Concepts

Neutral trading definitions: instruments, orders, markets — independent of school or trader.

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School-agnostic entries: what buy means, what a derivative is, how to read an order book. Valid for Hurst, Wyckoff, and any other approach.

Menu → Encyclopedia → Concepts — You are at the first encyclopedia layer: shared vocabulary. For cyclic theory go to fondamenti; for Hurst technical terms to glossario; for guided paths go to fundamental-paths.


Fundamental paths — start here

If you are new, do not pick a school yet. Follow the three rings in order:

Medal Level Hub
Bronze Beginner bronze-path
Silver Intermediate silver-path
Gold Advanced gold-path

Full overview: fundamental-paths.


Encyclopedia — dedicated areas

Area What you find When to use
Concepts ← you are here Buy, timeframe, trend, liquidity… First steps, neutral definitions
indicatori RSI, MACD, ATR, Bollinger… How to use indicators
glossario Systematic term index Look up what a word means
psicologia Bias, emotions, discipline The human factor in every discipline
metodologia Plan, checklist, process How to build a method
anti-scam Fraud, red flags, due diligence Before depositing or trusting
trader Bios and «Start» paths Choosing a tradition to follow

Market Cycles (separate menu) = Hurst theory (fondamenti), traditions and operational techniques: tradizione-hurst, tradizione-wyckoff, metodologie.


If you are new to trading

Read in this order:

  1. buy-and-sell
  2. long-and-short
  3. ohlc-candlestick
  4. timeframe
  5. trend
  6. market-cycle
  7. moving-average
  8. stop-loss-and-take-profit

Then: j-m-hurst → path in tradizione-hurst. Or Wyckoff via tradizione-wyckoff.


Operations and positions

Entry Summary
buy-and-sell Buy and sell
long-and-short Long and short
stop-loss-and-take-profit Stop loss and take profit

Markets, execution, and costs

Entry Summary
market-index Market indices
spot-market Spot (cash) market
derivative Futures, options, CFDs — overview
futures Futures contracts
cfd Contract for difference
liquidity Liquidity
bid-ask-spread Bid-ask spread
mid-price Mid price
market-order Market order
limit-order Limit order
execution-latency Execution latency
slippage Slippage
order-book Order book
market-maker Market maker
matching-engine Matching engine

Reading methodologies

Entry Summary
volumetric-analysis Volume, supply/demand, Wyckoff
quantitative-trading Systematic and quant strategies

Reading the chart

Entry Summary
ohlc-candlestick OHLC candlestick
timeframe Timeframe
trend Trend
support-and-resistance Support and resistance
volatility Volatility
trading-volume Trading volume

Analysis

Entry Summary
moving-average Moving average
market-cycle Market cycle