Stage 2: Reading Charts
Price action, candlesticks, support and resistance, trend structure. This is where pattern recognition — a core UX skill — starts to click.
Latest Articles from Stage 2: Foundations
Bullish vs Bearish Candles Without the Drama
Bullish and bearish candles carry far more emotional weight than they deserve. They are records of one finished period, not predictions or moral events.
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Why Candlestick Charts Exist
Most traders treat candlestick charts like a secret code of shapes to memorize. But they aren't secret signals. They’re just a compressed, visual record of a battle.
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Support and Resistance for Beginners
Support and resistance are often taught as lines on a chart, but they’re really about behavior. This beginner-friendly guide explains how traders use key price levels to understand crowd psychology, reduce cognitive overload, and make more structured decisions in the market. Without treating charts like financial astrology.
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How I Actually Read a Candlestick Chart (Taught Like a UX Designer Would)
Not ‘a green candle means price went up.’ Let’s start with why this visualization exists; what information problem it was designed to solve.
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The broker you choose affects your execution quality, your costs, the safety of your funds, and the instruments available to you. This isn't a decision to make by Googling "best forex broker" and clicking the first affiliate result. Here's what actually matters.
Update on Jun 10, 2026
Forex Factory is the most widely used economic calendar and forum in retail forex trading. Here's what it is, what it shows, and how to read it without being overwhelmed.
Update on Jun 10, 2026