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A cited research database for quants and retail traders: stocks, futures, commodities and prediction markets, plus the methods that cut across them. Every reference is link-verified before publication and the whole library is re-audited weekly. Free to read, no account.
By market
Stocks
8Equities microstructure: earnings moves, float, short interest, rebalancing flow, spreads, dark pools.
Futures
21Margin, roll, term structure, session mechanics, E-mini and micro contracts, prop-firm evaluations.
Commodities
0Oil, gas, metals, grains and livestock: curves, seasonality, spreads, and how physical supply gets priced.
Prediction Markets
3Prices as probabilities, favorite-longshot bias, fees, resolution rules, calibration and venue arbitrage.
By method
Start Here
19How to begin: picking a style, risk basics, what a backtest can and cannot prove.
Quantitative
7Backtesting methodology, statistics, anti-overfit practice, position sizing, and full system papers.
Order Flow & Structure
15Footprint, delta, absorption, DOM and tape, plus VWAP, opening range, session levels and volume profile.
Price Action (ICT / SMC)
2Fair value gaps, order blocks, liquidity, market structure, premium vs discount — with the skeptic's reading.
Strategy
6One complete strategy every weekday, written up as a paper: the idea, the rules, the evidence and the ways it fails.
Indicators
18An open-source Pine Script indicator every weekday, full code included, explained line by line.
Glossary of Definitions
Every term defined across the library, A-Z by section, each linked to the papers that use it, with diagrams. Rebuilt weekly from the published papers.
Latest
Donchian Channel with Breakout Age Counter
Free open-source Pine Script indicator: Donchian channel with breakout age counter. Full code and a plain-English walkthrough.
Bollinger Band Squeeze Meter
Free open-source Pine Script indicator: Bollinger band squeeze meter (bandwidth percentile). Full code and a plain-English walkthrough.
The Favorite-Longshot Bias: Decades of Evidence from Betting Markets
**Abstract** The favorite-longshot bias describes a systematic deviation in betting markets where odds imply that longshots are underpriced and favorites are overpriced relative to their actual probability of
Multi-Timeframe Moving Average Alignment Panel
Free open-source Pine Script indicator: multi-timeframe moving average alignment panel. Full code and a plain-English walkthrough.
Premium and Discount Zones
Free open-source Pine Script indicator: premium and discount zones from a rolling range midpoint. Full code and a plain-English walkthrough.
Failed Breakout Fade
A complete, testable trading strategy: a failed-breakout fade strategy: defining the failure objectively, the trap mechanics behind it, and why the entry is easier to describe than to time. Exact rules, full Pine Script code, and an honest reading of the evidence.
Order Block Displacement Zones
Free open-source Pine Script indicator: order block zones with objective displacement rules. Full code and a plain-English walkthrough.
Liquidity Sweep Detector
Free open-source Pine Script indicator: liquidity sweep detector: prior high/low taken then reclaimed. Full code and a plain-English walkthrough.