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Price Action Basics
Price Action Basics Nine lessons covering the foundations of reading price action. Work through the course in order, or return directly to individual concepts as a reference.
9 lessons · Knowledge checks
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Seido Mentorship
The Seido Mentorship Series. A structured collection of advanced price-action, execution and trader-development lessons available through Seido Mentorship.
31 lessons
Market Structure and Expectations
01
Elliott Wave Theory After 100 Years Why reliable leg counting requires clearly defined rules.
02
Identifying Market Cycles and Their Characteristics Recognising the structural phases through which markets typically progress.
03
Calibrating Expectations for the Market Cycle Ahead How traders form expectations before the next phase develops.
04
When Parabolic Moves Are Likely to Fail Identifying the conditions that make continuation increasingly unlikely.
05
What Is a Breakout? Understanding the mechanics and market participation at structurally different breakout levels.
06
Building a Binary Decision Tool Creating a repeatable framework for working through trading decisions.
Tradeable Market Characteristics
07
Trading the Spike Phase How traders approach entries, apply stops and develop expectations during rapid price movement.
08
Trading the Channel Phase Understanding how trade selection and management change as spiking momentum develops into a channel.
09
Trading Ranges Recognising range behaviour and adapting entries, exits and expectations accordingly.
10
Why Professionals “Sell Breakouts” What this commonly misunderstood idea means in practical trading.
The Seido Indicator Series
11
What the Seido Indicator Displays—and Why It Matters Understanding the candlesticks it identifies and why they are important.
12
Using the Seido Indicator to Avoid Countertrend Trades Applying momentum information to improve directional trade selection.
13
Building a Complete Second-Leg Strategy Using the Seido Indicator to define context, entry criteria, risk and exits.
14
Calibrating Outside-Bar Expectations Using the Seido Indicator to establish the expected behaviour of outside bars.
15
Identifying Trading Ranges with the Seido Indicator Recognising when signal behaviour reflects balance and directional opportunity.
Understanding Markets in Greater Detail
16
Trapped Traders and Failed Expectations Identifying reliable evidence of trapped traders and understanding how markets respond.
17
Trading at Price Levels The price-action characteristics traders look for when markets test important levels.
18
When H1 Setups Succeed—and When to Wait for an H2 Using context to assess first and second attempts at continuation.
19
Improving the Probability of Trend-Reversal Trades The structural evidence required before considering a lower-probability reversal.
20
Establishing Swing-Structure Expectations Using market structure to anticipate the likely development of a swing.
Live Trading and Execution
21
Timeframe Selection for Equities and Futures Traders Matching timeframe decisions to the market, session and intended holding period.
22
Choosing the Appropriate Order Type The advantages, limitations and practical considerations of different entry methods.
23
Trading with Tight and Wide Stops How stop placement changes trade probability, position sizing and management expectations.
24
Establishing the Opening Range in Index Futures Why the opening range matters and how it shapes expectations for the session.
25
Exiting Losing Positions and Managing Risk Why disciplined loss management is fundamental to long-term development.
26
Adding to Winning Positions How professional traders increase exposure and how doing so changes potential outcomes.
27
Developing a Risk and Behavioural Management Protocol Building clear responses for risk, mistakes and behaviour before they occur.
Process, Probability and Psychology
28
Flexibility and Statistical Variance Remaining adaptable without abandoning a valid process during normal performance variation.
29
The Beliefs and Characteristics of Profitable Traders Examining the practical beliefs that support disciplined decision-making.
30
Why Process Beats Short-Term Outcomes How beginning traders can evaluate decisions without being misled by individual results.
31
Trading Psychology: The Last Word Why psychology matters less than you think — and how it becomes an excuse for losing traders.
Continuing Development
Continue developing. These articles extend the concepts introduced in Price Action Basics and assume familiarity with the course material. They explore setups, market analysis and broader aspects of trading in greater depth. Use the categories above to narrow the library by subject.
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Setups & Price Action
Developing a High Probability Setup A closer look at the structure behind continuation moves.
5 min read
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Basics Extended
How to know a breakout will succeed A deeper examination of breakouts, context and the information price provides around an attempted move.
6 min read
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Trading Development
FOMO — The Fear of Missing Out Looking beyond the psychological label to the price-action structure that can drive traders to chase a move.
10 min read
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Basics Extended
How 1:1 Trades can Improve Your Performance Examining 50% retracements, context and the logic behind a simple risk-to-reward structure.
4 min read
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Analysis
Silver Futures vs The Seido Trading Indicator A daily-chart price action breakdown demonstrating how a defined process can structure trading decisions.
2 min read
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Analysis
Bitcoin vs The Seido Trading Indicator Weekly Bitcoin price action examined across two years, focusing on how traders responded around identified conditions.
2 min read
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Analysis
Gold vs The Seido Trading Indicator Five months of Gold futures price action on the daily chart, reviewed through the Seido process.
2 min read
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Analysis
Nikkei Price Action — 30 March 2026 A daily Nikkei price action breakdown covering entries, exits and rule-based interpretation.
1 min read
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Statistics
Trading Statistics Interactive tools for understanding expectancy, losing streaks, drawdowns and trading variance.
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Statistics
Risk Management Case Study Explore how the same trading edge can produce very different outcomes when risk and behaviour interact.
Case study
Other
Turning a Trading Plan Into a Measurable Process How a journal turns a trading plan into a measurable process, and what it needs to track to do that.
7 min read
Other
Alcohol and Trading How moderate alcohol use can affect impulse control, stress regulation, patience, sleep and skill development long after drinking.
3 min read
Other
The Physical Edge How training, sleep and recovery shape attention, emotional control and consistent execution at the trading desk.
5 min read
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