Technical Analysis

How to read price: ICT and smart money concepts, fair value gaps, order blocks, liquidity, market structure, chart patterns and the indicators traders actually use, with annotated charts.

Technical Analysis

Bull Flag Pattern: How to Trade Bull and Bear Flags

Bull flag pattern explained: flagpole, flag and breakout, bull flag vs bear flag, pennants, entries, stop placement, measured targets and failure modes.

Gianluca Pizzituti

14 min read

Technical Analysis

Candlestick Patterns: A Complete Guide and Cheat Sheet

Candlestick patterns explained: a cheat sheet of bullish and bearish patterns, from the hammer, doji and engulfing to the morning star, and how to confirm them.

Gianluca Pizzituti

15 min read

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Chart Patterns: The Complete Guide to Reversal and Continuation Patterns

Chart patterns explained: bullish and bearish reversal and continuation patterns, how to confirm a breakout, measured-move targets and why patterns fail.

Vittorio De Angelis

17 min read

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Cup and Handle Pattern: How to Identify and Trade It

The cup and handle pattern explained: anatomy, volume, the breakout above the rim, entries, stops under the handle, the measured target and inverted version.

Vittorio De Angelis

13 min read

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Double Top Pattern and Double Bottom: How to Trade Them

Double top pattern and double bottom explained: the confirmation close, volume, entries, stops, the measured target, triple tops and why the pattern fails.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

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Golden Cross: What It Means and How Traders Use It

Golden cross explained: the 50-day moving average crossing above the 200-day, why it lags price, the death cross, whipsaws, and how to use it as a trend filter.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

Technical Analysis

Head and Shoulders Pattern: How to Trade the Top and the Inverse

The head and shoulders pattern explained: the neckline, the inverse version, volume, confirmation, entries, stop placement and the measured target.

Gianluca Pizzituti

13 min read

Technical Analysis

How to Read Stock Charts: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

How to read stock charts step by step: candlesticks (OHLC), timeframes, trend, support and resistance, volume and moving averages, plus a 6-step routine.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

Technical Analysis

Triangle Patterns: Ascending, Descending and Symmetrical Triangles Explained

Triangle patterns explained: ascending, descending and symmetrical triangles, how to confirm the breakout, place the stop and set the measured target.

Gianluca Pizzituti

13 min read

Technical Analysis

Rising Wedge and Falling Wedge Patterns: How to Trade Them

Rising wedge pattern and falling wedge pattern explained: bullish or bearish, how to draw the lines, confirmation, entries, stops, targets and failure modes.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

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ATR Indicator: How to Use Average True Range for Stops and Sizing

ATR indicator explained: how Average True Range is calculated, ATR stop-loss and trailing stop rules, position sizing from ATR, and prop challenge use.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

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Bollinger Bands: How to Read and Trade Them

Bollinger Bands explained: the 20 SMA and 2 standard deviation formula, the squeeze, walking the bands, mean reversion, W-bottoms, bandwidth and %b.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

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Break of Structure (BOS) and Change of Character (CHoCH) Explained

Break of structure (BOS) explained: read market structure, confirm breaks on closes, spot a change of character (CHoCH) and MSS, and frame entries.

Gianluca Pizzituti

14 min read

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Fair Value Gap (FVG): How to Spot and Trade It

Fair value gap (FVG) explained: the three-candle pattern, bullish vs bearish gaps, consequent encroachment, inverse FVGs, entries, stops, and targets.

Gianluca Pizzituti

14 min read

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Fibonacci Retracement: Levels, How to Draw Them and How to Trade Them

Fibonacci retracement explained: the 23.6 to 78.6% levels, how to draw them, limit order entries, stops, extension targets and confluence with structure.

Gianluca Pizzituti

13 min read

Technical Analysis

Ichimoku Cloud: How to Read Ichimoku Kinko Hyo

Ichimoku cloud explained: the five lines, how the kumo is built and projected, how to read the TK cross and Chikou Span, crypto settings, and its limits.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

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ICT Trading: Concepts, Kill Zones and the ICT Setup Explained

ICT trading explained: the core Inner Circle Trader concepts, the liquidity sweep to FVG setup step by step, kill zones, silver bullet, OTE and risk rules.

Gianluca Pizzituti

17 min read

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Liquidity Sweep: How to Spot and Trade a Liquidity Grab

Liquidity sweep explained: where buy-side and sell-side liquidity pools, how to confirm a sweep, sweep vs breakout, and how to trade it with tight risk.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

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MACD Indicator: How to Read Crossovers, the Histogram and Divergence

MACD indicator explained: the 12/26/9 formula, signal-line and zero-line crossovers, the histogram, divergence, best settings and how to avoid whipsaws.

Vittorio De Angelis

13 min read

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Moving Averages: SMA vs EMA and How to Trade Them

Moving average guide: SMA vs EMA, the 9, 20, 50 and 200 lengths, reading trend slope, pullback entries, crossovers, ribbons, lag and whipsaws.

Vittorio De Angelis

15 min read

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Order Block Trading: Bullish, Bearish and Breaker Blocks

Order block explained: the last opposing candle before a break of structure, how to mark it, mean threshold, breaker blocks, entries, stops and common mistakes.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

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RSI Indicator: How to Use the Relative Strength Index

RSI indicator guide: how the relative strength index is calculated, overbought and oversold, RSI divergence with confirmation, best settings and mistakes.

Gianluca Pizzituti

14 min read

Technical Analysis

Smart Money Concepts (SMC): A Practical Guide for Traders

Smart money concepts explained: market structure, liquidity, order blocks, FVGs, premium and discount, inducement, SMC vs ICT, and a simple trading workflow.

Vittorio De Angelis

14 min read

Technical Analysis

Support and Resistance: How to Draw and Trade Key Levels

Support and resistance explained: why levels form, how to draw zones, role reversal, breakouts vs false breakouts, stop placement and trading with limit orders.

Gianluca Pizzituti

13 min read

Technical Analysis

Technical Indicators: The Complete Guide for Traders

Technical indicators explained: the five families, leading vs lagging, the best indicators for day trading, how to combine them, and the stochastic oscillator.

Vittorio De Angelis

17 min read

Technical Analysis

Volume Profile: Point of Control, Value Area and How to Trade It

Volume profile explained: point of control, value area, high and low volume nodes, session vs fixed range profiles, and how to trade volume profile levels.

Gianluca Pizzituti

14 min read

Technical Analysis

VWAP Indicator: What It Is and How to Trade It

VWAP indicator explained: how volume-weighted average price is calculated, why institutions use it, VWAP trading strategies, anchored VWAP and bands.

Gianluca Pizzituti

13 min read

Technical Analysis

Fundamental vs Technical Analysis: Which Drives Price Now?

Fundamental vs technical analysis: what each studies, tools, timeframes, strengths, a comparison table, and how a former bank trader combines them in practice.

Vittorio De Angelis

15 min read

Technical Analysis

Wyckoff Accumulation Explained for Crypto Traders

Wyckoff accumulation explained: the five phases, the Spring, and key events, plus how funded traders enter with defined risk on a prop account.

Vittorio De Angelis

11 min read