{"id":66,"date":"2026-01-06T20:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/round-robin.eu\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:29:16","slug":"manifesto-without-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/round-robin.eu\/blog\/manifesto-without-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading and Technical Analysis: Our Manifesto Without Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I write this blog as part of a small group of independent traders and analysts. Just us and the markets.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No promises of returns. No screenshots of profits without the process that generated them. No gurus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here you&#8217;ll find applied technical analysis, statistics, algorithms, numbers (lots of them), charts, ideas. Sometimes good ones, other times&#8230; ones we probably should have kept to ourselves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>We talk about <strong>method<\/strong>, <strong>hypotheses<\/strong>, and <strong>scenarios<\/strong> before markets move, not after. Everything stays visible, and thanks to the numbers, there&#8217;s little room for interpretation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>We talk about technical analysis and trading, for those approaching it for the first time and for those who want to learn it at an advanced level.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>About risk management, because without it the best method is useless.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>About trading psychology: the hardest risk to manage is often yourself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>About what markets do or might do, not what they did according to some hindsight story.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The tone will be direct. Sometimes personal, when ideas require it. 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