Technical Analysis

Technical analysis is a way of describing what price has done and where market participants have previously reacted. It is not a forecasting method, and the confidence with which it is usually presented is the main reason readers get hurt.

Our pieces state the time horizon up front, because a level that matters on a weekly chart is irrelevant intraday and treating them as interchangeable is how a reader ends up holding a day trade for six months. We cite levels that can be pointed at on a chart rather than drawn to fit a conclusion, and we say what would invalidate the read — which is the part almost always missing.

If you are learning to read this material rather than trade on it, how to read crypto charts covers candles, volume and indicators including what they cannot tell you. Understanding volatility and drawdown matters more than any pattern: a 60% fall needs a 150% gain to recover, which is the arithmetic that decides outcomes.

Three rules govern this section. No buy or sell calls. No invented support and resistance. Any forecast we report belongs to whoever made it, is named as theirs, and is not adopted as ours.

Every piece carries the Priced at Publication stamp, and we never aggregate those figures into a track record. Before sizing anything, read risk management and use the position size calculator. Nothing here is financial advice.

One practical test for any technical piece, including ours: does it say what price action would prove the read wrong? If not, it cannot be evaluated after the fact, and an unfalsifiable claim is indistinguishable from a guess. We try to include that line every time, and you should notice when other analysis does not.