THE LOGIC BEHIND THE TRADE

Learn the rules.
Understand the trade-offs.

Explore the ideas that power automated trading, from two-sided pending orders to trend following and account-level risk.

The strategy notebook

7 EXPLAINERS

STRATEGY EXPLAINED

Understand pending orders around a range, the effect of reversals, and why order placement is only part of the strategy.

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Price spacing can make order placement orderly while account risk grows. Learn to evaluate the whole basket.

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When intended price moves are small, spreads, fills, and turnover become central to evaluation.

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Direction filters, delayed exits, and the practical cost of sideways markets.

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Separate the boundary, the trigger, and the trade that actually executes.

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A volatility measure describes movement. The trading rule determines what to do with it.

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STRATEGY EXPLAINED

Position size, equity, margin, and failure handling belong to one account-level plan.

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