Foundations

Trading — Attempting to profit from price movement.

Technical Analysis — Analysing charts and price behaviour to identify opportunities.

Price Action — How price moves over time, showing buyer and seller behaviour.

Behaviour — The way price moves, reacts, accepts, rejects, or continues.

Context — The broader market condition surrounding current price movement.

Behavioural Context — Understanding price movement based on participant behaviour.

Auction — The market continuously searching for fair value.

Market State — The current condition of the market (trend, range, volatility, etc.)

Control — Which side currently dominates price.

Confluence — Multiple factors supporting the same idea.

Trade Thesis — The behavioural reasoning behind a trade.

Confirmation — Behaviour supporting a directional idea.

Invalidation — The point where a trade idea no longer makes sense.

Invalidation Level — The exact level proving the idea wrong.

Noise — Random movement with little clarity.

Clean Structure — Clear readable movement.