Crypto Knowledge Base
From charts to on-chain to perps — all in one place.
40 advanced crypto and forex guides: Ichimoku and EMA ribbons, on-chain NUPL and HODL Waves, options Greeks and Max Pain, pairs trading and funding-neutral, plus EURUSD euro trading, the ECB and trading sessions — every one is something you can follow step by step.
FOREXFOREXHow to Prepare EURUSD Before an ECB DecisionPrepare EURUSD for an ECB decision using expectations, the rate path, the press conference, and technical location.
FOREXFOREXHow Euro-Area CPI Moves EURUSD: Core Inflation, Surprise, and RatesConnect euro-area headline and core CPI surprises with rate expectations and EURUSD price action.
FOREXFOREXTrading EURUSD on NFP Day: Payrolls, Wages, and Unemployment TogetherRead payrolls, wages, and unemployment as one report and build a disciplined EURUSD NFP workflow.
FOREXFOREXHow to Read PMI for EURUSD Beyond the 50 LineUse manufacturing, services, and composite PMI surprises plus subcomponents to frame EURUSD.
FOREXFOREXGerman-US Yield Spreads and EURUSDUse matched-maturity German-US yield spreads to frame EURUSD while controlling direction and session differences.
FOREXFOREXHow to Use COT Positioning for EURUSDUse CFTC euro futures positioning, changes, and extremes without treating weekly data as a timing signal.
FOREXFOREXEURGBP as a Clean Euro Relative-Strength GaugeUse EURGBP to isolate euro-versus-sterling strength without the US-dollar leg.
FOREXFOREXEURJPY and Rate Differentials: Strong Trend, Real Tail RiskFrame EURJPY through euro-Japan rate differentials, risk appetite, and intervention risk.
FOREXFOREXEURCHF: SNB Risk and the Low-Volatility TrapUnderstand safe-haven flow, SNB events, and position-size traps in low-volatility EURCHF.
FOREXFOREXA Practical EURUSD London-Open FrameworkUse the Asia range and post-open acceptance to evaluate EURUSD London breakouts without a mechanical rule.
FOREXFOREXEURUSD Opening Range: 15 Minutes or 60 Minutes?Choose and test EURUSD opening ranges with fixed duration, volatility normalization, and acceptance rules.
FOREXFOREXATR Position Sizing for EURUSDConnect ATR stop distance, pip value, and account risk so EURUSD size adapts to volatility.
FOREXFOREXIntraday VWAP on EURUSD: Useful Without Centralized FX Volume?Use intraday VWAP on decentralized spot FX with clear volume-source and session-reset limitations.
FOREXFOREXFiltering EURUSD False Breakouts With Close, Retest, and TimeEvaluate EURUSD breakouts with acceptance, retest, and time instead of a single wick.
FOREXFOREXEURUSD Multi-Timeframe Analysis From Weekly Context to Hourly ExecutionAssign clear jobs to weekly, daily, four-hour, and hourly EURUSD charts.
FOREXFOREXForex Rollover and Swap Costs on EURUSDUnderstand EURUSD rollover timing, positive and negative swap, triple-day accrual, and broker differences.
FOREXFOREXHow to Use FX Option Expiry Levels in EURUSDInterpret EURUSD option expiry levels, notionals, and New York cut dynamics without treating them as magnets.
FOREXFOREXA Three-Stage EURUSD Event-Risk PlanManage EURUSD central-bank and data events in pre-release, release, and post-release stages.
FOREXFOREXWhat an EURUSD Trade Journal Should RecordBuild an EURUSD journal that captures session, event risk, spread, execution, and setup context.
FOREXFOREXBuild EURUSD Session Alerts in Pine Script Without DST ErrorsCreate London and New York EURUSD alerts with IANA timezones, session inputs, and close confirmation.
CHARTCharting
Using the Ichimoku Cloud in Crypto: Five Lines and the Kumo
What the five Ichimoku lines mean, how the cloud (Kumo) shows bias and support/resistance at a glance, and parameter and usage advice for volatile crypto.
CHARTCharting
Building and Reading a Crypto EMA Ribbon (Moving-Average System)
How to build a ribbon of multiple EMAs to judge trend strength, what tangling and expansion mean, spotting bull/bear alignment, and common crypto EMA combos.
