Start here
A path from foundations to first trades.
If you're new to markets — or new to trading with a real process — start here. Work through these in order. There's no rush.
- 01
Risk Management
Before anything else: how much are you willing to lose on one idea, one day, one week?
- 02
Build a Trading Plan
The minimum viable plan — setups, invalidation, sizing, and a review cadence.
- 03
Position Sizing
Translating account risk into shares or contracts without guesswork.
- 04
Psychology
The cost of tilt, the value of process, and why boredom is the goal.
- 05
Reviewing Trades
The journaling framework I use — and the weekly review that turns it into an edge.
Recommended reads
Beginner-friendly starting points
Position Sizing From First Principles
Why fixed-fractional sizing is a floor, not a ceiling — and how to translate account risk into contracts and shares without guesswork.
Building a Trading Plan You Will Actually Follow
A minimum viable plan: setups, invalidation, sizing, review cadence. Everything else is decoration.
Journaling That Actually Compounds
The four fields I record on every trade, and the weekly review that turns them into an edge.
What "ready" actually means
- You can state your setup and invalidation in one sentence.
- You size every trade the same way, mechanically.
- You journal every trade — including the ones you skipped.
- You do a weekly review, even in slow weeks.