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Read Charts & Technical Analysis

A focused path on reading price action: candlesticks, support and resistance, chart patterns, and the two indicators that show up on almost every chart.

13 steps ~1.0 hr Beginner → Reading with confidence

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  1. 1

    Foundations

    The building blocks of every chart.

    1. How to Read a Candlestick Chart

      5 min read

      What open, high, low and close actually mean, and how to read basic patterns without overreading them.

    2. Order Types Explained

      5 min read

      Market, limit and stop orders, and a practical framework for which one to use when.

    3. Chapter check: Foundations

      3 questions

      Candlesticks and orders — the reading basics.

  2. 2

    Core skills

    Patterns and indicators.

    1. Technical Analysis Basics: Support and Resistance

      5 min read

      What technical analysis actually is, how support and resistance form, why broken levels flip roles, and a grounded look at trend lines and volume.

    2. Common Chart Patterns Explained

      6 min read

      Head and shoulders, double tops, triangles and flags explained, including why patterns fail and how to trade them responsibly.

    3. Indicators 101: Moving Averages & RSI

      6 min read

      SMA vs EMA, moving average crossovers, RSI and RSI divergence, and the biggest mistake beginners make: using indicators alone.

    4. Market Cycles Explained

      7 min read

      Halvings, bull and bear markets, and why cycle patterns are context, not a trading system.

    5. Chapter check: Core skills

      3 questions

      Patterns and indicators — context over certainty.

  3. 3

    Market context

    What moves price beyond the chart itself.

    1. On-Chain Analysis 101

      7 min read

      What whale wallets and exchange flows actually tell you, and where those signals fall apart.

    2. How Macro Economics Affects Crypto Markets

      6 min read

      How interest rates, dollar strength and market liquidity increasingly move crypto prices, and why the "uncorrelated asset" story is fading.

    3. Hyperliquid Open Interest, Explained

      3 min read

      What OI actually measures, why rising or falling OI matters, and where to track it live for every perpetual.

    4. Hyperliquid Funding Rates, Explained

      3 min read

      What funding actually is, why APRs go extreme, and how to scan all markets for carry-trade opportunities with the funding tool.

    5. Chapter check: Market context

      3 questions

      On-chain and macro signals beyond the chart itself.

You're ready

Finish every step above and you'll have the full path behind you, from the basics to the point where reading with confidence actually means something.