerOctober 13, 2026
Trading Mindset: Reduce Single-Trade Pressure and Measure Progress
Reduce pressure around individual trades while preserving risk limits, measuring process improvement, and separating confidence from evidence of an edge.
- AdvancedOctober 13, 2026
Opening Pivot Breakouts: Retest Confirmation and Position Sizing
Study opening-pivot breakouts and confirmed retests, with position-sizing lessons and a Pine Script research test that separates breakout from entry.
- AdvancedOctober 13, 2026
Opening Alignment: Moving-Average Picture, Position, and Color
Separate moving-average picture, opening position, and directional confirmation, with a Pine Script opening-range test and second-leg planning examples.
- AdvancedOctober 13, 2026
Relative Strength and Prior-Day Levels: Retests and Reclaims
Combine completed daily trend and relative-strength context with prior-high retests or prior-low reclaims, using a Pine Script share-strategy research test.
- IntermediateOctober 13, 2026
DAX Supply and Demand: Entry Quality, Replanning, and Risk
Review three DAX-related supply-and-demand trades through entry quality, replanning, instrument sizing, and consistent risk accounting.
- AdvancedOctober 13, 2026
Late-Day Rally, Gap-Up Fade: Opening Entries and Risk
Study the late-rally, gap-up opening fade, its upper-third target area, and sizing tradeoffs, with a Pine Script research test and execution checks.
- AdvancedOctober 11, 2026
Supply and Demand Zones: Retests, Role Reversals, and Risk
Distinguish defended zones, edge pressure, and role reversals while evaluating realistic reward and execution risk, with a Pine Script prior-high retest test.
- IntermediateOctober 11, 2026
MACD Crossovers and Divergence: Signals, Confirmation, and Testing
Understand MACD lines, histogram values, signal crossovers, and confirmed divergence, with a Pine Script strategy for controlled comparisons.
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Before you test a trading idea
Where should I start if I’m new to trading?
Start with the price action guide to learn the vocabulary of trends, levels, and confirmation. Write down the entry, exit, and risk rules of an idea before you test it. Use hypothetical capital while you learn.
Can I test every strategy in these guides on CandleChasers?
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What should I look at beyond total return?
Examine drawdown, losing streaks, the number of trades, trading costs, and the period tested. Compare different market conditions and read the execution assumptions. Choosing the best result after many variations can make a strategy appear stronger than it is.
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