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Welcome to the educational arm of StockTwitsU. This section is devoted to market education and curriculum. Each link below leads to an article or case study on a specific financial topic.

Technical Analysis
this section provides an introduction to technical analysis and its fundamentals.

Chart Patterns: Head and Shoulders	Candlesticks
Candlestick Pattern	Hanging Man vs Dragon Fly Doji
Trading Tips on Low Volume Days	Candlestick
Dow Theory	Chart Patterns
Sentiment-Based Trading	Market Analysis
The Vacuum Theory	3 Reasons to Embrace Failed Patterns
Support and Resistance	Relative and Absolute Strength

Fundamentals
the fundamentals section is an introduction to investment, trading, and interacting on the StockTwits network.

Lessons From 100 Traders	#1 Trait of Winning Traders
Intro to StockTwits	Learning to Trade
Finding and Riding the Next Apple	Trading By The Rules
Collect Your Thoughts	Develop a Simple Trade Strategy
Ask Why	Find a Sturdy Trade Structure
Cliches in Trading to Remember	Getting to Game Speed
Position Management	Realizing Losses
Patience and Speed	Follow the StockTwits

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Trading
the trading section digs deeper into the concept of trading and investing, which includes psychology, strategy, and technical aspects.

Market Education; The Curse of Knowledge	Jack of All Trades
Defining Our Market Edge	Jesse Livermore’s Trading Rules
Macro vs Micro Trading	Get to Know Greek Symbols in Finance
Chicago Sean’s Minimalist Trader Series	Understand Day Trader Patterns
How to Scale In	Matching Ideas with Time frame
Trade Smarter, Not Faster	How to Use Stop Losses
Stop Losses	System Testing

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The Market
the trading section digs deeper into the concept of trading and investing, which includes psychology, strategy, and technical aspects.

New Tools to Study Stock Prices	Market Operations
Market Analysis Tools	Market Profile
Build Your Own Insider Network	The Market Clock & Calendar
Soft Science of Markets	Keynes
Market Breadth	Value Investor

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Psychology
the psychology section introduces the mental aspects of trading and how to manage your emotions.

Trading and Ego	We Underestimate Risk
Get Even	Cope With Losses
Reduce Trading Anxiety	Develop a Traders Psychology
Trades You’re Proud Of	Break The Must Make Mentality
Opening Our Minds to Market Potential	How to Be a Contrarian: Sentiment Analysis
Contrarianism	Explosive Decision Making

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Quants
this section is dedicated to the quantitative aspects of trading and investing in the markets.

What Does a Quant Do	Intro To Quant Ideas
Liquidity Premiums	Intro to the Williams

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Earnings and Economic Reports
an introduction to earnings and economic reports. learn how to trade and play by earnings and economic reports.

Understanding Economic Reports	Volatility and Earnings
Safeguard Against a Post-Earnings Pullback	Four Strategies to Make Money on Earnings Season
How Pessimists Exploit Premiums Ahead of Earnings	How to Bet on an Earnings Rally
Guard Against a Earnings with Protective Puts	Use After Hours
Gamble on an Earnings Rally	Earnings Season Resources
Trade Stocks Like Jesse Livermore	Learn Swing Trading
Money Management	Economy or Stock Market
A Low-Risk/High-Reward Options Play on Starbucks Corp. Ahead of Earnings	Gambling on a Solid Quarter
Four Options Plays for Earnings Season	Neutral Way to Make Money on an Earnings Move
Dissecting a Theoretical Volatility Play for Earnings Season	Lock In Pre-Earnings Profits with Protective Puts
The Reverse Iron Butterfly	Rolling the Dice on a Post-Earnings Retreat with a Hypothetical Strip on Research In Motion (RIMM)
The Strap: How Jittery Bulls Can Bet on a Post-Earnings Breakout for Best Buy (BBY)	A Low-Risk/High-Reward Options Play on Starbucks Corp. Ahead of Earnings

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Options
an introduction to options and comprehensive education on how to use options in market situations.

Use Options for Broken Stocks	The Collar Strategy
Supplement Income On a Stagnating Stock with Covered Calls	Understand Volatility & Options
How To Use Options Like Stock Ownership	Bear Put Spread
In-The-Money Strangle Example	Risks and Rewards of Out-Of-The-Money Put Writing
How Popular Option Strikes can Translate into Challenges on the Charts	How to Short Stocks With Options
How to Construct a Collar	The Reverse Iron Butterfly
Leaps	The Strap
Selling Premium to Exploit Stagnation on E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC)	A Hypothetical Pre-Earnings Put Spread on Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU)
How Option Traders Can Bet Bullishly w/ Out Going All In	The Long Strangle
Options Expiration	Synthetics: Profit Like a Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Shareholder – Without All the Risk
Single-Strike Play with a Slightly Larger Carrot on the Upside	Tipping That Pre-Earnings Volatility Play to the Bearish Side
Breaking Down an Anti-Volatility Play on Office Depot (ODP)	Covered Calls
Examining a Bearishly Biased Volatility Play on Struggling Shaw Group	A Low-Risk, High-Reward, Directionally Biased Volatility Play
Two Low-Risk Plays for Conservative Option Bulls

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