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Plain-English, no-hype guides to how markets actually work — the same ideas we apply in Entry Point Trading's daily signal. Each guide has a clear definition, a worked example, and why it matters. No jargon walls, no performance claims — just the process, explained honestly.
The library
35 core concepts every trader should own
Stock Signal
A structured buy/sell/hold call — and what a good one must include.
Swing Trading
Holding days to weeks to capture a single price swing.
Relative Strength
Ranking what's leading vs. lagging the market.
Support and Resistance
Price levels where buyers and sellers repeatedly step in.
Moving Averages
Smoothing price to see the trend beneath the noise.
RSI (Relative Strength Index)
A momentum oscillator for overbought/oversold reads.
Risk-Reward Ratio
Sizing the potential gain against the potential loss before you enter.
Position Sizing
Deciding how much to risk on a single trade.
Stop-Loss
A pre-planned exit that caps the loss on a trade.
Breakout Trading
Trading a move through a defined level on rising participation.
Momentum Investing
Buying strength, on the tendency of trends to persist.
Market Breadth
Measuring how many stocks participate in a move, not just the index.
Candlestick Patterns
Reading open, high, low and close to gauge who's winning.
Volume Analysis
Using trading volume to confirm or doubt a price move.
MACD
A trend-and-momentum indicator built from moving averages.
Bollinger Bands
Volatility bands that flag stretched and quiet markets.
Moving Average Crossover
When a fast average crosses a slow one — golden and death crosses.
P/E Ratio
Price versus earnings — the classic valuation yardstick.
Dividend Investing
Owning companies that pay you cash to hold them.
Market Capitalization
A company's total market value — large-, mid- and small-cap.
Sector Rotation
How leadership rotates between sectors over the cycle.
Trend Following
Riding established trends and cutting reversals.
Volatility and the VIX
Measuring fear and expected market swings.
Earnings Season
The quarterly reports that move stocks the most.
Limit Order
An order to buy or sell only at a set price or better.
Market Order vs Limit Order
Speed versus price control — which order to use when.
Dollar-Cost Averaging
Investing fixed amounts on a schedule to smooth out timing.
Stock Market Sectors
The 11 groups that divide the market — and why they matter.
Beta and Volatility
How much a stock tends to move relative to the market.
Gap Trading
Trading the jump when price opens away from the prior close.
Short Selling
Profiting when a price falls — and the outsized risk it carries.
Dividend Yield
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price.
Price-to-Book Ratio
Price versus the company's net asset value on the books.
Average True Range (ATR)
A volatility measure for sizing stops and positions.
Relative Volume (RVOL)
Today's volume versus normal — spotting unusual interest.
Compare
How Entry Point Trading differs from the tools you already use
EPT vs TradingView
Charting platform vs a daily scored list.
EPT vs Seeking Alpha
Crowd commentary vs one systematic process.
EPT vs Simply Wall St
Fundamental snapshots vs technical alignment.
EPT vs StockTwits
Social sentiment vs a rules-based score.
EPT vs Trade Ideas
Real-time scanning vs a daily published list.
EPT vs TrendSpider
Backtesting toolkit vs a ready-made score.
EPT vs Danelfin
Two quantitative scores, compared honestly.
Finimize alternative
Market briefings vs per-ticker technicals.
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