CHARTCharting
Crypto Chart Patterns in Practice: Head & Shoulders, Double Bottom, Triangles
Spotting head-and-shoulders, double tops/bottoms and triangles in crypto, confirming with volume, projecting targets, and handling fake-outs.
CHARTCharting
Drawing Supply/Demand Zones & Liquidity Areas in Crypto
How supply/demand zones (order blocks) differ from support/resistance lines, framing a zone from the base candles before a move, and how liquidity hunts affect entries.
CHARTCharting
Setting Volatility-Based Stops in Crypto with ATR
How ATR quantifies volatility, why fixed-percentage stops get swept in crypto, and using ATR multiples for dynamic and trailing stops.
CHARTCharting
Bitcoin Logarithmic Regression Bands: A Long-Term Valuation Channel
How log regression fits a long-term trend into an over/undervalued channel, the rainbow-chart idea, and why it suits only very-long-term positioning, not timing.
ONCHAINOn-Chain
Reading Bitcoin HODL Waves and Coin-Age Distribution
How HODL Waves layer supply by coin age, the behavioral differences between long- and short-term holders, and what old-coin reawakening vs more young coins mean.
ONCHAINOn-Chain
Realized Price and Cost-Basis Bands
How realized price represents the network's average cost, why it acts as key psychological support/resistance, and using short- vs long-term holder cost bands.
ONCHAINOn-Chain
Puell Multiple & Miner Behavior: Hashrate, Difficulty and Sell Pressure
How the Puell Multiple gauges cycles via miner revenue, the hashrate/difficulty relationship, miner capitulation and post-halving sell pressure, as a cycle thermometer.
ONCHAINOn-Chain
NUPL and Market Cycle Phases
How NUPL divides sentiment into phases (capitulation to euphoria) using network unrealized profit/loss, the historical meaning of each phase, and its use and limits as a thermometer.
ONCHAINOn-Chain
Exchange Stablecoin Reserves and On-Exchange Buying Power
Why stablecoin reserves on exchanges represent buying power waiting to enter, how rising/falling reserves lead price, and a supply-demand frame with BTC exchange balances.
ONCHAINOn-Chain
Whale Addresses and Holding Concentration: What Smart Money Is Doing
How large-address holdings reveal whale accumulation/distribution, how concentration affects volatility, and avoiding being misled by a single address.
DERIVDerivatives
Crypto Options Max Pain and Expiry Effects
What the Max Pain price is, why price tends toward it near expiry, how large expiry dates affect spot, and its use and limits.
DERIVDerivatives
Perp Mark Price vs Index Price: Don't Get Wicked Out
The difference between mark and index price, why liquidation uses mark price not last traded price, and how this protects you from single-exchange wick liquidations.
DERIVDerivatives
Crypto Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage and Annualized Basis
How spot long + futures short locks in basis yield, converting basis to an annualized rate, and the real risks of these 'neutral' strategies (funding, liquidation, exchange).
DERIVDerivatives
Crypto Options Greeks: Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega
What the four core Greeks measure, how they move option prices, and why spot/perp traders should understand Greeks too.
DERIVDerivatives
Reading the Crypto Long/Short Ratio and Contrarian Sentiment
What the long/short ratio measures, why the retail ratio is a contrarian indicator, and how the top-trader ratio differs from retail.
DERIVDerivatives
Reading the Crypto Futures Term Structure
Connecting futures prices of different expiries into a curve, what contango and backwardation mean, and how the curve shape reflects sentiment.
STRATStrategy
Write a Crypto RSI Mean-Reversion Strategy in Pine Script
A runnable Pine v6 mean-reversion strategy: RSI-oversold entry, exit at the mid, with a stop; add it to a chart and read the backtest, plus a mean-reversion vs trend regime note.
STRATStrategy
Crypto Breakout Strategy and Filtering Fake-Outs
Why crypto has so many fake-outs, filtering real breakouts with close confirmation, volume and a hold-on-retest, and trading the fake-out reversal.
STRATStrategy
Volatility Breakout: Bollinger Squeeze + ATR Trigger
Using a Bollinger squeeze to spot volatility compression, confirming breakout direction with ATR or the channel, and the core discipline of not pre-guessing direction.
STRATStrategy
Crypto Pairs Trading: ETH/BTC Ratio and Relative Strength
How pairs trading longs the strong and shorts the weak to capture relative spread, using the ETH/BTC ratio for rotation, and the market-neutral edge and correlation risk.
