Trading
A collection of 13 posts
What Is Slippage in Crypto? Complete Guide 2026
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How to Start Trading Crypto: What the First 15 Minutes Really Involve
Starting to trade crypto: account checks, funding, market, limit and stop orders, custody, tax reporting and the 2026 rule changes, step by step.
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Rising Wedge Pattern: How to Spot It and What the Data Says
A rising wedge is a narrowing upward pattern that usually breaks down. How to identify it, confirm it, and what Bulkowski's data says about its reliability.
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What Is a Golden Cross? How the 50/200-Day Signal Works and Where It Fails
A golden cross is the 50-day moving average crossing above the 200-day: a lagging trend signal that confirms a turn late and misfires in sideways markets.
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What Is a Market Maker? Bid, Ask, Spread and the Risks Behind the Quote
A market maker quotes a price to buy and a price to sell, trading for its own account. How the spread works, the risks it carries and the rules.
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What is a sideways market? How to identify a range-bound market
A sideways market moves within a horizontal range with no clear trend. How to spot one by range, volatility and volume, why it forms, and the terms used.
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What Is a Bear Trap in Trading? How to Recognise a False Breakdown
A bear trap is a false breakdown below support that reverses upward and catches short sellers. How it forms, the warning signs and the limits of each.
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What is a trailing stop? How it moves, when it sells, and what it can't promise
A trailing stop is a stop order whose trigger follows the price by a set dollar or percentage gap and stays put when price falls. Worked examples and risks.
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How to Tell If Crypto Is Overbought: 7 Indicators and Their Limits
RSI above 70, Stochastic above 80, Williams %R above -20, MFI above 80, MVRV above 3.5: what each overbought signal measures and when it fails.
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How to Use On-Chain Analytics for Crypto Trading
How traders read NUPL, MVRV Z-Score, SOPR, exchange flows and holder cohorts, where each metric comes from, and where it breaks down.
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How to Analyze Funding Rates in Crypto: What the Number Tells You
How to read crypto funding rates: who pays when the rate is positive or negative, how the premium index sets it, and what the number cannot tell you.
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How to Manage Risk in Crypto Trading: Position Size, Stops, Leverage and Custody
Manage crypto trading risk by setting the loss you accept before entry, sizing to it, using stop orders you understand, and limiting leverage and custody risk.
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What Is a Fed Meeting? How the FOMC Sets Rates, and Where It Stands in October 2026
A Fed meeting is when the FOMC sets US interest rates. Next decision: Oct 28, 2026, after September's hike to 3.75%–4%. How meetings work.
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