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Plain explanations of the ideas behind our tools, each with a worked example. General information only, not advice.
Trading
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Position sizing: how many shares to buy
Why the size of a trade should come from where your stop is and how much you are prepared to lose, with worked examples including brokerage and currency conversion.
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Risk/reward, R-multiples and the win rate you need
What a reward-to-risk ratio tells you, what it doesn't, how fees change it, and why every ratio implies a win rate you need just to break even.
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Keeping a trade journal
What to write down before, during and after a trade, how R-multiples and expectancy work, and the biases a journal helps you catch.
Investing
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Dividend yield versus total return
A worked example of yield, price change and total return, why a high yield often comes with a falling price, and how much reinvesting dividends adds over time.
Funds
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ETF holdings overlap
What overlap between two funds means, how it is measured, a worked example and the limits of the number.
Economy and rates
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Why bond prices and yields move in opposite directions
A worked example of how a bond's price adjusts when market yields change, and why longer bonds move more (duration).
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Reading the yield curve
What the shape of the yield curve says about expected interest rates, what an inversion is, and how to read the slope charts on the economy dashboard.