STRATStrategy
The Funding-Rate-Neutral (Delta Neutral) Strategy: An Intro
How spot long hedges a perp short for directional neutrality, collecting positive funding continuously, and the three real risks: funding flip, liquidation and platform.
STRATStrategy
Crypto Portfolio Rebalancing and Correlation Management
How periodic rebalancing auto 'sells high, buys low,' why correlation decides whether diversification works, and crypto's 'all fall together' correlation trap.
OPSOperations
Building a Crypto Trade Journal and Review System
Why a trade journal is the fastest way to improve, what fields a record needs, using TradingView publish/screenshots to lock in decisions, and a weekly review routine.
OPSOperations
Monitoring Crypto Fiat On/Off-Ramps and Compliance Notes
Common fiat ramp methods, why to keep complete money-flow records, and practical advice to avoid frozen bank cards from unclear-source or counterparty funds.
OPSOperations
Exporting Crypto Trade Records and Organizing a Tax Ledger
Why to organize a ledger early, how to export fills and deposit/withdrawal records from exchanges, the cost-basis and realized-P&L bookkeeping logic, and keeping receipts.
OPSOperations
Cold/Hot Wallets and Fund Tiering: Move Most Assets Off Exchanges
Why 'not your keys, not your coins,' how to allocate funds across cold wallet / hot wallet / exchange, and seed-phrase safekeeping and anti-theft practices.
OPSOperations
Spotting Crypto Scams: Fake Airdrops, Phishing, Pig-Butchering, Fake Support
The traits of the most common crypto scams, how wallet-approval phishing works, how to revoke malicious approvals, and spotting 'guaranteed returns' and 'unfreeze your assets' scams.
OPSOperations
Crypto Trading Psychology and Discipline: Managing FOMO and FUD
Why psychology decides P&L, the mechanics of FOMO chasing and FUD capitulation, using plans and rules to beat emotion, and why size is the best emotional stabilizer.
FOREXForex · Euro
EURUSD Basics: Spread, Pip Value and Lot Size
How to read EURUSD quotes, pips and pip value, lots and contract size, spread and slippage — the fundamentals of measuring euro trades in one place.
FOREXForex · Euro
Euro Trading Sessions: The London/New York Overlap Liquidity Window
How the three FX sessions (Tokyo/London/New York) affect euro volatility, why the London-NY overlap is the euro's most active window, and time-zone setup advice.
FOREXForex · Euro
EURUSD and the US Dollar Index (DXY): A Mirror Correlation
Why the euro is the biggest weight in the DXY basket, why EURUSD and DXY are near-mirror negatively correlated, and using DXY to cross-check euro direction.
FOREXForex · Euro
ECB Rate Decisions and Euro Volatility
How ECB rate decisions, the press conference and forward guidance drive the euro, the hawkish/dovish read, and why the 'expectation gap' matters more than the number itself.
FOREXForex · Euro
The Eurozone Economic Calendar: How CPI and PMI Move the Euro
The high-impact eurozone data to watch (CPI, PMI, GDP, employment), how the data-vs-expectation gap drives the euro, and using the calendar to dodge risk windows.
FOREXForex · Euro
EURUSD Support/Resistance and Round-Number Trading
How to draw EURUSD horizontal support/resistance, why round numbers (like 1.10) are built-in psychological levels, and spotting fake vs real breaks at those levels.
FOREXForex · Euro
The Carry Trade and the Euro
How the carry trade earns the interest differential by borrowing low-rate and buying high-rate currencies, the euro's role (funding vs target), and swap and risks.
FOREXForex · Euro
Euro Crosses: Relative Strength in EURJPY and EURGBP
What USD-free euro crosses are, why EURJPY is a risk-sentiment barometer, what EURGBP reflects about euro/UK divergence, and using crosses to isolate the euro from the dollar.
FOREXForex · Euro
Overlaying Euro Sessions with the TradingView Session Indicator
How to load a Sessions indicator in TradingView to highlight euro sessions, show session highs/lows, and trade the London-open range breakout intraday.
FOREXForex · Euro
EURUSD Risk Management: Pip Stops, Pip Value and Position Size
How forex uses fixed-fractional risk to back out lot size, converting pip stops and pip value, the leverage/margin relationship, and why size decides survival more than direction.