A guide that threads together the six-part technical analysis series: chart basics, price structure, indicators, and verification and reality. It teaches the limits of a signal alongside the signal itself.
What a backtest is and why dazzling results should not be trusted at face value — overfitting, look-ahead bias, survivorship bias, trading costs and data snooping, plus how to verify honestly.
What RSI and MACD actually calculate, and why rules such as “buy at 30, sell at 70” break down — shown with Monami’s June–July 2026 price action.
Support and resistance are psychological levels people remember, not walls that hold prices. KT&G’s 2024 trading range shows both their force and their limits.
Moving averages smooth jagged prices into a readable trend, but they lag by construction. Why golden crosses are weaker than they look, and how to use trend tools as context, not instructions.
Open, close, high and low, bodies and tails, and volume as the weight behind a move — read through Monami’s July 2026 surge, with a clear line drawn at what candles cannot predict.
Diversification is not measured by how many holdings you own but by how differently they move. Correlation, the 20–30 stock limit, the three axes, and the moment diversification fails.