Perspective, not noise.
Educational material and market context, written for people who want to understand how markets behave before they take a position.
Four tracks, in the order they matter.
Market fundamentals
How instruments, sessions and pricing actually work.
Execution
Order types, spreads, slippage and the mechanics of a fill.
Risk management
Position sizing, stops and protecting capital over time.
Platform guides
Getting the most out of the Solaris Black workspace.
Everything published so far.
- Market fundamentalsIntermediate
What moves currency pairs during the session overlap
Volume is not evenly spread across the trading day. The overlap between London and New York is where most of the day's range is typically set, and that shapes how strategies behave.
8 min read - Risk managementBeginner
Position sizing: the decision that outlives your entries
Entry technique gets the attention, but size determines whether a losing streak is a setback or the end of an account. Sizing is arithmetic, and the arithmetic is unforgiving.
7 min read - ExecutionAdvanced
Reading the order book without over-reading it
Depth-of-market shows resting intent, not commitment. Used carefully it improves execution; used as a prediction tool it misleads.
9 min read - Platform guidesBeginner
Building a watchlist that matches how you actually trade
A watchlist is an attention budget. Most traders overfill theirs and end up monitoring markets they would never take a position in.
5 min read
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