Why 90% Of Traders Quit In Year One
It isn't bad strategy. It's position sizing, undefined risk, and revenge-trading after the first drawdown. Here's the cycle and how to break it.
Read the breakdown →The Koi Moon Library
Read The Market Before You Trade It.
Free financial literacy guides, trading fundamentals, and a downloadable field guide for new and intermediate traders. Learn the patterns, language, and risk management every trader is expected to know — taught in plain English, not jargon.
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The Trader's Field Guide.
A 30-page primer covering the exact concepts every trader is expected to understand before risking real capital. No upsell, no fluff — just the foundation.
- Risk management rules that keep you in the game
- How to read candlesticks and market structure
- Position sizing math (with worked examples)
- A trading journal template you can copy today
The Fundamentals
Six Concepts.
Every Trader Should Know.
The non-negotiables. Skip these and the rest of trading is just gambling with extra steps.
01
Risk Per Trade
Why professionals risk 1–2% per position and what happens to your account if you don't. Includes the math behind "blow-up risk."
02
Market Structure
Higher highs, lower lows, and the simple framework that tells you whether the market is trending, ranging, or reversing.
03
Reading Candles
Open, high, low, close — and the handful of candle patterns that actually carry signal vs. the dozens that don't.
04
Support & Resistance
How to draw levels that hold up under scrutiny, and how to tell a clean level from a line you wanted to see.
05
Position Sizing
The formula that turns a stop-loss distance and an account size into the exact number of contracts or shares to trade.
06
Trade Journaling
Why every trader who survives keeps a journal — and the four fields that matter more than all the rest combined.
Articles & Breakdowns
Field Notes.
From The Charts.
Honest, opinionated essays on trading psychology, market structure, and the parts of trading nobody puts on the highlight reel.
How To Actually Read A Candlestick
Forget the 47-pattern flashcards. Three candle structures carry almost all the signal you'll ever need — and here's exactly what each one is telling you.
Read the breakdown →The 1% Rule Isn't Conservative — It's Math
Why risking more than 2% per trade statistically dooms most retail accounts, and the simple expected-value calculation every trader should run before pressing buy.
Read the breakdown →Leverage: A User Manual
10x doesn't mean 10x profits — it means a 10% move liquidates you. Here's how to think about leverage as a tool instead of a weapon pointed at your own account.
Read the breakdown →The Four Fields That Make A Journal Work
Most trade journals are pretty and useless. The ones that actually change behavior track four specific things — and none of them is your P/L.
Read the breakdown →Market Structure In Plain English
Higher highs, lower lows, and the one diagram that explains trends, ranges, and reversals without a single fancy indicator.
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