8 lessons

Learn

Start from no background at all. By the end you should be able to open any strategy page and know what it is telling you to do, and why.

  1. 1Why not just buy and hold?Index funds work. The catch is how far they fall, and what that costs to recover.
  2. 2What momentum actually isA measured tendency in prices that have already moved — not a forecast.
  3. 3What breadth addsCounting how many assets are rising, and the small basket that can overrule the rest.
  4. 4One signal a monthWhen the decision happens, why it holds all month, and what to do if you are late.
  5. 5What you would actually buyThe ticker, the fund behind it, what it costs, and what UK readers buy instead.
  6. 6Drawdown — why these strategies existThe target the authors set, the figures they published, and the cases where it did not hold.
  7. 7Choosing oneThe six side by side, on facts rather than ratings — and the question underneath the table.
  8. 8Running itWhat the first day looks like, what each month looks like, and where the site stops.