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The Trading Edge
Concepts, risk frameworks, and psychology for traders who measure edge with data. No hype: sample-size discipline and explicit limits on what the numbers can claim.
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Trading Glossary
Plain-English definitions: profit factor, expectancy, R-multiple, trailing drawdown, FIFO, VWAP, and more.
Setup Miss and Execution Error: Why the Split Matters
A setup miss is a qualified trade you never took; an execution error is one you took wrong. Why separating the two is the only way to measure your real edge.
Behavioral Edge
What Is Maximum Adverse Excursion in Futures Trading?
Maximum adverse excursion is the deepest unrealized loss a futures trade carried before it closed. Here is how to measure it and what it reveals about your stops.
Behavioral Edge
Behavioral Pattern Claims: What Makes One Trustworthy?
A behavioral pattern claim needs a binary trigger, a 20-trade per-pattern sample, a stated confidence interval, and per-setup separation before it surfaces.
Behavioral Edge
What Is Maximum Favorable Excursion in Futures Trading?
Maximum favorable excursion is the peak unrealized profit a futures trade reached before it closed. Here is how to measure the gap and what it reveals.
Behavioral Edge
How to Tag Plan and Improvised Trades in Your Journal
Tag every futures trade as plan or improvised so the split is measurable. A precise rule, a clean ledger, and a per-category expectancy you can trust.
Behavioral Edge
What Overtrading Actually Is and How to Measure It
Overtrading is taking more trades than the strategy supports. See how to define it in numbers, separate it from a busy market day, and measure the cost.
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Cutting Winners Short: How to Put a Dollar Figure on the Trades That Got Away
Cutting winners short has a cost you can compute. Use Maximum Favorable Excursion against your realized exits to put a dollar figure on the money you left on the table.
Behavioral Edge
FOMO Entries: How to Spot Them in Your Data and What They Cost
FOMO entries don't follow a loss; they follow a missed move. Here's how to define them objectively, tag them in your journal, and quantify the damage.
Behavioral Edge
The Metric That Exposes Bad Trading Disguised as Profit
Outcome bias causes traders to reinforce bad decisions that got lucky. Learn how to track decision quality vs. trade outcomes, and why P&L alone will mislead you.